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Petfinder.com and Oust to the Rescue!
Have you entered the Oust sweepstakes on behalf of your Petfinder member shelter or rescue group yet?
In the Petfinder.com to the Rescue Sweepstakes, Oust is giving $5,000 to a Petfinder member each month, beginning in January and continuing through June. Staff members and volunteers may enter on behalf of your organization. Winners will be selected via a random drawing. Prizes will be awarded directly to the organization.
Enter now for a chance to make your Petfinder member the May winner because a little help goes a long way.
Pet Video
Don’t forget to tell your adopters about PetVideo.com. It has both educational and comical videos (view the one below) about pets.
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In order to view the high quality videos on this site you must have Flash player 8.0 or newer installed. This is an easy and free upgrade.
Simply visit Adobe and follow the instructions then return and watch some great Pet videos!
Promote Your Pets beyond Petfinder
Featured Pet Module
Any Webpage can feature adoptable pets, just like we do on the Petfinder.com homepage. Click here to access a file that you can take to local businesses to get them to target your pets. Or, tell them to visit our Featured Pet Module page. This module features one pet at a time. You can specifiy that the module draw from the pet list of one adoption group or many.
Add Petfinder's Pet Search to Your Site
Our Pet List Scroller
dramatically increases visitors to your pet list. Your whole pet list can be featured on any
Web site. Use this to show off your Adoptable, Stray, or Happy Tail pet lists. You can specify
just your organization or several.
Ever Expanding Petfinder.com Store
For gifts for yourself, friends, family, staff and volunteers, please remember to visit the official Petfinder.com Store at the Animal Rescue Site.
Every time you wear or use Petfinder gear, you are spreading the word about all the great pets in animal shelters.
Our cotton tote is very high quality. For a classy business look check out our black microfiber tote.
From Our Library
Basic Components of a Successful Adoption Program
It is the responsibility of the animal shelter to seek permanent, responsible homes for the adoptable animals placed in their custody. To that end, shelters need to formulate written policies and guidelines that will be followed when processing adoptions.
While the majority of adoption guidelines are in fact just that, they are still items that must be considered prior to making an adoption decision. It is not effective to rely solely on the individual discretion of the adoption counselor.
It is impossible to act in the best interest of the animals if there are no guidelines. Animals should not be adopted just to prevent euthanasia or haphazardly without forethought of the animal's welfare.
Acting as the temporary guardian of an animal and making a "correct" determination about adoption placement is a difficult task (continued...)
Great Pet Pic - Meet May
Thanks, KS60!
Weekly Report from Petfinder
Dear Petfinder.com Members,
Watch the shears and tears on Animal Planet’s new series, Groomer Has It. Airing on Saturday nights at 9 pm (ET/PT), the show follows 12 of America’s most creative and hard-working dog groomers competing for the title of Groomer of the Year by turning shaggy dogs into sleek canines.
In particular, be sure to tune in on May 17 and June 7 to see the pets of two Petfinder members take the stage. The groomers work their tails off to help homeless dogs put their best paws forward in finding a new home.
For a full schedule and all the hairy details, visit Groomer Has It on Animal Planet.
-Kim
Pet Stats for Last Week
Total pet pages viewed last week: 14,244,541
Total rabbit pages viewed last week: 138,115
SOURCE: Petfinder Pet Stats Browser
Engage Petfinder Visitors
View "Pets Wanted" Classified Ads
Petfinder visitors are looking for pets of specific types. Click here to see ads from folks in your area. Only you (as members) have access to this area, so be sure to look frequently.
Volunteer-finder
Search a database of thousands of Petfinder visitors who would like to help. This is a searchable database where you define the kind of volunteer you're looking for and then see a list of people who match those skills in your region. Click here to search.
Invite Petfinder Visitors to Your Events
Make sure your fundraising events, yappy hours, dog walks, and adoption days are in our event calendar where thousands of people go to find a pet-friendly way to spend their day.
Register for a Unique Address
Tired of your Petfinder home page's long, complicated address? How about a brand new one that is short and sweet, such as: noahsark.petfinder.com. Request a unique address.
Free Web Site Hosting
Do you have a non-Petfinder web site
that you would like to have Petfinder host for you?
Request an FTP Account.
Places to Be
Attend an Adoption Options Workshop
We've brought together some of the most popular presentations and speakers in animal welfare and mixed them with plenty of breaks and networking opportunities.
Adoption Options Stops in 2008
Animal Welfare Conference Calendar
Feel like you're the last to know what is going on? Not any more! We're proud to introduce the Petfinder.com Conference Calendar just for Animal Welfare Pros. Now you can find upcoming training events as well as special celebrations.
