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Tip of the Week: Chew On This
These DIY food-dispensing toys can be a lifesaving tool for high-arousal, hyper-oral dogs Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, dogs gotta chew…. As Dr. Emily Weiss has shared, behavioral enrichment...
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Tip of the Week: Microchip Scanning Station Guide
Open Door Veterinary Collective’s snazzy resource can help you to reunite more lost pets with their families—without the animals ever having to enter your shelter The numbers say it all:...
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Tip of the Week: Shelter Care Specialist Certification Program
Are you a shelter team member on the frontlines, or do you manage staff who are? This program can take them, and you, to the next level Applications are being...
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Tip of the Week: Pet Loss Resources
Bookmark and share OVC’s website with families navigating pet loss and the veterinary professionals supporting them Ontario Veterinary College has compiled a wealth of pet loss resources that you can...
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Tip of the Week: 2 Genius Ways to Train Your Adopters
Modifying the behavior of visitors to your shelter can result in—yup, you guessed it—more adoptions We talk a lot about modifying behavior of dogs and cats to increase their chances...
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Tip of the Week: Community Cat Survey Results
Community Cats Central reports measurable year-over-year progress on colony caretakers’ TNR efforts Back in January, we shared the call for participation in Community Cats Central’s twice-annual Colony Sentiment Survey. Colony...
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Tip of the Week: Go the Extra Smile
HumanePro’s snazzy poster reminds staff and volunteers of three things that’ll maximize the impact of the good work they do We love HumanePro’s Shareworthy posters, designed to be printed and...
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Tip of the Week: Make a Stink
A stinky dog toy, that is…. Looking for a great volunteer project and some effective (and cheap) behavior enrichment? These cardboard scent tubes, originally shared with the field by...
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Cool New Forms & Samples: Inclusive & Welcoming JDs
April 29, 2026, The Association
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The President of Rhode Island SPCA shares a simple tweak you can make to your hiring practices that opens the doors to candidates who might not have applied otherwise In...
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Tip of the Week: Go-To Guide for Animal Services
This free new resource has already been hailed as a game changer for anyone in non-profit and municipal animal sheltering “After decades in animal welfare serving as a shelter vet/surgeon,...
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Cool New Forms & Samples: Generational Lunch & Learn Toolkit
April 22, 2026, The Association
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SPCA of Texas’ VP of People & Culture shares resources for building better understanding amongst intergenerational teams—including ice breakers, case studies and yup, even bingo Like many organizations, you may...
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Tip of the Week: 2026 Cat Ownership Stats
New data from the CATalyst Council may challenge long-held assumptions about the typical cat owner The CATalyst Council recently released early findings from their 2026 State of the Cat Report—and...
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