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 […]

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 […]

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…” […]

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, […]

Are you tired of having the same conversations with people over and over as to why they should change? Are you sick of them taking your good advice and ignoring it? Does your group try to bring new initiatives to the community, only to have them fail due to lack of support? From the brilliantly […]

What would you do if found out Kevin Rudd was coming to adopt from you this week? Would you change the way you answered the phone? Spruce up the way you met visitors? Have your best staff on deck? Wear matching uniforms? If you thought there might be media in tow, would you tidy up? Sweep your […]

It’s a weird world. Most shelters have a sign that say ‘please don’t take photos of our pets’, strict policies about who can take photos and put them on the web and when Michael Mountain came to Australia filming his experience, he wasn’t allowed to take cameras in. What is everyone so afraid of? For […]

A guy with a serious medical condition is admitted to the hospital. The doctor presents him with his options. We can give you a modern treatment that has succeeded every time we have used it, he says. Or we can use a treatment developed in the 19th century. It never has succeeded, but it’s very […]