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March-April 2000 Table of Contents

Feature

Minding Their Manners: Teaching People and Pets
Every year, millions of people surrender their animals to shelters because they believe they've run out of options for solving what are often just minor behavior problems. In the second of two articles on shelter-based behavior programs, Animal Sheltering profiles organizations that are becoming the first stop on the road to keeping animals in homes—instead of the last stop for people who are ending their relationships with their pets.

Departments

The Front Lines: A group of psychology professors and animal behaviorists suggests ways to modify behavior of shelter dogs

How To: How to Care for Gerbils

Reproducible: Are you Seeing Spots? If Not, We Can Help