The Sheltered Dog

The Sheltered Dog

• myths
• adoption
• resources
• behavior

Myths

• what is it?
• a myth is an unproved or false collective belief that is used to justify a social institution.
• Ex: All pitbulls are mean
• aggressive dogs should be immediately euthanized

Adoption

• The main fours goals
• Vaccinations
• Evaluating the adopter
• Any health concerns
• A safe home

Resouces

• Educated staff
• Supplies
• Financial stability

Behaviors

• its time to educate staff
• "we need to put out behaviorally healthy safe animals for adoption."
• " But we also want to provide for their enrichment and advanced behavioral guidelines for the adopter(Kahler, 2015,p.1-7).