Animal shelters can be a stressful environment for companion animals. Stress compromises immunity and normal behavior, so learn how to combat and reduce stress to increase the welfare of your shelter.
Resources and Articles
From the Magazine
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March 1, 2012
Active Mind, Healthy Dog
Try these practical and economical tips for keeping the dogs in your care physically active, mentally stimulated, and socialized.
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March 1, 2012
Behavior Department: A Gentle Kind of Cat Care
Researcher Nadine Gourkow developed a unique scale to assess emotional states in shelter cats and confirmed that mental stimulation and gentling techniques both improve cats’ emotional well-being and reduce the incidence of URI.
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March 1, 2012
The "101" Department: All Together Now
Done properly, group housing can produce happier cats, delighted visitors, and more adoptions. Learn what you need to know before you start your own colony room.
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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.
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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.
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May 9, 2012
UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program - Facility Design and Animal Housing
The shelter facility and the housing there-in has implications far beyond the shelter walls. The design of the facility will impact disease levels, behavioral health, staffing needs and the daily cost of care (and therefore how much time and money is left over for other important programs).
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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.
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- Allergies to Pets
- Animal Care & Handling
- 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
- Quality of Life
- 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
