Whether you work with a shelter or a private rescue, there is a good chance that at some point you will find your organization in the company of an adoptable rabbit. Unfortunately, people tend to purchase rabbits on a whim, and all too often it doesn’t take long for the novelty to wear off. If these rabbits are lucky, they …

Once each week we will feature a common question we receive in our Outreach@Petfinder.com email inbox that we feel would be of interest to all members. “Why does Petfinder send us a message saying you are going to deactivate our account in two weeks because we haven’t listed any pets recently? We don’t have any changes to make at this …

Holy breathtaking landscape. There’s certainly something appealing about seeing an animal in it’s proper environment. Here is Roper who comes from the Herding Rescue Dogs of Wyoming group, and check out just how peaceful and natural this photo feels. It’s really just a beautiful landscape photo, completed by having Roper in it. Good composition with the grass meeting the sky and the mountain in the distance. …

Did you know that Today is National Take Your Dog to Work Day? Neither did I, strange but wonderfully true.  According to takeyourdog.com, Take Your Dog to Work Day, (or TYDTWDAY as they call it)  was first celebrated in 1999 and was created to celebrate what great companions dogs make and to encourage adoption from humane societies, animal shelters and …

Dear Petfinder members, Keep pets in your communities safe this summer with easy to share Summer Pet Safety tips. We are here to help you reach this goal with the launch of our brand new Summer Pet Safety campaign: https://www.petfinder.com/summerpetsafety Visit https://pro.petfinder.com/summerpetsafetyto find free materials for spreading the word about summer safety for pets.  We are helping keep pets out …

Want to use the pet-list printer, but don’t have a printer available? Need to print color cage cards but your printer is B&W? Print to a pdf file that you can email, share, or take to the local print shop. For anything that you can print, you can turn it into a PDF document.  This useful little file is great …

Ringo is our great pet pic today from New Moon Farm Goat Rescue & Sanctuary in Arlington, WA. Ringo’s photo is gorgeous. I love the way the light forms a circle that spotlights his face. It’s really a great use of the natural lighting, and also an example of the perfect timing needed to capture barnyard pets. Photographing barnyard animals presents a different …

If you work or volunteer in the animal welfare field there is a good chance you receive many calls about animals not related to your work with the organization you are associated with. In the spring, summer and fall, this means many wildlife calls may come your way. While there are some general guidelines below, you should always be aware …

Welcome to your weekly update on Petfinder visitors (aka potential adopters) coming to the Petfinder.com site. For the week of June 9 – June 15, we tracked the following statistics on Google Analytics: 1,766,866 people visited Petfinder During their visit to Petfinder.com, they looked at more than 31,938,392 pages of pet profiles and information about adopting and living with pets. On average, …

Happy summer! In DC where I live it’s getting hot out which brings some wonderful things, but also some dangers – especially for pets. It’s why I’m so excited about our new campaign, Summer Pet Safety. When I worked in outreach at my local shelter, I’d always get questions from people about how they could keep their pets safe in …