Shelter Care

I am actually really proud of my presentation audience. I am so happy that not only seniors asked me questions but juniors that I don't know seemed to be generally interested and asked me questions as well. Also I am proud of my slideshow. I really love how it turned out.

My topic overall worked for me. I loved my topic and it taught me life lessons that I could use in the future. The skills that I learned at my mentorship I applied to the job that I got now and I plan to go to my mentorship in the future as well.

I would have been more on top of my research. I learned a lot and read a lot from my research. I kept my WB updated but my notebook was just something hard for me to keep up on. I can see the use of it because I used it for my essay and presentation so it's something that I wished I completed entirely. I also would have just start working on all my presentations earlier to better myself to prepare.

YES. I learned customer service, teamwork, and communication. It was my first real "job" experience and I'm really glad I found my mentorship.

 EQ: What are the most effective strategies a shelter can use to increase the chances an animal will be adopted?

Answer 1: One of the most effective strategies a shelter can use to increase the chances an animal will be adopted is to have a prepared, professional, and organized staff team.

Answer 2: One of the most effective strategies a shelter can use to increase the chances an animal will be adopted is to have a strong, active social media connection. 

Answer 3:  One of the most effective strategies a shelter can use in order to increase the chances that an animal will be adopted is to properly train the shelter pet.

 My best answer would be #1 because the staff and the volunteers take care of the pets and help the potential adopters. If the staff of an organization then the whole business would be run down - there wouldn't be a professional setting to attract customers or the assist that customers demand. 

The problems that I faced when concluding to this answer was that it was based from experience and not from research. I proved my problem correct based from observing at my mentorship and form my interview from my mentor.

Source #19, Source #20

I am planning to interview Jazzi, a dog trainer that has been training one of my friend's dog for some weeks now. I find this a perfect opportunity because my third answer is training and I hope she can give me some insight for my last answer. 

EQ: "What are the most effective strategies a shelter can use to increase the chances an animal will be adopted?"

Because I am interviewing a dog trainer that is not involved with a shelter, but with classes I would ask her:

1. How long have you been a dog trainer?
2. What drove you to become a dog trainer?
3. What prepared you to be a dog trainer?
4. Do you tend to know the dog's background before your training class?
5. Have you ever gotten dogs that were in foster care?
6. Have you ever gotten dogs that were adopted from shelters?
7. What is the most difficult part of your job?
8. What are the most common problems you encounter with pets in your classes?
9. What tips do you have for owners who are starting out with training?
10. When do you recommend for an owner to start training their pet?
11. Do you notice any difference in the different breeds that you train?
12. What are the basic tools you usually use for your training sessions?
13. Would you recommend training classes for every pet owner? Why?
14. Do you notice a difference in attention span from the different age groups of dogs you've trained?
15. Do you have certain methods for every behavior type of dog? (Hyper, Not motivated, aggressive, etc.)
16. Have you ever had a particular case where the dog didn't take on the training well?
17. What usually works to motivate the dog for training?
18. What is the most important thing an owner can do while training their pet?
19. Why do you think training is important for a pet?
20. If you can describe the perfect trainer, what would that trainer be like?

"What are the most effective strategies a shelter can use in order to increase the chances that an animal will be adopted?"

One of the most effective strategies a shelter can use to increase the chances an animal will be adopted is to have a strong, active social media connection.

If a shelter animal is trained and calm in a kennel it can promote the appearance and character of that shelter pet to get adopted.

"What are the most effective strategies a shelter can use in order to increase the chances that an animal will be adopted?"

One of the most effective strategies a shelter can use to increase the chances an animal will be adopted is to have a prepared, professional, and organized staff team.

One of the most effective strategies a shelter can use to increase the chances an animal will be adopted is to have a strong, active social media connection.

Source Link - "Three of the Internet’s most beloved pets are teaming up to help the millions of cats and dogs in shelters and rescue groups across the country find loving homes. Fashion icon Toast Meets World, globally recognized pianist Keyboard Cat and life of the party Hamilton Pug are lending their star power to “Start A Story. Adopt,” a new public service advertising (PSA) campaign from The Shelter Pet Project, a collaborative effort between Maddie’s Fund®, The Humane Society of the United States and the Ad Council." 

Toast Meets World, Keyboard Cat, and Hamilton Pug are three real life examples of a great social media background. 

Source Link - "A recent study from the Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science took a look at 468 photos of young and adult black Labrador mixed breed dogs adopted via Petfinder across the United States. Having a good photograph made a huge difference. Dogs with a high quality adoption profile photo were adopted within 14 days, compared to 43 days for those with a poor photo. Among adult dogs, being outside made a significant difference, with an average adoption time of 37 days for outdoor photos compared to 51 days for indoor photos." 

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If a shelter can have a strong, active connected social media background then more people will be aware of the animals that arrive to the shelter and would create an audience base that can become loyal volunteers, donators, and individual promoters.

Jackson Brown is mentioned in my audio link from my interview.

The most important thing that I learned was that the importance of how kennel cards, shelter websites, and staff work is to the animals in the shelter. With the knowledge that my mentor shared with me in the interview some shelters that are kill shelters don't preform highly in these areas and are risking the lives of the animals in that particular shelter without the proper advertisement and care.

My approach on interview grew positively. Interviewing is still very intimidating because I don't like being clear with my questions and when I go back to write my transcripts, I do sound unclear and unconfident - it's something I need to work on, but I have learned from it.