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Workshop: Behavioral Medication for Shelter Animals |
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Where: Humane Society of Huron Valley,
Address: 3100 Cherry Hill Rd Ann Arbor, MI
Cost: $50
Behavioral medication is viewed as a compassionate, life-saving tool to address fear and anxiety too often suffered by animals housed in shelters. It can also address chronic behavioral issues that may be an impediment to adoption.
Spending any length of time in a shelter can be stressful for any animal. Reducing stress has been shown to have positive impacts on adoption rates, adoption success, length of time in foster homes and return rates. Enrichment, daily management and behavior modification can help -- and what role can medication play?
Dr. Pachel and the Animal Behavior Clinic have seen pharmaceutical intervention have a positive impact on:
- Repetitive/stereotypic behaviors
- Excessive or persistent vocalizations
- Loss of appetite (anorexia)
- Excessive appetite (pica, polyphagia)
- Destructive behaviors
- Avoidance behavior (overall, or specifically triggered by individual's approach)
- Worsening or change in behavior over time (as reported by volunteers or staff)
- Excessive arousal
- Excessive self-directed behaviors (grooming, licking, etc.)
- Weight loss
- Gastrointestinal upset
- Concurrent illness and/or medication use
- Lack of response to social interaction with people or other animals
- Disconnect from physical/social surroundings (may appear "calm")
While medication use generally isn't automatic in any of these conditions, there are circumstances in which you may want to consider it. When? How? How long? Dr. Pachel will answer these questions and more to help you help your animals.
More information and registration are here.
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Rescue Bank |
Does your shelter or rescue group utilize
Rescue Bank
?
As a signature program of GreaterGood.org, Rescue Bank utilizes donations made at TheAnimalRescueSite.com to grant donated pet food and supplies to smaller, less-visible non-profits that have limited access to resources. Each year, brand name manufacturers and retailers donate millions of pounds of nutritious pet food which Rescue Bank makes available to pre-qualified animal welfare non-profits nationally.
Rescue groups, animal shelters, dog/cat sanctuaries, feral cat organizations, and disaster relief/emergency aid animal welfare organizations are eligible.
New
recipient
organizations are encouraged to apply.
More information, eligibility criteria, and application are
here
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Silver Muzzle Cottage |
One of MPFA's
Certified Rescue organizations,
Silver Muzzle Cottage, has recently been featured in the Detroit Free Press. The Elk Rapids-based group, founded and run by Kim Skarritt, specializes in r
escue and hospice for homeless senior dogs.
Silver
Muzzle accepts owner-surrendered as well as shelter dogs into their innovative and unique program, providing love and care during the dogs' final weeks or months, ensuring that the dogs never suffer.
Volunteers are welcome to spend time with the dogs! Find more information here.
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About Michigan Pet Fund Alliance
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The single mission of Michigan Pet Fund Alliance is to stop the killing of healthy and treatable homeless cats and dogs in Michigan shelters.
MPFA is an all-volunteer
organization collaborating with shelter and rescue organizations to achieve No Kill through training, technical
assistance,
education and advocacy.
For more information:
877-FUR-PALS
(877-387-7257)
Contributions are tax deductible.
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