Sandra Newbury, DVM Koret Shelter Medicine Program ...

[Pages:53]Sandra Newbury, DVM Koret Shelter Medicine Program

University of California, Davis facebook/sheltermedicine

Adjunct Assistant Professor Shelter Medicine

University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine

Packing their Bags: Getting Shelter Animals Ready for

Foster Care

Check out our new foster blog:

Scenes from the last episode: Making reservations

How many foster homes?

A

Table 1

Total Intake

January

184

February

122

March

162

April

167

May

199

June

350

July

330

August

349

September

343

October

331

November

246

December

223

B

C

Kitten intake

New foster

needing foster homes needed

care

this month

32

16

17

9

14

7

23

12

45

23

99

33

97

32

90

30

121

40

109

36

67

22

41

21

LOS and resting periods determine turnover and total numbers

Estimating numbers

January February

March April May June July August September October November December

New foster homes this

month 16 9 7 12 23 33 32 30 40 36 22 21

Still Working

from last

Resting

month number (50%) Total Number

0

16

16

25

9

8

24

7

5

24

12

4

39

23

6

62

33

12

77

32

17

79

30

16

86

40

15

91

36

20

78

22

18

61

Batter Up!

Proactive foster care planning

Part Four in the ASV Guidelines in Real Life Series for HSUS's Animal Sheltering Magazine

Foster On Deck

? Foster parents recruited proactively ? Online list to let them know who is UP next ? Level system ? "A litter a day" goal ? Most kittens now leave for foster in 1-2 days ? Boston Animal Rescue League -- see Shelter Math and Population

Planning ASPCApro webinar recording and Presenter's Slides (.pdf)

Recruiting foster homes

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