Adoption Videos 

Slideshow: Happy Endings for Orphaned Kittens

April 2013
Nothing makes the sleepless nights and anxiety worth it to a kitten caregiver like seeing their little charges grow up and get adopted. Check out this slideshow documenting the steps from the earliest days to the happily-ever-afters!  Read More

Will People Adopt a Pet with Diarrhea? You Bet!

January 2013
Think adopters can't handle diarrhea? Think again. We reached out to pet owners who adopted dogs and cats suffering from loose stool and digestive problems, and found that it didn't scare them off. In most cases, the pets responded quickly to the same basic treatment outlined by the experts we spoke to in this issue. In a few instances, the course was a little tougher, but these adopters stuck to it. Check out this slideshow with these happy endings!  Read More

Instructions and Prognostic Information for Adopters of Puppy Mill and Hoarding Animals

August 2012
Animals adopted out after rescue from puppy mill and hoarding environments present adopters with a wide array of challenges.  Read More

Avoiding the Three Biggest Social Media Mistakes

May 2012
In this presentation at the 2012 HSUS Animal Care EXPO, social media consultant and pet columnist Christie Keith discusses how you can avoid some important mistakes when using social media to promote pet adoptions.  Read More

Getting to the Treatables

May 2012
There is nothing like actually doing something to convince you that it can be done! That's what Erie County, New York, found out when they set out to save all their community's treatable pets, and saved 65 percent of them in a single year. Cats with chronic urinary tract infections, pets with diabetes - and yes, a paraplegic pit bull. They did it, and so can you.  Read More

Saving Lives with Behavior Modification: It's Easier and Cheaper than you Think!

May 2012
Think you can't afford to treat the behavior problems of dogs in your shelter? Think it's too difficult and time-consuming? Think you don't have the staff or the space to work with these kinds of issues? Sheila Segurson d'Arpino, DVM, DACVB, Senior Applied Animal Behaviorist for the Center for Shelter Dogs in Boston, walks you through easy, cost-effective methods that have saved thousands of animal lives.  Read More

Successfully Marketing Treatable Dogs and Cats

May 2012
Nevada Humane Society Director, Bonney Brown, tells you about using everything but the kitchen sink to creatively market harder-to-place pets at the 2012 HSUS Animal Care EXPO. (On second thought, maybe she mentions the kitchen sink, too.) You'll have your local news media eating out of your hands - we guarantee it!  Read More

Three Paws Down and They Are Out the Door – Lessons Learned to Treat the Treatables and Increase Your Lifesaving Efforts

May 2012
It's great to talk about treating the treatables, but where do you start? What does it mean on a day to day, or even hour to hour, basis? Find out how Dr. Barbara Hanek, Director of Shelter Medicine for PAWS Chicago, has used common sense, dedication, and team work to get some of the community's sickest, most vulnerable pets healthy and into loving homes.  Read More

Seniors and Shelters – Looking After Geriatric Pets in Shelters and Getting Them Adopted

October 2011
Dr. Susan Krebsbach, veterinary specialist in behavior with over 20 years’ experience working with animal shelters, talks at the Purdue/Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Symposium 2011 about senior pets in animal shelters and how to get them adopted.  Read More

Marketing Treatable Pets - Every Creature Has a Story

May 2011
Get the scoop on using everything but the kitchen sink to creatively market harder-to-place pets. (On second thought, maybe you'll be using the kitchen sink, too.) You'll have your local news media eating out of your hands – we guarantee it!  Read More

Saving Treatable Pets - From Skeptic to Believer

May 2011
There's nothing like actually doing something to convince you that it can be done! That's what Erie County, New York, found out when they set out to save all their community's treatable pets, and saved 65 percent of them in a single year. Cats with chronic urinary tract infections, pets with diabetes – and yes, a paraplegic pit bull. They did it, and so can you.  Read More

Avoiding the Three Biggest Social Media Mistakes

May 2011
Find out how to use the power of storytelling to help treatable pets, and avoid the three biggest social media mistakes.  Read More

Increasing Pet Adoptions

May 2010
Perhaps no organization markets their pets better than the Nevada Humane Society. How? By setting goals and celebrating successes, by making it easy for people to fall in love with a shelter pet, and by getting the word out and the adopters in to the shelter. Don't miss the 32 adoption promotions highlighted in this presentation.  Read More