As the length of stays for animals in our shelters increase, maintaining their psychological well-being is as important as their physical health. Read on to discover how you can keep everyone happy and stimulated while they wait for their new homes.
Resources and Articles
From the Magazine
-
January 1, 2012
Keeping Them Hoppy
Determined to give shelter rabbits their fair share of attention, volunteer Carlin Abbitt started using a harness to take bunnies outside for a change of scenery and some exercise.
-
January 1, 2012
Her Casa is Their Casa
Get the scoop on a successful kennel enrichment program that makes shelter dogs happier and more adoptable.
-
July 1, 2011
The ASV Guidelines in Real Life
The Austin Humane Society is one of several shelters that have started a hand-feeding, enrichment, and training program for adoptable dogs. The results are easy to see: a kennel that's a pleasant environment for both people and pets.
-
May 1, 2011
Getting Real: Making the ASV Standards Work for You
This story of changes to cat housing at a shelter in New York is the first of a series that will explore how new standards developed by the Association of Shelter Veterinarians can be applied to real-life situations in the sheltering and rescue field to create more humane outcomes for animals.
-
March 1, 2010
The "101" Department: Helping Cats Find Their Happy Place
A cat adoption space should appeal to both felines and the people who come to see them. Learn how shelters are sprucing up their cat rooms with elements that keep cats engaged and please potential adopters, too.
Policies
Programs
More
-
May 8, 2012
Association of Shelter Veterinarians - Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters
The ASV's Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters is a comprehensive shelter standards document that was two years in the making.
Related Topics
- Allergies to Pets
- Animal Care & Handling
- Animal Stress & Stress Reduction
- Behavior & Training
- Behavior/Temperament Evaluation
- Birds
- Breed Identification
- Calicivirus
- Cats
- Colony Housing
- Crisis Management
- Declawing
- Disease Control
- Disinfection & Cleaning
- Dogs
- Equine
- Equipment
- Farm Animals
- Feeding Protocols
- Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV)
- Foster Care Programs
- Health, Animal
- How-To Instructional Sheets
- Identification
- Isolation & Separation
- Kennel Cough
- Licensing
- Limited Admission
- Microchipping
- Operations
- Panleukopenia
- Parasites
- Parvovirus
- Pediatric Sterilization
- Pet Care
- Policies & Procedures
- Rabbits
- Rabies
- Reptiles
- Safety, Animal
- Seasonal Issues
- Security, Shelter Facilities
- Shelter Design
- Small Mammals
- Spay/Neuter Programs
- Standard Operating Procedures
- Terminology
- Training, Staff & Volunteer
- Upper Respiratory Infection (URI)
- Vaccinations, Animals
- Veterinary Resources
- West Nile Virus
- Wildlife & Exotic Animals
- Wildlife Rehabilitation
- Zoonotic Diseases
