Once again, good information. Many shelters do not have a program in place to track dogs past the point of adoption beyond a follow up call or email. It is often impossible to know if the dogs were rehomed, or surrendered to a different org., or if successfully adopted, the challenges the adopters faced and the solutions they implemented. Do the shelters you work with have these stats? Many dogs are surrendered or returned for behavioral reasons, yet these are masked by blaming the people for lacking patience, compassion or education. The killing is deemed necessary due to lack of funding and/or space, and is justified by the length of time the dog was granted to rot in the cell. When dogs are held for extensive times, it is commonly due to behavioral reasons their programs are unable to address through conventional training methods, leading to restrictions on adoption options ( ie - no kids or other pets) and justifying killing the dogs. Exploring solutions to behavioral issues to prevent surrenders and increase successful adoptions is not present in the shelter system because they are controlled by organizations who conform to only one method. Have you asked the shelters who are not taking-on your program why they are not? What is preventing them from opening their minds to solutions? I get closed doors all the time - not because my method is not proven effective, but because often people and orgs do not want to accept solutions from others or to collaborate. I appreciate your thoughts, feedback, and information.
Once again, good information. Many shelters do not have a program in place to track dogs past the point of adoption beyond a follow up call or email. It is often impossible to know if the dogs were rehomed, or surrendered to a different org., or if successfully adopted, the challenges the adopters faced and the solutions they implemented. Do the shelters you work with have these stats? Many dogs are surrendered or returned for behavioral reasons, yet these are masked by blaming the people for lacking patience, compassion or education. The killing is deemed necessary due to lack of funding and/or space, and is justified by the length of time the dog was granted to rot in the cell. When dogs are held for extensive times, it is commonly due to behavioral reasons their programs are unable to address through conventional training methods, leading to restrictions on adoption options ( ie - no kids or other pets) and justifying killing the dogs. Exploring solutions to behavioral issues to prevent surrenders and increase successful adoptions is not present in the shelter system because they are controlled by organizations who conform to only one method. Have you asked the shelters who are not taking-on your program why they are not? What is preventing them from opening their minds to solutions? I get closed doors all the time - not because my method is not proven effective, but because often people and orgs do not want to accept solutions from others or to collaborate. I appreciate your thoughts, feedback, and information.
Thank you, Winograds -- will share -- Clearing the Shelters — 2022 : is now, and always will be, a SUCCESS