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  1. Understanding how lost pets behave can mean the difference between lost and found! ow.ly/bfYrz
  2. B Brown: Pet adoption like new car. Run ads all year long so you'll think of them when ready. Same for shelter ads. #AnimalCareExpo #nokill
  3. B Brown: Important to let potential adopters touch the pets; that's when bond begins. #AnimalCareExpo #nokill
  4. B Brown: Don't fear impulse adoptions. People have GOOD impulses, too. #AnimalCareExpo #nokill
  5. Now in Pav 11 at #AnimalCareExpo, the amazing Bonney Brown of @NVHumaneSociety, on marketing treatable pets #nokill
  6. B Carr: "If gonna warehouse cats, do it at the mall." ie, rented adoption space at mall when crowded in shelter. #AnimalCareExpo #nokill
  7. B Carr: Two very old dogs, arthritis, heart disease, 1 not housetrained, had to stay together. Adopted. #AnimalCareExpo #nokill
  8. B Carr: Pitbull, no use of hind legs. 15 yrs ago, never consider adoptable Now, got wheels, adopted! #AnimalCareExpo #nokill
  9. B Carr: Don't take in ferals anymore. Shelter horrible for them. And they die. #AnimalCareExpo #nokill
  10. B. Carr: 15 yrs ago, thought feral cats better off dead. Now, stats show ferals far healthier than pets, thriving. #AnimalCareExpo #nokill
  11. B Carr from Erie Co: 15 yrs ago if told to adopt out cats for free, horrified. Now, "best thing ever done 4 cats." #AnimalCareExpo #nokill
  12. At lunch, Dr. B Hanek said single most important way to monitor pet health in shelter: WEIGH THEM EVERY DAY. #AnimalCareExpo #nokill
  13. Dr. B Hanek: When ringworm outbreak ongoing, ALL cats dipped on intake to protect them, reduce spread #AnimalCareExpo #nokill
  14. Pain mngmt critical for shelter dogs, cats says Dr. B Hanek at #AnimalCareExpo #nokill session - DRAMATIC improvement seen.
  15. 43 puppies exposed to parvo came to @PAWSChicago. 19 needed ICU. 100 % survived. Dr. B Hanek tells how at #AnimalCareExpo #nokill session
  16. Now: Dr. Barb Hanek from @PAWSChicago on saving sick pets while still moving thru shelter to adoption fast #AnimalCareExpo #nokill
  17. Dr. D'Arpino says some fearful cats stressed in adoption areas, use creative marketing instead, keep in office #AnimalCareExpo #nokill
  18. Dr. D'Arpino demonstrating using clicker at @Ctr4ShelterDogs at #AnimalCareExpo :Pavilion 11 at our daylong on getting to #nokill
  19. Up now in Pavillion 11 at #AnimalCareExpo: Dr. Sheila d'Arpino of @Ctr4ShelterDogs on saving dogs w/ behavior challenges.
  20. Mary Smith opens daylong session at #AnimalCareExpo w/ recommendation for article on using data to go #nokill ow.ly/b36ue