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Adoptable, Schmadoptable…
Dr. Emily Weiss suggests a new way to talk about the animals in our care who simply need to go home I have a wish. I wish to eliminate the...
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Are You Kidding Me?
Just because a dog is shy or big and rambunctious does not mean he will be better or worse with children. Dr. Emily Weiss challenges you to take a hard...
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Let’s wrap up this Pets as Gifts stuff
‘Tis the season for looking back to existing research on pets given as gifts. Dr. Weiss shares evidence to bust the myth that it’s a bad idea for good. My...
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Let’s Dump the Judgment
December 4, 2024, Dr. Emily Weiss
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Are the people who walk through your doors to relinquish so different from you? Dr. Emily Weiss suggests we dump that premise Earlier this year I wrote a blog about...
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So It’s Not All Going to Sh*t. But Something Might Be…
August 19, 2024, Dr. Emily Weiss
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Dr. Weiss shares opportunities to uncover challenges that may be increasing risk in your shelter Earlier this year I shared with you a blog proposing the idea that sheltering is...
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Let’s Get Rid of “Them”
Dr. Weiss encourages us to pull back from assumptions about the folks who come through our doors. They just might be us. In my years and years (damn it…and years)...
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It’s Not All Going to Sh*t
Dr. Emily Weiss poses an alternative to feeling overwhelmed and hopeless about the state of animal sheltering The other day I saw yet another article focusing on the crisis in...
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