December 20, 2009Comments are closed.adoptions, marketing
.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- Old Madam was surrendered when her owners moved. She’s not an overly confident dog, so will need time to bond. She is rude and confrontational with other dogs, so she’d be best being the only canine at home. Due to her low sociability and age, it’s best if she goes to a home with […]
Continue readingNovember 30, 2009Comments are closed.adoptions, marketing, shelter procedure
Rescue groups are realising that to be effective in their life saving mission, they must a adopt a client focussed mentality and implement programs and policies which encourage adoptions. One of the most effective ways to make it easy for people to choose rescue, is to open at times that are convenient to the average […]
Continue readingNovember 27, 2009Comments are closed.adoptions, marketing
The AWL QLD’s photographer – try not to want to adopt these guys. No really.
Continue readingOctober 18, 2009Comments are closed.adoptions
Check out Seth’s fear of apples to see why people don’t adopt second hand pets. … they’re afraid of your product and your service. Whatever you sell, there are two big reasons people aren’t buying it: 1. They don’t know about it. 2. They’re afraid of it. If you can get over those two, then […]
Continue readingOctober 15, 2009Comments are closed.adoptions, customer service
In a great evolution of thinking, rescue groups are now moving away from blaming pet owners for poor shelter performance and and punishing the community by providing ugly shelters with hostile staff, towards a new customer-centric attitude. These community focused approaches lead not only to literally hundreds of thousands of dollars worth free advertising and […]
Continue readingOctober 14, 2009Comments are closed.adoptions
Love this from Pet Connection today: Time to adopt? An adult dog is a great choice! Puppies are overrated. I say that after spending the last six months working on raising one who’s still a work in progress. Faith is a darling, bright retriever who is as good a puppy as anyone could ever hope […]
Continue readingOctober 5, 2009Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, marketing
How to take an excellent idea and turn it into a bad one; Pet owner obedience classes An animal shelter is barring people from adopting homeless dogs and cats unless they first take a course on how to look after pets. The shelter which runs the X pound – says it has been forced to […]
Continue readingSeptember 13, 2009Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude
Shelter animals already face formidable obstacles to getting out alive: they can get sick in a shelter, customer service is often poor, a shelter’s location may be remote, adoption hours may be limited, policies may limit the number of days they are held, some may view the animals as “damaged†goods when the reason they […]
Continue readingDecember 4, 2008Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, attitude, No Kill
Phoning around to rescues today I’ve been privy to some absolutely fantastic tales of success and very, very good news. For example; – A rescue that has had such a successful two months, that their local pounds are empty for the first time ever. We have to kill pets. We can’t adopt them all. – […]
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