We have posted so many articles on our public blog (http://blog.adoptapet.com) about dog and cat behavior over the years! So that we thought it would be helpful to you, our shelters and rescues, if we dedicated this shelterblog article to pointing out some of the dog and cat behavior help tips, in an easy-to-access format: a list of links. You can then quickly find the topic you’re looking for, and send the link or print out the article to share with your new adopters or fosters that need that specific kind of help with the dog or cat in their home.
If you have any suggestions for new topics you’d like to see covered, let us know by emailing helpdesk@adoptapet.com. We are happy to share the collective knowledge we all can offer, to help adopted and foster pets stay happy and IN their homes.
DOGS
- 7 Tips for Bringing Home a Shelter Dog
- Top Tips for Safely Bringing Home a Rescue or Shelter Dog
- 10 Tips For Welcoming Home Your Newly-Adopted Dog
- Why Exercise & Training Your Adopted Dog is Important
- How Pads Can Help When Housetraining Your Dog
- Housetraining Your Dog or Puppy
- Stop singing the Housebreaking Blues
- How to Crate Train your Puppy or Dog
How to Raise a Friendly Puppy- Puppy Basics – tips for a good start
- Puppies and Infants – safety tips
Train Your Dog to Stop Barking at Home- Help your dog stop crying when left alone
- Help! My new dog is too… (active, noisy, aggressive)
- Stop on-leash barking at other dogs
- Teach Your Dog or Puppy To Walk on Leash
- How To Teach a Puppy Bite Inhibition
- 4 Tips to Stop Your Pet’s Destructive Chewing
- Teach Your Dog to Come When Called
- Introducing Your New Dog to Other Dogs
- Introducing a New Puppy to Your Adult Dog
- 6 Steps to Introduce a Cat to a Dog
CATS
- Welcoming your New Kitten
- Bringing Home Your New Cat or Kitten
- 6 Steps to Introduce a New Cat To Your Dog
- Introducing a new cat or kitten to your cats
- Understanding your Cat’s Body Language
- Litter Box Training and Maintenance
- Help my cat stopped using the litterbox!
- Tips to stop your cat from spraying
- Help! My new cat is hiding and won’t come out!
- Cat Hiding Behavior and What You Should Know
- Train your cat to scratch where you want
- How to trim your cat’s nails
- A Behavioral Alternative to Cat Declawing
- 4 Tips to Stop Your Pet’s Destructive Chewing
- Is your kitten biting you or playing too rough?
- You Can Teach Your Cat to Sit In 10 minutes! (helps a bored or destructive cat)
- How to Keep Your Indoor Kitty Happy
- when a cat is like a teenager (managing adolescent behavior)
To learn more about Purina’s support of animal welfare organizations around the U.S., and to see if you are eligible, visit www.purinashelterchampions.com