Share Petfinder Adoption Options Podcast
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
By Petfinder
The podcast currently has 13 episodes available.
Join us for the final episode of Season 1 of the Adoption Options Podcast! We sit down with Steve Kaufman from PetSmart Charities to talk about how to become an Adoption Partner, the effect of COVID-19 on adoptions, and how to overcome some barriers to adoption.
Link to PetSmart Charities: https://petsmartcharities.org/
More information on removing adoption barriers: https://www.maddiesfund.org/removing-barriers-to-adoption-learning-track.htm
Today's episode features Alisha Vianello, who has over 10 years of experience in HR. She talks to us about attracting quality candidates and helpful strategies for keeping those employees! Perhaps one of the most important topics we touch on is how to engage volunteers when you don't have enough staff!
This week we are joined by Kim Wolf, founder of Beyond Breed and overall inspiring human. Kim has background in both human services and animal welfare organizations, so today we sit down and talk about how those organizations can best work together to not only help pets, but the people who love them as well.
https://navigator.aafp.org/
Molly Harding joins us again as she talks about her new certification: Brain Savvy Coach! We talk about what Brain Savvy is, why it's so important to recognize your stressors, and provide you with an incredible resource for managing stress!
In today's episode we sit down with Laura Oliver (Lionel's Legacy Senior Dog Rescue) and Katherine Shenar (The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement) as they share their inspiring story of overcoming obstacles and working together to help the pets in their community.
This week we sit down with Molly Harding from Kuranda ShelterBeds! She tells us about why beds are so important for animals quality of life, how she got started and how their business is about so much more than dog beds.
https://pro.petfinder.com/special-offers/kuranda-beds/
Dr. Annie Valuska is an animal behaviorist at Purina. She has an extensive background in rabbit behavior and enrichment, and today she shares her top tips to help rabbits THRIVE while in your care! While earning her PhD, Dr. Annie studied improving the welfare of laboratory rabbits, and she has so much knowledge to share.
Her book recommendations: House Rabbit Handbook: How to Live with an Urban Rabbit by Marinell Harriman, Stories Rabbits Tell: A Natural and Cultural History of a Misunderstood Creature by Margo DeMello and Susan E. Davis
The podcast currently has 13 episodes available.