September 27, 2008Comments are closed.attitude, shelter procedure
You need to choose… … to be a customer focussed organisation. Or not. … to be a organisation whose absolute priority is rehoming animals. Or not. … to be a group that promotes going the extra mile for your adopters. Or not. And it’s fine to choose either, but realise the choices you make here […]
Continue readingSeptember 21, 2008Comments are closed.attitude, marketing
Disney’s new movie Beverly Hills Chihuahua is being blamed for everything from helping dog farmers, to filling the shelters with abandoned animals. In a drive to protect the welfare of pets, rescuers criticise the movie makers of promoting unrealistic expectations of dog ownership and predict a wave of abandonment by mislead movie goers. And it’s […]
Continue readingSeptember 19, 2008Comments are closed.attitude
When we started PetRescue there was a huge resistance to the project by people who firmly believed it would never work. Rescue would never pull together, no one in rescue had the time and who the hell were we to be telling them how to rehome animals! And you know what? It could have just […]
Continue readingSeptember 13, 2008Comments are closed.attitude, shelter procedure
Some rescue groups consider themselves the ‘garbage collectors’ cleaning up after a careless community and judging the people who drop their pets off as irresponsible and unwilling to work on a solution. Nearly always I’d suggest, it’s because the relinquishing owners that come to them are unreachable – they’ve already made up their minds and […]
Continue readingSeptember 1, 2008Comments are closed.attitude, shelter procedure
From a brilliantly written piece by Christie Keith over at Pet Connection blog I’m amazed, for instance, at how many people who are horrified by collar jerks and scruff grabs in dog training keep doing the same thing to pet owners. I mean that mostly metaphorically, of course. I’m not aware of an epidemic of […]
Continue readingAugust 3, 2008Comments are closed.attitude, shelter procedure
When we’re been swindled in the past, we can become desperate to protect ourselves in the future. The loss of control that comes from being unable to trust our instincts leaves us scrambling and unsure and we come up with solutions based on quietening these out of control feelings, rather than sensible policies. Think, someone […]
Continue readingAugust 1, 2008Comments are closed.attitude, dogs
A program in the US helps young people take pride in having well behaved dogs instead of fighting dogs. Watch this video – you’ll be glad you did.
Continue readingJuly 29, 2008Comments are closed.attitude, shelter procedure
Imagine you’re on the surgeon’s table counting backwards from ten and the doctor about to operate on your leg let slip that legs aren’t his specialty. As your eyes are closing his words echo in your mind, “arms are actually what I’m best at – I’m completely self taught on legs, but I think I’ve got the hang of it…” […]
Continue readingJuly 25, 2008Comments are closed.attitude, No Kill
Showing exactly how No Kill can work in Australia is the Animal Welfare League in QLD (AWL). Caring for 10,000 stray and abandoned companion animals on the Gold Coast and surrounding areas each year and with the lofty goal of “the Gold Coast City becoming the first city in Australia to achieve zero euthanasia of healthy and […]
Continue readingJuly 24, 2008Comments are closed.attitude, shelter procedure
Each day I go to work – then rush home to do all the stuff that come with running PetRescue. There is the greatest satisfaction that comes with running a organisation that helps pets…. and me and the furkids need to eat. But the cost to the other areas of your life can be enormous. Work, […]
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