U-tube and catchy photos on petfinder (milo teen spirit! orville on utube...) - get people to take the time to look at older or special needs pets
Foster care system - allows people to see how the animal truly can bring joy to a household as a family member
Successfully adopted special needs pets as ambassadors (the new blog page featuring their stories)
Full disclosure - we know it's common practice for shelters to downgrade ages, behavior issues, etc. If a dog is 16 years old, we say that. We have had dogs that age adopted. We believe in complete honesty and feel honesty helps the shelter system in general. Bad experiences will not lead to future adoptions. We believe there is someone for every dog!
Events allow people to meet and interact with volunteers, past adopters, and some of our special adoptables. (the halloween event in jersey could ham orville and roo (?) up as an embassadors!)
Misa's training program - free monthly behavior sessions offer adopters a chance to reconnect with us to work out behavior questions with behaviorists and trainers
myspace profiles - several fosters have created myspace profiles to help their charges gain attention
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