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About Out the Front Door is no longer active, though the site is being maintained as an archive. Click to learn more about the history of OTFD and the blog's author, Susan K. Houser. Blog Five years of reporting (2013-18) on animal welfare in the United States, including photographs, guest posts, and interviews with a wide variety of industry professionals active in the field at the time. "Prodigal Pets" Prodigal Pets: A History of Animal Sheltering in America , by Susan Houser. An in-depth look at animal sheltering in the United States from the 1600s to the 1900s. 224 pages. Published in 2018. Susan Houser Dec 7, 2018 1 min NEWS New Book on Animal Shelter History Prodigal Pets: A History of Animal Sheltering in America and the Origin of the No Kill Movement by Susan K. Houser. An in-depth look at... Susan Houser Dec 5, 2018 9 min INTERVIEWS 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, 2018 8 min INTERVIEWS 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 Aug 5, 2018 8 min NEWS Are Cats an Invasive Species as Defined by the U.S. Government? When cat advocates try to establish programs to help and manage outdoor cats, they frequently meet resistance from wildlife... Susan Houser Jul 25, 2018 2 min NEWS What’s New at OTFD A lot has been happening at Out the Front Door (OTFD) lately. Today I want to introduce a new website for OTFD, a new book to be... Susan Houser Jul 5, 2018 16 min SHELTERING The Future of Sheltering What will animal shelters look like in the years ahead – in 2030, 2040, 2050? What functions will they serve in their communities? These... 1 2 3 4 5 BLOG POSTS

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Prodigal Pets: A History of Animal Sheltering in America and the Origin of the No-Kill Movement Written by Susan K. Houser and published in August 2018, Prodigal Pets provides an in-depth look at the history of animal sheltering in the United States, from colonial times to the year 2000. ​ Click here to view or download Prodigal Pets in its entirety .

About Susan Houser has a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology and a Juris Doctor degree from Ohio State University. She is retired from the U.S. Department of Justice, where she was Senior Litigation Counsel in the Civil Division. She has been involved in animal welfare issues for over 20 years, including rescue, transport, volunteering, and writing. She started blogging in 2011. She decided to retire OTFD in January of 2019, maintaining the site as an archive, including blog posts and an online version of her book Prodigal Pets: A History of Animal Sheltering in America and the Origin of the No-Kill Movement . The Mission of Out the Front Door: ​ Out the Front Door (OTFD) was initially created to be a news source for people working to improve live release rates in animal shelters. Over time the blog evolved into a multimedia website, though its purpose remained the same: to help people get information about shelter lifesaving and connect with each other. ​ History has shown that the most successful way to make progress toward saving healthy and treatable animals is for the private sector to work with the public sector. Partnerships can take several forms: private organizations partnering with a municipality to increase lifesaving; private organizations contracting to run city or county shelters; a coalition of private and public organizations working together across a large metro area; or a coalition of rescues that bands together to help a public shelter. ​ Animal sheltering was one of the first examples of public-private partnerships in the United States, starting back in 1870 when a private SPCA run entirely by women won a contract to take over the Philadelphia dog pound. This proud tradition continues today in hundreds of cities and counties across the United States. In February 2022, with Susan's blessing, upkeep and maintenance of Out the Front Door was taken over by Don Jennings, an employee of Best Friend's Animal Society . Don worked with Susan to redesign OTFD in 2018 and helped to edit Prodigal Pets for publishing. Prodigal Pets is required reading for several courses offered by Best Friends and Southern Utah University .

All Posts Cats & Dogs Editorial History Interviews News Regional Sheltering Statistics Susan Houser Dec 7, 2018 1 min HISTORY New Book on Animal Shelter History Click here to read the book in its entirety. 0 views Post not marked as liked Susan Houser Dec 5, 2018 9 min INTERVIEWS The Doobert.com Platform: 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... 1 view Post not marked as liked Susan Houser Oct 11, 2018 8 min INTERVIEWS 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,... 1 view Post not marked as liked Susan Houser Aug 5, 2018 8 min CATS & DOGS Are Cats an Invasive Species as Defined by the U.S. Government? When cat advocates try to establish programs to help and manage outdoor cats, they frequently meet resistance from wildlife... 0 views Post not marked as liked Susan Houser Jul 25, 2018 2 min NEWS What’s New at OTFD A lot has been happening at Out the Front Door (OTFD) lately. Today I want to introduce a new website for OTFD, a new book to be... 0 views Post not marked as liked Susan Houser Jul 5, 2018 16 min SHELTERING The Future of Sheltering What will animal shelters look like in the years ahead – in 2030, 2040, 2050? What functions will they serve in their communities? These... 0 views Post not marked as liked Susan Houser Jun 25, 2018 4 min INTERVIEWS 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... 0 views Post not marked as liked Susan Houser May 9, 2018 9 min INTERVIEWS 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... 0 views Post not marked as liked Don Jennings Apr 24, 2018 8 min SHELTERING The Culture of Adoption Many communities in the United States have a high intake of animals at the local shelter. The consulting service Humane Network recently... 0 views Post not marked as liked Susan Houser Apr 16, 2018 7 min STATISTICS Nevada’s New Statewide Pet Lifesaving Campaign This month, Maddie’s Fund is commencing a three-year effort to make Nevada a state where all healthy and treatable animals are saved. The... 1 view Post not marked as liked Susan Houser Apr 10, 2018 11 min SHELTERING “How Can I Reform the Shelter in My City?” I get this question frequently on social media, and there is no short answer, so I decided to write a blog on the topic. As a preliminary... 0 views Post not marked as liked Don Jennings Mar 26, 2018 5 min NEWS Rescue Buying of Puppy Mill Breeding Stock – Good or Bad? There’s considerable controversy over whether it’s a good thing or a bad thing for rescues to buy puppy mill breeding stock at auctions.... 0 views Post not marked as liked Susan Houser Mar 11, 2018 6 min REGIONAL The Game Changer: How San Antonio Pets Alive! Turned the Tide in San Antonio’s Goal to Save Lives With the terrific progress of No Kill in San Antonio, I thought my readers might be interested in a report from San Antonio Pets Alive... 0 views Post not marked as liked Don Jennings Feb 18, 2018 6 min EDITORIAL The Perspective of the Rescuer In many communities rescuers are the backbone of the No Kill effort. They pull animals from the shelter, including the ones most in need... 0 views Post not marked as liked Don Jennings Jan 1, 2018 6 min SHELTERING January 1, 2018 This blog takes a look at the big trends in No Kill in 2017, but first I want to say a word about sheltering in 2018. We’ve made... 0 views Post not marked as liked Don Jennings Dec 18, 2017 6 min SHELTERING The Future of Sheltering This is the fifth and final blog in my series on the professionalization of the animal shelter, and it covers an important part of... 0 views Post not marked as liked Don Jennings Nov 29, 2017 9 min SHELTERING On the Same Page In the last few years, the idea that traditional shelters are fundamentally at odds with No Kill shelters has been evaporating.... 0 views Post not marked as liked Don Jennings Oct 23, 2017 9 min HISTORY Three Waves of No Kill This is a very exciting time for No Kill advocates because we are entering on a third, and final, stage of No Kill progress.* In just a... 0 views Post not marked as liked Don Jennings Oct 11, 2017 9 min SHELTERING Creating A Safety Net for Pets An animal shelter is more than just the sum of its internal programs. It’s also a public institution that has an interlocking... 0 views Post not marked as liked Don Jennings Oct 1, 2017 10 min SHELTERING The Professionalization of Animal Sheltering, Part 1: Inventory Management In the last few years several new programs have become central to the professionalization of animal sheltering. One theme common to those... 0 views Post not marked as liked 1 2 3 4 5

Privacy Policy Out the Front Door Effective and Last Updated: August 7, 2018 This website (the “Site”) is owned and operated by Susan Houser. This Privacy Policy applies to the Site only. It does not apply to other websites to which we link. Because we gather certain types of information about our users, we want you to understand what information we collect about you, how we collect it, how that information is used, and how you can control our disclosure of it. You agree that your use of the Site signifies your assent to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Site. 1) Information Collected We collect two types of information from you: i) information that you voluntarily provide to us (e.g. through signing up for the Site’s e-mail list or making comments to articles posted on the Site); and ii) information that is derived through automated tracking mechanisms. Voluntary Information for Features We collect personally identifiable information when you choose to use certain features of the Site, including: i) consenting to receive email, and ii) commenting on articles. When you choose to use these features, we require you to provide your contact information, including name and e-mail address. Cookies The Site uses “cookies” and may use other tracking technologies. Most browsers allow you to control cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them. 2) How We Use Your Information Out the Front Door uses your personal information for the original purposes it was given. Out the Front Door will not sell your personal information, and will not give or disclose it to third parties for any purposes other than to our suppliers and other third parties who need it in order to deliver services on behalf of Out the Front Door, unless required to do so by law. Further, Out the Front Door reserves the right to contact you regarding matters relevant to the underlying service provided and/or the information collected. Personally identifiable information is used only to provide you with a more enjoyable, convenient online experience and to help us identify and/or provide information or services that may be of interest to you. We use your personally identifiable information to support and enhance your use of the Site and its features. We may permit certain trusted third parties to track usage, analyze data such as the source address that a page request is coming from, your IP address or domain name, the date and time of the page request, the referring Web site (if any) and other parameters in the URL. This is collected in order to better understand our Web site usage, and enhance the performance of services to maintain and operate the Site and certain features on the Site. We may use third parties to host the Site; operate various features available on the Site; send emails; and analyze data. Out the Front Door may disclose contact information in special cases where we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating our terms and conditions of use or may be causing injury or interference with our rights, property, our customers or anyone who could be harmed by such activities. WE ARE NOT LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE OR OTHER INFORMATION YOU CHOOSE TO SUBMIT IN AREAS SUCH AS COMMENTS OR ANY OTHER PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AREA OF THE SITE. 3) How We Protect Your Information The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. 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