I’m bringing you the opportunity of a lifetime!

Wisconsin Humane Society has started to collect funds through their annual community Pet Walks, and I’m opening a fundraiser to help collect funds for the shelter.

If you donate $10 or more, I’ll (poorly) draw your pet. The catch? I am a whole lot better at caring for animals than I am at drawing them! 🤷‍♀️

Make your donation, and dm me your picture in, and I’ll reply once your art is ready!

WHS serves 40,000 animals every year and we rely on donations to make that work possible, but it doesn’t mean we can’t have a little fun while we raise those funds! Get more info about the shelter at www.wihumane.org

My friend has an animal shelter and she is in a difficult situation. There’s 0 in her account and she’s literally struggling and distressed and landlords are harassing her

Please help me in finding out ways in which donations can be asked for. Where should I ask and how? What are the best ways?

Hello,

I volunteer at a very small reptile rescue that currently does a lot of their adoption work in spreadsheets, and their medical forms are all handled on paper.

I work in tech and am just dangerous enough in Python that I started working on a small app that hopefully will allow them to get medical records + everything else into one digital space.

My goal is not to compete with Petpoint, Shelterluv, or the others - I am aiming towards something much simpler - with just animal info and history, people (adopters/donors) profiles, some basic medical treatment notes, to begin with.

My question for you all is - what would you consider the core or necessary features for a shelter management app - Maybe just a few bullet points of things that would be a hard requirement.

I have designed a few pages and some database stuff already, but this project is very focused on the local rescue's particular needs so I'm hoping by posting online to catch some needs or use cases that my local rescue might not have.

EDIT: Here are the animal homepage and animal edit form as they are currently - please note this is purely functional right now - I will work on look and feel of it once the functionality is mostly in place.

Thanks!

Hello! I am currently working on a research study about the welfare of rescue dogs within shelters! If you have a rescue dog from a shelter or have worked/volunteered at a shelter, I would really appreciate it if you could fill out this form! It'll take roughly 5 minutes to complete.

Please answer honestly and if you have any questions, feel free to message me! Thank you!!

PLEASE SHARE!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdHFlTgyiTFluYfnTOBXtbmJ3tHfTQY7tiEDyeFvd_3-IgOmw/viewform?usp=sf_link

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Hello Reddit,

I'm reaching out for urgent advice regarding a troubling situation. I am based in Canada, and I recently sold a kitten to an individual. Two days after the sale, I messaged him expressing concern because the mama cat was visibly distressed and not behaving normally after her kitten was gone. I offered a refund and asked if I could get the kitten back. Unfortunately, he read the message but did not respond. A few days later, I received a call from his mom informing me that her son was in significant trouble, and the police had taken the kitten to an animal shelter. Naturally, we rushed to the shelter and managed to retrieve the kitten. However, this came at a significant cost, including vet checks and cab rides. Fast forward a week later, the buyer suddenly contacts me, referencing my previous message about the refund. He is now demanding the refund and has escalated to harassment. He's threatening to come to my house to get the money and the kitten, anf he’s using hate speech and racial slurs in his texts additionally he’s threatening to hire a lawyer and press fraud charges. I am deeply concerned for the kitten's well-being and unsure of the buyer's ability to care for her. I don't even know the extent of the trouble he was in, only that the police were involved. Any advice on how to handle this and protect myself from his harassment would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all for your help.

I work at a small, municipal shelter (we have 9 dog kennels for reference) and have had 4 bite quarantines in the last 2 weeks. This is not at all typical for us and 2 are from people who took on dogs with a bite history through private rehoming, then got attacked as well. Is this something that’s happening more often at other shelters/rescues too?

Not to mention the number of dogs that have been dumped recently, but that’s not entirely uncommon for us.

Fun success story. We had a big dog named Ted get transferred to us from another shelter. Ted is to put it lightly a tank. He is tall big and all muscles. He can rest his head on a table. The worker who was doing the animal transport grabbed Ted as an impulse, reasoning that he would have a hard time getting adopted due to his size but may have an easier time in the area where our shelter is. It was something to see Ted the tank hop out of the passenger seat of the van when he was delivered.

Now Ted the tank for all of his size is a sweet skitterish dog who turns out does not like going into small spaces like dog runs or ... Cars.

One day this rather short women comes in as we are trying to convince Ted to get into his kennel and immediately falls in love with Ted the tank. Ted is awesome after all. Sne talks with us a little bit about Ted, we suggest she take him for a walk as we all need a break from trying to get Ted into the kennel. Note this women well call Sally is barely taller than Ted. 10 minutes later short Sally is adopting Ted the tank. Now here comes the fun part. Convincing Ted to get in the car to go to his forever home. We try encouragement. Ted the well behaved tank just sat in front of the open door. we try toys. Ted we'll go anywhere for his ball except into the car. We try bribery - and Ted out thinks the spray cheese.

At this point Ted is getting a little stressed and due to his size we don't want him to get snappy. It's been 30 minutes of trying to get him into the car. I had to go help another guest at this time. So I don't know all the details but an hour later and 3 vet techs Ted is finally in the car. Ted after finally getting into the car just lays down and pretend that he is not spent the last hour and a half being the largest drama queen a tank can be. Short Sally and Ted the Tank get to finally drive off.

Compton Animal Rescue. He blocks people on instagram (@thehoodtarzann) if you comment or warn others. Damian Wesley is still collecting donations, collecting dogs to starve and torture. LA county officials took in 140+ animals. Many are being euthanized in surrounding Californian shelters because of him.

Sources: https://lacounty.gov/2024/02/12/la-county-da-and-dacc-clear-compton-animal-rescue-case-animals-for-adoption/

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/losangeles/news/100-mistreated-animals-rescued-from-illegal-compton-facility-ready-for-adoption/

Please report his account for animal abuse before commenting- he will block and erase you. Spread the word however you can- review them on Google Reviews, word of mouth, reaching out to the commenters on his page, etc.

Has anyone applied for the Petco Vet Tech scholarship? I saw an email about it but wondering how I can bring it up to my board as I can’t find more information about it online.

TW: talk of animal attacks and death

He's a dog I worked with a couple years ago when he was an adolescent puppy. I have pictures of him snuggling up to me in his kennel and I remember him being really dog friendly. But tonight he attacked the other dog in the home and their owner came home to this dog's mouth covered in blood and their other dog hiding and torn to shreds. The other dog was euthanized at the emergency vet and the owner brought this dog back. I feel so horribly for their family. I'm just thankful I was able to accept the dog so the family can mourn and try to move past all this.

My boyfriend and I while on a date tonight found a beautiful little girl probably less than a year old shaking in the middle of the road. We were able to lure her out of the street with our dinner leftovers and got her in the car and warm. My friend is a vet tech and I asked her if she could check him out. She came over and said she was really malnourished and probably was dumped in a park nearby. I've wanted a dog for years since my childhood dog past but our apartment strictly says no dogs. We can't keep her, but I've never want to be one of those monsters who abandons an animal in shelter just to adopt one in a few years. We've fed her and she's currently taking up my side of the bed, but if she barks or anyone notices her we could be evicted. I keep crying thinking about surrendering her to a shelter, and I made the mistake of giving her a toy and a nickname. I know we can't keep her and nobody we know can take her. I'm crying while writing this cuz I know what I have to do. It's the right choice and she'll have the best chance at a happy life at a shelter. I just feel like monster for having to do this, rant over. UPDATE: went to our county shelter. Told them what happened, they said they were at maximum capacity but they'll give give us the contact info for a shelter they know has availability. We called and they said they can take her on Monday. I'm growing more attached every second I spend with her, I bought her a toy for security and some food for a young pup. I've been calling her harley after harley quinn.

Supported Self-Rehome is the concept of helping pet owners with re-homing their animals without the animal ever having to enter the shelter system. The idea is that with keeping animals out of the shelter, there will be a higher live release rate, and said owner's animal will be more likely to be re-homed without adding the stress and chaos of a shelter environment. It is also thought to be easier on the owner too, to have the closure of picking who the animal goes to and the option to stay in touch.

Supporting self-rehoming can look very different depending on the area and what the owner needs. Services may be offered at a low/discounted price like grooming, vet care, spay/neuter, training, and transport. Items may be given away like crates, dog food, litterboxes, toys, ID tags, etc. Maybe even things like legal fees or pet deposits being covered.

Sometimes shelters will have a section on their own website for animals up for adoption by owner. But there are also websites specifically for self-rehome such as GetYourPet, HomeToHome, and ReHome by Adopt-A-Pet. Although utilizing word of mouth to friends and family, as well as advertising on social media is also encouraged.

I just wanted to hear what the shelter community thought of this, if y'all support it or have concerns, or maybe hear some success stories or horror stories with supported rehome.

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Hello everyone! I posted this survey around a month ago and am doing a final push for responses. Please consider taking it if you haven’t yet! It should take around 3-7 minutes to complete. Thank you so much!

https://forms.office.com/r/72E2VQKL8b

So today, I was rushing down a hall busy and in a hurry like usual when right after I heard a female volunteer say “I don’t like that one.” I turned back and all three volunteers were standing there staring straight at me. Why can’t some people see that we have the same goals in mind and not be petty? I kept on with what I was doing and did not give her the satisfaction of a reaction.

Hello everyone I am hoping you all can help me make a decision here on a good software to use for my foster-based dog rescue. I need something SUPER simple but it needs to have medical reminders for things like nexguard/heartguard, vaccines reminders, etc. Anyone have any recommendations? I have Petstablished but it is wayyyy too detailed and too many steps.. takes too much time for my team of 4 to maintain. I am currently using google spreadsheets (sadly_)

I am so sick and tired of people bringing us their dogs that have never gone on a walk, never left their backyard, slept in their garage, and then expect their dogs to do well here.

They always surrender because “I don’t have time for him anymore.”

Newsflash asshole, you never did if that was his entire life. And now, he’ll never make it out of here. He’s growling at staff, trembling, an 80lb dog trying to hide under his kuranda bed while snarling. Our shepherd rescues have stopped responding, they’re full.

It’s like…you took this dog, set him up for failure, and now dumped him on us.

German shepherds are some of my favorite dogs. He’s cute. He’s young. And there isn’t a thing I can do for him.

It keeps happening and it breaks my heart, and it also makes me so mad. He had a chance, and his previous owners ruined it.

I try not to judge, but sometimes I just can’t help it.

How do you deal with people selling puppies on NextDoor?

I live in a low income area where there’s hundreds and more of animals being abandoned at the shelter every year. So obviously I’m going to call out people on NextDoor when they’re selling puppies, like frenchies, for profit.

I always report the posts but wish I could do more.

Posting this because a seller started arguing with me that I should mind my own business lol

When you surrender a dog do they scan the chip? My name doesn’t match the chip.

Hi all, we are building a platform to help shelters with their efforts. We have been trying to reach out to few so we can evaluate our platform and idea before we go on full fledge development of the same. Reaching out to reddit community in hope that someone can help us with introducing us to the shelters so we can explain the idea and see if what we are building is actually useful. Platforms would be free to use for shelters.