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Susan Houser
Dec 5, 20189 min read
Doobert: A Versatile Way to Save Lives
I recently interviewed Chris Roy, the creator of Doobert.com, about how Doobert can be used to help shelter workers and rescuers do their...
Susan Houser
Oct 11, 20188 min read
Virginia’s No Kill Effort: Innovation and Inspiration
Introduction Last year I wrote about a new statewide No Kill campaign in Virginia. The campaign was developed by Makena Yarbrough,...
Susan Houser
Jun 25, 20184 min read
Maddie’s Pet Forum: A New Way to Communicate
Did you ever wish there was a place online where you could go with questions about shelter lifesaving and quickly get answers from...
Susan Houser
May 9, 20189 min read
Fostering: A Keystone Program — Interview with Kristen Auerbach
I recently had the opportunity to interview Kristen Auerbach, head of the Pima Animal Care Center (PACC) in Tucson, Arizona. Before...
Susan Houser
Jun 30, 20174 min read
A New Statewide No Kill Effort Launches in Washington
I recently had the opportunity to interview Jeanine Foucher, executive director of Pet Net Washington (PNW). PNW is a grant-making...
Susan Houser
Jun 2, 20175 min read
Catching Up with Humane Network
In the last few years we’ve seen a welcome and much-needed increase in the number of shelter consultants. We now have a wide variety of...
Susan Houser
Jun 2, 20165 min read
Meet the Directors: Bonney Brown and Diane Blankenburg of Humane Network
Today I have a guest post written in conjunction with Bonney Brown and Diane Blankenburg about their consulting organization, Humane...
Susan Houser
Apr 21, 20164 min read
Getting to Know Target Zero
Several organizations have started doing No Kill counseling and shelter assessments in the last few years. One such group is Target Zero,...
Susan Houser
Dec 9, 20155 min read
Meet the Director: Teresa Johnson
During the 12 years that she worked with J.P. Morgan she was also volunteering for animal welfare issues. For many years she was...
Susan Houser
Nov 17, 20156 min read
Meet The Director: Lara Hudson
The villagers were living in conditions that made their existence seem almost as though they were on a different planet from the...
Susan Houser
Nov 13, 20154 min read
Meet the Director: Kerry Moyers-Horton
Kerry Moyers-Horton’s previous career was as an art director. She got a degree in graphic design and went to work in her home town of...
Susan Houser
Jul 8, 20154 min read
Meet the Director: Jim Bouderau
Jim Bouderau always liked animals, and as a teenager he worked for a veterinarian and thought about becoming a vet himself. Ultimately,...
Susan Houser
May 6, 20153 min read
Meet the Director: Makena Yarbrough
In the summer of 2000 she had a life-changing experience when she went with her parents on a vacation to Greece. She was dismayed by the...
Susan Houser
Mar 27, 20155 min read
Meet the Director: Rebecca Guinn
Then one day while she was at home she heard loud howling. She went out to investigate and found a stray dog on a neighbor’s property...
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