Breed Additions to Feature Your Pets Dear Petfinder Members, Good news! You’ll now have some additional breed options to feature your adoptable dogs and cats on Petfinder. We’ve heard your feedback and have updated our dog and cat breed list within the admin system to also include the following: Dog – American Bully Dog – Aussiedoodle Dog – Bernedoodle Dog …

Exciting News from Petfinder!   Petfinder Members using auto-import, As part of our on-going efforts to make Petfinder an even stronger tool for our members and your adoptable pets, we are thrilled to announce an enhanced auto-import! We know that many of you rely on our auto-import tool to keep your pets posted and up-to-date on Petfinder. In the past, …

  Beginning Wednesday morning, December 3 at 2:00am ET, Petfinder will be implementing several site enhancements including: – Fixes to the ability to add pets to Petfinder when using Internet Explorer – Fixes to our automatic photo import system for Chameleon shelter software users – Updates to your Admin System Dashboard to share important account information with you and increase …

The Petfinder Outreach Team had a great time with Petfinder members who attended the Animal Care Expo on May 20-23.  To create visual resources for events like these, we rely on our members and the eye-catching photos they take of their adoptable pets. Case in point: Here is pretty Clarrise, whose striking photo caught our eyes as we perused pet lists for …

Dear Petfinder members, Please work with the director of your organization to gather your 2013 adoption totals and take 10 minutes to complete this quick survey. http://surveymonkey.com/s/PetfinderAnnualSurvey2013 Petfinder connects your pets with millions of potential adopters each month. To ensure we continue to meet your needs and those of your adopters, I am asking for your participation in our Annual Member Survey. Learning about …

Dear Petfinder members, More than 7.5 million potential adopters viewed your pets last month. The number of Petfinder visitors continues to grow each year, with this March showing an 8.5% increase in visitors compared to last year. We are proud to be able to bring you millions of people with the potential to become adopters, donors, volunteers and advocates for …

We’re excited to announce the Petfinder and Petfinder Foundation Sponsor A Pet program has recently re-launched with new-and-improved features!  As many of you know, the Sponsor A Pet program has been a part of Petfinder for a long time. Thanks to the help from our friends at the Petfinder Foundation, we have been able to offer a program for Petfinder …

It’s official! As of today, Petfinder has become a part of Nestlé Purina PetCare. The full Petfinder staff, all 19 of us, had the pleasure of visiting the Nestlé Purina PetCare Headquarters in St. Louis, MO. Upon arrival, it was clear we were at the right place. Similing Purina employees with their canine “coworkers” were there to greet us at the door. …

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 …

Each year Petfinder’s parent company Discovery Communications hosts Discover Your Impact day. It’s a day for Discovery’s employees to get away from their desks and volunteer on a project in their community. This year’s Impact Day was the biggest and most global to date. Nearly 4,200 Discovery employees across five continents volunteered with 170 projects ranging from feeding the homeless, revitalizing …