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i used to work in a shelter and most behavior problems were lack of discipline and aggression

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HI there! Has the link for the recording and slides been sent out from last weeks session on part 1?

1st part webinar and notes: https://www.aspcapro.org/webinar/2018-11-06-120000/assessing-canine-behavior-shelter-input-multiple-sources

Hi Everyone: Please select 'All panelists and attendees' in the chat....otherwise people cannot see your questions. Chat defaults to only sending to panelists, so you have to change the To: field

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in Portugal we had recently the first effective jail conviction for animal abuse. It is a start...

Brooks Bosley. queen annes county md

Animal Care Centers of NYC, New York USA

Here in Portugal the overall tendence from animal rescue shelters is to keep all the animals regardless of thair "adoptability". They always end with much more animals they are capable of take care. And behavior problems are more prone to develop due to stress and overlotation.

This still exists in the U.S., Jose. It's not perfect here either.

how can we improve this?

Dr. Yin's protocol for vet staff has multiple applications and is highly effective.

You will get good tips from Dr. Reid and Kristen in this webinar, Jose.

Hi Leonore - do you have a link for that?

https://lowstresshandling.com

Great, thanks for sharing the resource!

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What about dogs on stray hold? Would you proceed with a dog intro?

Hi Danielle - policies vary by shelter. We can ask Dr. Reid and Kristen their opinion at the end!

Are you advocating for leashed dog introductions?

Dana, we use loose-leash handling for dog-dog intros to keep dogs safe without putting tension on the dogs.

nice timing, Pam

do your volunteers get some sort of formation before engaging these activities?

Jose - do you mean before interacting with the animals in the shelter?

Audio has been periodically cutting out (I am using phone audio).

We've implemented Dogs Playing for Life for about a year. I've found it to be very worthwhile both as an energy outlet and a tool to gather info on a dog's social skills.

also, but specialy before perfomring these behavioral challenges

Is there a good way to gather information from volunteers? We have paper on all of our dog's kennels for volunteers to write on but we rarely see them filled out.

We can ask Dr. Reid to clarify this. In general, volunteers will not be performing any 'challenges' - just interacting with dogs to socialize or care for them.

Hi Cassandra- good question. Dr. Reid and Kristen will talk about that now!

Hi Jillian - good question re bringing dogs home. There is some research that suggests getting them out even for a little while is overall beneficial to the dogs. We can ask Dr. Reid to talk more about this at the end if there is time.

we find that day fosters and slumber parties by volunteers are very helpful in collecting information and easing stress.

do you neuter all dogs before adoption?

Renee - you need to change your chat to "All panelists and attendees" bc Jose can't see your response

Yes, we do

Jose - the ASPCA does neuter prior to adoption.

thank you both

yes we do

Sahra, let's ask the panelists at the end! There are times where a standardized evaluation can't be done because of physical and/or medical limitations - in those cases the other sources of information become even more important.

Sandra, unfortunately that database cannot be shared.

We are hoping to eventually perfect the database and make it widely available but it's going to take time and lots of money to make it happen :-)

Excellent question on assessing heavily pregnant dogs. We face that challenge with our cruelty cases. We evaluate them anyway because we need to provide the behavioral evidence to the prosecutor. In general we find that heavily pregnant dogs will still respond to stimuli. Once they have their pups, it's a lot harder to assess them because they are mostly concerned about returning to their babies.

Can you share the behavior evaluation document on the last slide?

do you also perform owner "profile" evaluation to make "perfect couples animal-owners"?

What happens when you get directly conflicting input from input sources?

Hi Lauren, the slide will be available in the ppt that is shared. The evaluation itself is part of the database that is not yet available to share (but we are working on that for the future!)

Hi John, I've added that to the list! Good question.

The link was to the position statement on behavior assessments...

https://www.aspca.org/about-us/aspca-policy-and-position-statements/position-statement-shelter-dog-behavior-assessments

From Moon Wymore: Is it possible we can get an example copy of Adoptability guidelines for ASPCA

Related to our conversation but slightly different topic, are there studies that have looked at the traits most important to adopters. I’m curious about best practices for matching adopters with dogs. I’m familiar with the ASPCA Meet your Match Program, so perhaps what I’m asking is how something like that fits into this discussion.

Interesting question Sahra. I'm not aware of longitudinal studies that have tracked pups from birth through adulthood. We can ask the panelists though in case they know.

Interesting question Jackie. I'll add it to the list.

How do you screen dog fosters, especially for dogs that may have more behavior issues?

Hi Brooklyn, that is a great question and varies between facilities. I'll add it to the list for the panelists.

how were cortisol metrics analyzed? were there control samples from a like population taken and compared in parallel?

Hi Leonore. Dr. Reid mentioned that research has not been published yet, so we will have to wait until Dr. Gunter publishes to find out!

I"m afraid I don't have those level of details on the research design but because the research was conducted by Dr. Gunter and Dr. Wynne, I'm highly confident that it was well designed.

Thank you!

Do you use anything like a send home document with new families to help with early home problems like stress/housebreaking/multi-pet household management?

Hi Tigan, the adoption center in NY sends home information packets when they adopt out dogs.

We can take one more question before we wrap

Any chance those are available to look at?

Sahra - interesting question. We see many intact males and females when doing cruelty case evaluations. There has not been a significant difference between intact and neutered - but clearly it would impact dog-dog tests if a dog is in heat.

thank you for this excellent presentation

Dogs in heat: they may assess more sociable

Thanks all!

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