May 4, 2012 No Kill: It’s not easy, but the rewards are incomparable! Building a no kill community … is not easy. Maintaining a no kill community … is not easy. But, no kill communities do not do it because it is easy. They do it because it is the right thing to do. As
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May 3, 2012 Increase the live save rate of animals in your Community – no experience needed Texas has several no kill communities; interesting to note about four is that the leadership that transformed these communities to no kill do not have a career shelter professional resume. In fact, they have no expertise in managing
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April 12, 2012 Increasing Animal Shelter Live Outcome / Save Rates! In Texas, state law requires municipal animal shelters to hold strays for at least 72 hours – after that, they can be killed immediately. Sometimes beloved family pets are killed before their owners find them making this procedure even more heartbreakingly devastating! However, there
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October 5, 2011 While some animal shelters make excuses for killing healthy, adoptable pets, others lead by example by creating innovative strategies to help their pets find forever homes. In the case of Seagoville Animal Services, they built a volunteer coalition and put a plea to the local media to help them save lives. Mazie’s
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September 29, 2011 This is a new video that highlights the difference photography can make in a pet being adopted – or not. It is produced by Fix Your Images. Click here to see the other great Pet Photo Tips series blog posts shared by pro photographers in the Pawsitively Texas community. Alva’s Note: Like
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September 27, 2011 A loud collective international groan filled cyberspace recently as Facebook rolled out new changes – again! Not only are new changes difficult to figure out initially when we’re racing against the clock to save lives in animal rescue, they also can build a lot of frustration. However, some of these changes are
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September 22, 2011 by Shelby Clarke, Lifestyle and Pet Photograher Natural light creates the most beautiful photos; the following five tips will help achieve the natural light look whether shot indoors or out. Remember to “Learn to play with what you have, and be creative with the opportunities given.” 1. Control when you shoot a. When
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September 21, 2011 By Jenny Froh, Pet Photographer Sometimes an active puppy or kitten can pose a challenge to getting a great photo to increase his/her chance for adoption. Here are eight tips to help you get the best picture possible! 1. Turn off your flash. Get in front of a window or go outside for
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September 20, 2011 Like any good advertising or marketing campaign, good photos sell! And that is true for pet adoption as well! Quality photos can make a great first impression for pets in need of rescue or adoption and is one of the proven no kill initiatives for increased pet adoptions. The following is the
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September 12, 2011 Pawsitively Texas is fast approaching a population of 30,000 on our Facebook page! At the time of this writing, we’re at 29,825. That got me to thinking, if Pawsitively Texas were an actual Texas community, where would we rank in terms of population? So, a google search led me to the Texas
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August 20, 2011 Meet Fancy and enjoy her moving story of rescue, over-coming fear and trust issues, learning to love and be loved, and the beginning of her happily ever after story. This story is written and produced by the folks at the South Houston Animal Shelter, Pasadena Poodle Patch, and made possible because of
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August 9, 2011 Technology just keeps making it easier for us to help causes dear to our heart. Here is a very easy way to help animal rescues and shelters with their supply needs! Amazon.com has a service called Wish List. An individual or organization can easily set up a wish list of items needed
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July 21, 2011 Austin Dog Zone announces the implementation of a new program to help feed pets in animal shelters and rescue groups. The Coupon Rescue Challenge Program is an innovative idea to help feed animal shelter and rescue pets in Austin and the surrounding area including Georgetown and Round Rock. Using the “it takes a
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July 21, 2011 Do you network shelter and/or rescue pets in need on Facebook? If so, do you use a Profile or Page? Did you know if you use a Profile for anything other than your personal social network page, you could be at risk for being deleted? I know a lot of people use
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July 21, 2011 Since launching Pawisitvely Texas on Facebook in 2009, I’ve learned a lot about about posting animals in need of rescue. We are currently capturing more than 5 million post views each month, so it is critically important we communicate clearly and accurately to help the pets that depend on us – and
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April 26, 2010 I love to share really cool ‘best practices’ that animal rescues and shelters do to help find forever, loving homes for the pets in their community. Many people in rescue are all too familiar with the “big black dog curse” … the most passed over, the least adopted pet in a shelter.
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April 21, 2010 For many, a trip to the local animal shelter is unbearable. The kennels full of adorable pets, some dirty, some afraid, all so desperately hopeful someone will take them is simply too much. And they walk away, unable to go back. However, in October 2009, Wendy Lenze accompanied her friend Susan Anderson,
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