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The Shelter Shift

A free resource for your adopters (ready to print or send)

Published about 2 months ago • 1 min read

Dog parks, lots of visitors and visits to Home Depot are a hard No.

Hello Friends,

We put together a one-page guide for new adopters covering the first 72 hours after bringing a dog home, what to do, what to skip, and how to set the dog up to actually decompress instead of spiral. Here is the complete blog post.

It's the stuff most adopters need to hear and don't: keep the world small, watch before you train, secure the exits, don't take anything personally. Short enough to read in two minutes. Direct enough to actually be useful.

You can drop it in adoption folders, attach it to your post-adoption email, or hand it out at pickup. It's a Word Doc so you can brand it for your rescue or shelter or make any changes unique to your situation.

Download the handout here: The First 72 Hours​

If your adopters find it useful, feel free to point them toward Shelter Shift for more. We cover the real, unglamorous side of rescue and adoption, the stuff that actually helps people keep their dogs.

Thanks for the work you do.

— Roxanne

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for following, reading, and being part of the solution to the animal crisis. You are appreciated.

Roxanne

605 Mango Tree Dr, Edgewater, FL 32132
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