How Animal Shelters are Improving

Posted Jan 18, 2022 in News

Animal shelters benefit their communities and the animals in the area. These shelters ensure that animals are housed, fed, and kept safe as they wait to be adopted. Many animal shelters are stepping up their game, though, to improve shelters for the betterment of everyone. 

Amenities

Shelters have shifted their focus to animal welfare, implementing training, behavior modification, research, community outreach, and education programming. There are more comfortable beds, soothing music is played, and work to improve all aspects of a dog’s life. 

Facilities

Shelters are also updating their facilities to meet the needs of the animals that live there. They are changing the layouts to provide natural light and decrease stress by the design and location of the kennels. When the dogs live in more well-thought-out spaces, there will be less barking, disease, and the workers will provide better care to the animals. 

Community Service

People are changing their mindsets from animal control to saving animals from being put in the system in the first place. Because of this shift, animal shelters benefit all animals in the community, not just those in the system. They are trying to solve issues in animals with problems outside of the shelter so that they do not end up in the shelter. 

Experts

The shelters are also shifting to train and hire the employees as professionals. It is crucial to hire professionals as they are in charge of the well-being of animals. By knowing the behaviors of these dogs, the experts can encourage people to adopt them with full knowledge of the circumstances.

Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer engagement allows shelters to care for animals in a way that may not be able to happen otherwise. By taking the dogs on runs and walks, helping dogs learn new skills, or playing with them, their lives are enriched.

Field Trips

By allowing volunteers to spend time with animals, the dogs can get out of isolation and expand the dog’s network. Dogs often do not have good in-home experience, so this socialization is essential for their development and adaptability. 

Research Results

By spending time with new people, dogs’ stress levels decrease dramatically. By researching the effects on shelter animals, we can make their shelter experience more enjoyable.