Shelter Archives - IAABC Journal

Weekend Getaways: A Lifesaving Short-Term Foster Care Program

by Heather Gibbs

Shelter dogs can vacation too!

Enrichment and Stress Reduction for Sheltered Dogs and Cats: Targeting the Five Senses

by Jennifer Toof

Working in animal sheltering, we are all faced with combating the levels of stress experienced by the animals in our care.

Designing Our Shelter’s Own Behavior Evaluation for Intakes and Transfers

by Renee Grant

I work for the Society for the Improvement of Conditions of Stray Animals or SICSA, a private nonprofit shelter and adoption center located in Kettering, Ohio. Our animal population is composed of dogs and cats from owner surrenders and transfers. We transfer dogs in from most of our surrounding counties but have taken dogs from as far away as Georgia and South Carolina. In 2017, we adopted out 1,608 dogs and cats.