Dogs Playing for Life™ Impact Report

August, 2016

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Table of Contents

I. DPFL Overview II. Survey Overview III. Responding Shelter Demographics IV. Utilization of Play Groups V. Dog Fights, Bites and Handler Injury VI. Infectious Disease and Play Groups VII. Shelters the have Discontinued Play Groups VIII. The Benefits of Play Groups IX. What’s Next X. Appendix A- Dog’s Playing for Life Participating Shelters

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DPFL Overview

Dogs Playing for Life (DPFL) is a program rooted in the notion that a dog’s natural instinct is to PLAY. Playing can be a dog’s most natural form of positive interaction and communication with both humans and fellow canines.

Allowing dogs to be dogs in play groups is often a more reliable indicator of a dog’s behavioral tendencies than the dog’s reactions during the intake process, while kenneled or during a formal behavior evaluation. The harsh reality is that being sheltered often correlates with behavioral deterioration that can lead to euthanasia. Concerning behavior can often be attributed to fear, frustration and overall emotional suffering as a result of finding themselves in a stressful environment. Unfortunately, shelter dogs are often mislabeled as aggressive and may never get the chance to show their true personality under more normal circumstances. Instead, DPFL mentors shelters to see the best in their dogs through observing natural expression shown during play!

DPFL was founded by professional trainer, Aimee Sadler, to enhance quality of life and to ensure positive outcomes for as many shelters dogs as possible. DPFL trainings demonstrate both the practical efficiencies of play groups for the shelter, as well as the emotional and behavioral benefits for the animals. Seminars include a classroom presentation followed by hands-on play groups demonstrated by the DPFL Team and then coaching provided to staff and volunteers to conduct play groups themselves. In many cases, play groups instantly demonstrate to staff that dogs initially feared as being aggressive or unbalanced, really are social and adoptable. Play groups have proven to be a critical enrichment and assessment tool for animal welfare organizations of all different sizes and functions internationally.

Dogs live to play...we let them play to live!

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Survey Overview

The goal of the survey was to assess the impact of DPFL seminars and the implementation of play groups in shelters. The DPFL Seminar Follow-up survey was created by DPFL staff with Dr. Burling of the University of Florida adding questions pertaining to medical protocols associated with the implementation of play groups. The survey gathered information regarding implementation, efficacy of safety protocols, risk of infectious disease outbreak and the statistical and anecdotal benefits of play groups.

The survey was created using Survey Monkey and distributed by e-mail in 2013 then again in February 2016. DPFL staff provided the survey 4-6 weeks after the initial play group seminar in shelters that were served after January 2016. Only shelters whose play group seminar occurred prior to 6/30/16 are represented in this report. If shelter staff did not respond, the DPFL Director of Program Development followed up with a phone call and/or additional e-mails. Some shelters opted to dictate their responses over the phone to the Director of Program Development. Three shelters reported via e-mail that they had discontinued play groups due to lack of staffing and did not have the information to adequately complete the survey.

Survey Monkey provided response analysis for multiple choice questions. Open- ended data responses were analyzed by DPFL staff. Due to potential cognitive biases held when analyzing this data, we must factor in the potential observer-expectancy effect to have impacted the results of this survey.

DPFL Seminars Provided

Over 150 DPFL seminars provided internationally to date!

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Responding Shelter Demographics

The demographics of the shelters responding to the survey, just as the shelters we serve, varied dramatically. The demographics noted in this survey were annual intake, average on-site populations, and admission policy (open or limited admission). The most significant variance was seen in the annual intake of the shelters who responded to the survey. The largest shelter had an intake of over 16,000 dogs, while the smallest took in a maximum of 20 dogs per year. The average annual intake of the reporting shelters was 5,413 dogs.

The average number of dogs housed on site varied from 15 to 430, with an average 102 dogs housed at shelters hosting DPFL seminars. The shelters represented served many different functions, ranging from municipal shelters to privately funded sanctuaries. Forty-four respondents, or 73.33%, were open admission shelters, while sixteen, or 26.67%, of respondents indicated that they were limited admission facilities. With the current sponsorship model, Animal Farm Foundation (DPFL’s primary sponsor) provides DPFL with quarterly funding to provide seminars to open admission shelters (without in-house breed specific policies) at no cost to the organization. At this time, there are no funding opportunities for limited admission shelters, which requires them to self- fund their seminar or fundraise for the cost of a DPFL training, which creates a barrier for some. This may explain the high proportion of open admission shelters served by DPFL. Despite the diversity in shelter function and size there were very little differences in responses pertaining to the risk and benefits of implementing play groups.

Average Annual Intake Total Responses =59 18000

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Average Number of Dogs Housed On-Site Total Reponses = 58 500

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Open or Limited Admission Total Reponses = 60

Limited Admission

AdmissionPolicy Open Admissions

0.00% 20.00% 40.00% 60.00% 80.00% 100.00%

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Utilization of Play Groups

An important aspect of this survey was to determine how play groups were being integrated into each shelter’s daily operations and how play groups are helping them to meet the needs of the dogs in their care. Questions such as “How many days per week are you running play groups?” and “On average, how many dogs are out in your play groups at any one time?” provided us with insight into how shelters are conducting their play groups after their DPFL Seminar.

The most common responses to “How many days per week are you running play groups?” were 5, 6 and 7 days. Shelters running play groups 5 and 6 days per week represent 16.67% each (cumulatively 33.34%), while shelters running play groups 7 days per week constitute 20%. We are pleased to learn that over half (53.33%) of responding shelters indicated that they run play groups more than 5 days per week. One shelter responded that they were not currently running play groups (discussed in a later section), while no shelter reported that they held play group only 1 day per week. Regarding the average number of dogs out in play group at one time, the most common response was 5-10 dog representing 41.67% of the total responses. DPFL emphasizes the importance of play groups as a standard of care for sheltered dogs and hopes to inspire all shelters to prioritize the provision of play groups 7 days per week.

We also inquired about how shelters were utilizing their available resources to ensure that play groups were occurring regularly. In the survey, shelters provided us with feedback regarding whether staff or volunteers were leading play groups and if volunteers were being employed to help Rochester Animal Services Play Group run dogs to play groups. The vast Managed 100% by Volunteers majority of shelters (90%) reported that they utilize staff to lead their play groups, while only 43.33% allow volunteers to lead play groups. However, 91.67% reported that volunteers are utilized to run dogs to play groups. Application of available resources is a determination made individually by each shelter. A study of shelter demographics versus their use of volunteers in running play groups could provide valuable information about which approach would be the most efficient and safe model to provide critical enrichment to all sheltered dogs. The result of this comparison could reinforce DPFL providing stronger recommendations to shelters to allow broader volunteer participation in running play groups to ensure that the resource of canine socialization is provided to more dogs daily.

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How many days per week are you running play groups? Total Reponses = 60

We are not currently… Occasionally 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

On average, how many dogs are out in your play groups at any one time? Total Reponses = 60

>20

15-20

10-15

5-10

0.00% 20.00% 40.00% 60.00% 80.00% 100.00%

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Do staff members run play groups? Total Reponses = 60

Yes

0.00% 20.00% 40.00% 60.00% 80.00% 100.00%

Do volunteers run play groups? Total Reponses = 60

Yes

0.00% 20.00% 40.00% 60.00% 80.00% 100.00%

Do volunteers help run dogs to play groups? Total Responses =61

Yes

0.00% 20.00% 40.00% 60.00% 80.00% 100.00%

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Dog Fights, Bites, and Handler Injury

Safety, for both animals and people, is a fundamental component of DPFL programming. A significant portion of DPFL seminars is focused on teaching safe handling and ensuring that shelter personnel understand safety procedures when running play groups.

In this survey, we asked respondents questions that would directly reflect upon the safety of DPFL programming and play groups. Of the 61 responding shelters, 70.49% reported that they rarely have serious dog fights and 57.38% indicated that no handlers had been injured during playgroups. Additionally, 75.41% of shelters reported that they have had 1-10 injuries to dog (either minor or serious) since they began running play groups. The length of time each shelter has been running play groups could vary from years to just a few months. Furthermore, due to the difference in population sizes and frequency that play groups are taking place, some shelters have a significantly larger number of dog to dog interactions compared to others. In other words, these questions do not allow for “apples to apples” comparisons but they do reveal that a majority of respondents are willing to accept the inherent risk associated with canine contact via play groups. Furthermore, most shelters reported very few injuries to people or dogs resulting from play group incidents. It is our hypothesis that if dog-dog interactions were counted and measured against incidents resulting in injury (to dogs and handlers) that injurious incidents would qualify as statistically insignificant.

50.82% of shelters did report having at least one dog requiring emergency medical care as a result of a play group experience during their entire history of implementing play groups. Emergency medical care was defined as injury requiring stitches, staples, or other immediate attention. As we all know, behavior is not static and when working with living beings in adverse conditions (such as standard kennels) DPFL Seminar at Pinellas County Animal Services, FL there can be an unpredictable component to behavioral expression and fights will happen when contact is allowed. In fact, when providing DPFL seminars we ask if shelters have experienced dogs running loose in the kennels despite best attempts to avoid the latter and all shelters respond YES! This indicates that handling animals kept in confinement has associated safety risks and challenges for both animals and people; this is an accepted aspect of work in an animal shelter. Continued follow-up with shelters to identify scenarios in which incidents have happened in play groups could help DPFL to identify trends that can be addressed in future trainings. Identifying those trends will help DPFL to evolve its’ curriculum to help minimize incidents. Safety is a top priority at DPFL and we will continue to scrutinize this data to ensure the safest programming and curriculum possible.

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Nevertheless, based upon the survey, we can begin to deduce that DPFL programming is contributing to safer shelter environments for handlers. In comparing on-site bites to staff and volunteers before and after play groups many shelters have seen a decrease in bites. This is likely due to dogs being less frustrated and having an outlet for excess energy. Play groups can reduce reactivity coming in and out of the kennel making the dogs safer and easier to handle. Further investigation on this is needed before drawing any firm conclusions, though. Many of the survey respondents did not have these numbers readily available and thus gave estimates or skipped the pertinent questions. A separate data collection effort is planned to help gather these numbers, as well as other vital statistics, to enable us to scrutinize safety measurement more comprehensively.

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Have any handlers been injured in play groups? Total Reponses = 60

Yes, and it did require medical attention

Yes, but it did not require medical attention

0.00% 20.00% 40.00% 60.00% 80.00% 100.00%

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How often do serious dog fights occur? Total Reponses = 60

Never

Rarely

Occasionally

Often

0.00% 20.00% 40.00% 60.00% 80.00% 100.00%

The above chart reveals that despite the increased risk of altercations by allowing dogs contact, they occur less often than commonly assumed.

Approximately how many dog bite injuries (either minor or serious) to other dogs have occured in your play groups since you started running them? Total Reponses = 60

>20

10-20

1-10

0.00% 20.00% 40.00% 60.00% 80.00% 100.00%

It is worthy to note that the chart above includes the responses from the following question pertaining to “have any dogs received emergency medical care as a result of a play group incident”.

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Have any dogs received emergency medical care (requiring stitches, staples, or other significant medical care) as the result of a play group experience? Total Reponses = 60

Yes

0.00% 20.00% 40.00% 60.00% 80.00% 100.00%

Comparing the above chart to the previous two charts reveals that it is not if altercations will occur when allowing dogs contact, but when altercations occur it is critical that play group handlers are trained sufficiently in safely handing the incidents to minimize injury to dogs and handlers.

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Infectious Disease and Play Groups

A common barrier to the implementation of play groups is the fear of risk of spreading infectious disease. In many shelters, contagious illness may result in euthanasia due to a lack of resources to treat or isolate animals. Historically, veterinarians have recommended preventing nose-to-nose contact to reduce the spread of disease. However, in recent years the recognition that there are many other unavoidable vectors for spreading illness in traditional kennel environments, many shelter medicine protocols around managing herd health have shifted and are no longer stagnant but more fluid.

Of the 60 survey respondents 6, DPFL Seminar or 10%, reported that play groups Austin Animal Center were suspected as the cause of an infectious disease outbreak. One shelter reported that 4 dogs broke with parvovirus and the only commonality was that the dogs had been in play group together. Three shelters reported that play groups likely contributed to ringworm outbreaks, and two shelters felt play groups were responsible for outbreaks of kennel cough.

Alternately, two shelter reported the impression that play groups had helped to decrease the infectious disease situation at their shelter. One shelter felt that fewer dogs overall were breaking with kennel cough, while another indicated that dogs may be staying healthier longer before breaking with kennel cough. Both of these reports were anecdotal and would require further investigation to support these claims. It is appropriate to note that Shelter Veterinary Medicine Specialists, such as Dr. Cynda Crawford, Dr. Sandra Newbury and Dr. Kate Hurley, endorse and support play groups as an integral component of canine enrichment in progressive sheltering and that their inclusion is congruent with the ASV Guidelines for standards of care.

At DPFL, we are firm believers that true wellness comes from a collaboration between medical and behavioral resources. Very often medical or behavioral best practices are achieved at the expense of the other and the biggest resistance to play groups was often felt from medical teams. In our survey we asked shelters “Has your veterinary medical staff been supportive of playgroups?” and happily 83.61% responded yes, while only 6.56% said no, and 9.84% responded N/A. The latter response represents shelters who do not have a staff veterinarian, but instead use outside veterinary service or a contract veterinarian. In this section of the survey, respondents provided additional feedback that revealed a common theme that, even in situations where the medical staff was initially unsupportive, the efficacy and benefits they’d seen and experienced via play groups ultimately won the medical team’s support.

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Have your play groups been blamed for an infectious disease outbreak at your shelter? Total Responses =61

Yes

0.00% 20.00% 40.00% 60.00% 80.00% 100.00%

Have your veterinary medical staff been support of play groups? Total Responses = 61

N/A

Yes

0.00% 20.00% 40.00% 60.00% 80.00% 100.00%

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Shelters that have Discontinued Play Groups

A primary objective of DPFL play group seminars is permanency. Our goal is to provide shelters, their staff and volunteers the skills needed to continue running play groups after DPFL staff has departed. To measure the efficacy of our teaching, we sought to find out if any shelters had discontinued running play groups for any reason. In the survey responses, 9 shelters indicated that they had stopped running play groups; only 1 of those shelters reported a permanent end to play groups. The 8 other shelters had temporarily ceased running play groups either due to a lack of personnel or outbreak of contagious illness.

In addition to the survey collection, we also engaged in written follow-up with each shelter. Four shelters reported terminating play groups during follow-up. The shelter which permanently discontinued play groups indicated that their cessation was the result of a significant animal injury that occurred. The other shelters all halted play groups due to lack of staffing resources. It is important to note that the organization that ceased running play group due to injury (recommended by their medical staff) has enrichment staff and volunteers that are still supportive of play groups and saw the benefits for the dogs. Despite the 5 shelters that have discontinued play groups, 94% of the shelters we have corresponded with have continued or intend to continue with play groups.

Have you discontinued play groups after attempting to implement them? Total Reponses = 60

Yes

0.00% 20.00% 40.00% 60.00% 80.00% 100.00%

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The Benefits of Play Groups

The most vital function of this survey was to examine the benefits for animal shelters when implementing play groups. Some of the questions asked were anecdotal, while others looked at key statistics (Live Release Rate, Average Length of Stay, and Returns for Behavior). The anecdotal questions pertained to some of DPFL’s key objectives which are increasing quality of life, better dog-dog aggression assessments, and enhanced adoption matching. All of these benefits have been realized at DPFL partner shelters; the survey indicates other shelters experience the same benefits.

When asked if the benefits of play groups outweighed the risks, 100% of respondents said yes. Additionally, when asked if play groups improved their dog’s quality of life while being shelters, 100% of respondents also answered yes. In animal welfare we have no clear method to measure quality of life, so these subjective answers are the most accurate data we can

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Other key responses include 98.33% of respondents feel they make better adoption matches, 95% feel they are more accurately assessing dog aggression since implementing play groups, and 96.67% feel play groups tell them more about a dog then just their sociability with other dogs. At present, while these answers are subjective, we will rely upon these statistics as the most accurate gauge by which we determine the efficacy of DPFL Programming in enhancing quality of life while increasing positive outcomes for the most dogs possible; our mission.

If shelters are making better adoption matches, learning more about canine personalities, and better assessing dog aggression, we can expect to see a decrease in both length of stay and returns for behavior. In this survey, we asked for these numbers both before and after implementing play groups. Unfortunately, the response rate for these questions was low. Many shelters do not track these statistics, some respondents did not have them readily available,

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while others had only been implementing play groups for a short period of time and were unable to provide the numbers since implementing play groups. Nevertheless, the trend in the available data suggests that implementing play groups will shorten a shelter’s average length of stay and decrease the number of returns for behavior. In the immediate future, we intend to do intensive follow-up to collect a more thorough and complete data set, which will allow us to further analyze and report on the benefits of implementing play groups.

Do you feel you make better adoption matches as a result of implementing play groups? Total Reponses = 60

Yes

0.00% 20.00% 40.00% 60.00% 80.00% 100.00%

Do you feel like you are more accurately assessing dog aggression after implementing play groups? Total Reponses = 60

Yes

0.00% 20.00% 40.00% 60.00% 80.00% 100.00%

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Do you feel play groups tell you more about a dog then just their sociability with other dogs? Total Reponses = 60

Yes

0.00% 20.00% 40.00% 60.00% 80.00% 100.00%

Have you had an increase in volunteer support since implementing play groups Total Reponses = 60

I'm not sure

Yes

0.00% 20.00% 40.00% 60.00% 80.00% 100.00%

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Do you feel your dogs have a better quality of life while sheltered because of play groups? Total Reponses = 60

Yes

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Do you feel the benefits of play groups outweigh the risks Total Reponses = 60

Yes

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

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Life Release Rates Before and After Implementing Play Groups Total Responses = 18 120

100

LRR Pre-PG 60 LRR in 2016 40

It is worthy to note that the one shelter that revealed a decrease in LRR reported in their follow-up conversation with the DPFL Director of Program Development that they had experienced a significant increase in canine intake while maintaining the same rate of euthanasia resulting in a decreased LRR specific to our inquiry. They did not attribute their decreased LRR to play groups.

Returns for Behavior Before and After Implementing Play Groups Total Responses = 5 100

60 % Returns for Behavior before PG 40 % Returns for Behavior after PG

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Average Length of Stay Before and After Implementing Play Groups Total Responses = 5 1000 900 800 700 600 LOS Pre-PG 500 LOS Post- PG 400 300 200 100 0

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What’s Next?

The survey responses clearly indicate that shelters are able to reap the benefits of play groups without disproportionate risk to staff or animals. Based upon the data collected, we can deduce that DPFL seminars and programming are having a positive impact on the sheltering community and the dogs we serve. As we provide more seminars to shelters, we will continue to provide this survey as a method for us to track our own efficacy, to improve our programming and to ensure continued positive impact for the sheltering community.

We acknowledge that this data is relatively fundamental and would like to do a more in depth analysis and comparison. Continued scrutiny will help us streamline our operational recommendations made to shelters during both seminars and consultations. Ultimately, with the collection of more intensive data we hope to report more conclusively on the correlation between play groups and Live Release Rates, Average Length of Stay, Return for Behavior, and on-site bites to staff and volunteers. We are continually looking for new research projects and partnerships to help us better develop DPFL programming and curriculum, as well as to ensure the efficacy of our teachings.

What we have learned, thus far, is that DPFL Programming is performing better than we had hoped. We did not anticipate any questions to receive a 100% response rate and we are pleased with the consistently high % answers around enhanced quality of life.

From this survey, we hope to inspire shelters to allow volunteers to manage play groups more in the future. We fundamentally believe that play groups are good for shelter dogs (and their care-takers!). DPFL is dedicated to contributing to the elimination of barriers to the provision of this “game-changing” enrichment.

As animal welfare advocates we must work together to save lives while “doing no harm” which holds us accountable for providing care and an environment that does not cause physical or emotional suffering. From our experience functioning within the operations of a vast number of shelters and from the results of this survey, we are confident that play groups have been demonstrated as the “best bang for your buck” form of enrichment and assessment for shelter dogs when aiming to provide quality of life simultaneously with maximum life-saving.

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Dogs Playing for Life™ Participating Shelters

Legend: QOL = quality of life, AM = adoption matching, DAA = dog aggression assessment, IVS = Increased volunteer support, LRR = live release rate, highligh = survey respondents

Name of Shelter Shelter Location Date Reported Benefits ACCT Philly Philadelphia, PA 11/12, 4/14 QOL Aiken County Animal Shelter Aiken, SC 4/16 QOL, DAA, AM, LRR Alachua County Animal Services Gainesville, FL 4/13, 5/14 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR Alachua Humane Society Gainesville, FL 10/15 QOL, DAA, AM, Albuquerque Animal Welfare (East & West) Albuquerque, NM 3/12 QOL, AM Angels of Assissi Roanoke, VA 11/12 QOL, DAA, AM, IVS, LRR Animal Care Center of NYC Brooklyn, NY 10/14 QOL, DAA, AM, LRR, IVS Animal Care Center of NYC Manhattan, NY 10/14 QOL, DAA, AM, LRR, IVS Animal Care Center of NYC Staten Island, NY 10/14 QOL, DAA, AM, LRR, IVS Animal Farm Foundation Amenia, NY 8/14 QOL, DAA, AM Animal Friends Pittsburgh, PA 6/14 DAA Animal Rescue League Pittsburgh, PA 6/14 QOL, DAA Animal Rescue League of Boston Boston, MA 10/09 QOL, AM, DAA Animal Rescue League of Alexandria Alexandria, VA 4/14 QOL, AM, DAA Animal Rescue New Orleans New Orleans, LA 6/15 QOL, AM, DAA Animal Welfare League of Arlington Arlington, VA 11/11, 4/14 AM Animal Welfare League of Charlotte County Port Charlotte, FL 10/15 QOL, DAA, AM, LRR Asheville Humane Society Asheville, NC 1/16 QOL, AM, DAA Austin Animal Center Austin, TX 8/15 QOL, DAA, AM Austin Pets Alive! Austin TX 6/11 QOL, AM, DAA, IVS, LRR AWSOM Stroudsburg, PA 12/13 QOL Bakersfield Animal Care Center Bakersfield, CA 9/15 QOL, DAA, AM, LRR Bakersfield SPCA Bakersfield, CA 9/15 QOL, DAA, AM, LRR Baltimore Humane Society Reisterstown, MD 9/12 QOL, DAA BARCS Baltimore, MD 3/11,11/11,4/12 QOL, DAA, LRR, IVS Berkeley Animal Services Berkeley, CA 3/15, 4/16 QOL, AM, DAA, IVS Best Friends L.A. Mission Hills, CA 12/12, 3/13, 9/14 QOL, AM, DAA Big Dog Ranch & Rescue Wellington, FL 2/15 QOL Blue Mountain Humane Society Walla Walla, WA 7/16 QOL, AM, DAA, IVS Brookhaven Animal Shelter Brookhaven, NY 1/15, 10/15 QOL, AM, DAA Broward County Animal Care & Adoption Ft. Lauderdale, FL 2/15 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR Burlington County Animal Shelter Westhampton, NJ 9/14, 5/16 QOL, DAA, AM, IVS Capital Area Humane Society Lansing, MI 7/14 QOL, AM, DAA, IVS, LRR C.A.R.L. Santa Paula, CA 1/15, 9/15 QOL, AM, DAA C.A.R.M.A.A. Pittsburgh, PA 6/14 QOL, DAA, IVS Charleston Animal Society Charleston, SC 4/15 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR, IVS Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA Charlottesville, VA 11/11 QOL, AM, DAA Chester County SPCA West Chester, PA 4/15 QOL, AM, DAA Cheyenne Animal Shelter Cheyenne, WY 12/13 QOL, AM, DAA Cinderella Pet Rescue Palmview, TX 1/16 QOL, AM, DAA City Dogs of Cleveland (CACC) Cleveland, OH 5/16 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR

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Clay County Animal Care & Control Green Cove Springs, FL 11/14 QOL, AM, DAA Clearcreek/Gilpin Animal Shelter Dumont, CO 2010 DAA, AM Cleveland Animal Protective League Cleveland, OH 6/15 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR Dan Cosgrove Animal Shelter Branford, CT 8/16 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR, IVS Dane County Humane Society Madison, WI 8/09 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR Dog Tales King City, Ontario 4/16, 6/16 QOL, AM, DAA Dutchess County SPCA Hyde Park, NY 7/11 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR Edmonton Humane Society Edmonton, Canada 9/12 DAA, LRR Fairfax Animal Shelter Fairfax, VA 11/13, 4/14 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR Faithful Friends Animal Society Wilmington, DE 4/15 QOL, AM, DAA Five Acres Animal Shelter Charles, MO 6/16 QOL, AM, DAA Foothills Animal Shelter Golden, CO 3/11 Not reported Franklin County Humane Society Roanoke, VA 11/12 DAA, AM Friends of the Animal Shelter Phoenix, OR 5/15, 5/16 QOL, AM, DAA, IVS Gateway Pet Guardians St. Louis, MO 6/16 QOL, AM, DAA Georgetown Animal Services Georgetown, TX 5/15 Not reported Great Plains SPCA Merriam, KS 4/13 DAA, AM Helping Strays of Monroe County Columbia, IL 6/16 QOL, AM, DAA Hillsborough County Animal Shelter Tampa, FL 3/12, 2/15, 12/15 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR, IVS Homeward Trails Animal Rescue Arlington, VA 8/15 AM, DAA Hope Rescue Godfrey, IL 6/14 DAA Humane Society of Calumet Area Munster, IN 6/14 QOL, AM, DAA Humane Society of Hamilton County Noblesville, IN 5/13 Not reported Humane Society of Huron Valley Ann Arbor, MI 4/16 QOL, AM, DAA Humane Society of Northern Nevada Reno, NV 1/13 QOL, DAA, AM, LRR Humane Society of Silicon Valley Milpitas, CA 12/12 DAA, AM Humane Society of Southwest Missouri Springfield, MO 6/16 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR Humane Society of Tampa Bay Tampa, FL 10/12 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR, IVS Humane Society of Western Montana Missoula, MT 11/13 QOL, DAA, AM Indiana County Humane Society Indiana, PA 8/16 QOL, AM, DAA Indianapolis Animal Care & Control Indianapolis, IN 5/13 QOL, AM, DAA Irvine Animal Center Irvine, CA 9/15 QOL, DAA, IVS Jackson County Animal Care Phoenix, OR 5/15, 5/16 QOL, DAA, AM, IVS Jacksonville Animal Care & Protective Svc Jacksonville, FL 10/13 QOL, AM, DAA Jacksonville Humane Society Jacksonville, FL 10/13 QOL, AM, DAA Jefferson County Animal Services Golden, CO 3/11 Not reported Jefferson Parish Animal Shelter New Orleans, LA 6/15 QOL, DAA, LRR Kanawha-Charleston Humane Assoc. Charleston, WV 9/15 QOL, AM, DAA Kansas City Pet Project Kansas City, MI 4/13 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR, IVS Kansas Humane Society Wichita, KS 7/15 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR, IVS La Plata County Humane Society Durango, CO 3/14 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR Lee County Animal Services Fort Myers, FL 2/15 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR, IVS Lewis & Clark Humane Society Helena, MT 6/15 QOL, AM, DAA, IVS Little Guild of St. Francis West Cornwall, CT 8/14 QOL Long Beach Animal Care Services Long Beach, CA 4/16 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR,

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Longmont Humane Society Longmont, CO 9/05 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR, IVS Lowell Humane Society Lowell, MA 4/15 Not reported Lucas County Canine Care and Control Toledo, OH 6/15 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR Manatee County Animal Services Palmetto, FL 2/15, 12/15 QOL. AM, DAA, Mendocino County Animal Control Ukiah, CA 3/15 QOL, AM, DAA, IVS Mendocino Coast Humane Society Fort Bragg, CA 3/16 QOL, AM, DAA, IVS Miami Dade Animal Services Miami, FL 2/15, 7/16 QOL, AM, DAA Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal CC Milwaukee, WI 4/15 QOL, DAA Mohawk Hudson Humane Society Menands, NY 7/11 Not reported Multnomah County Animal Services Troutdale, OR 3/10 QOL, AM, DAA Niagra County SPCA Niagra Falls, NY 9/12 QOL, DAA, AM Napa County Animal Shelter Napa, CA 11/15 QOL, DAA, AM Nevada Humane Society Reno, NV 1/13 QOL, AM, DAA New Mexico Pets Alive! Albuquerque, NM 9/14 QOL, AM, DAA, IVS Oakland Animal Services Oakland, CA 12/12, 3/15, 5/16 QOL, AM, DAA Old Yeller Ranch Rescue Los Olivos, CA 3/16 QOl, AM, DAA, IVS Palm Beach County ACC Palm Beach, FL 4/13, 2/15 QOL, AM, DAA Palm Springs Animal Shelter Palm Springs, CA 1/15, 12/15 QOL, AM, DAA, IVS Palm Valley Animal Services Edinburg, TX 5/15 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR Panhandle Animal Shelter Ponderay, ID 6/13, 7/14 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR, IVS Pasco County Animal Services Land O Lakes, FL 12/14, 12/15 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR, IVS Peggy Adams Animal Shelter W. Palm Beach, FL 4/13 DAA, AM Peninsula Humane Society San Mateo, CA 10/15 QOL, AM, DAA, IVS Pennsylvania SPCA Philadelphia, PA 3/11 QOL, AM, DAA Pet Helpers Charleston, SC 4/15 QOL, AM, DAA Pets Alive Middletown, NY 5/15 QOL, AM, DAA, IVS Pinellas County Animal Services Largo, FL 5/14, 12/15 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR Pound Buddies Muskegeon, MI 6/15 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR Prince Georges County Animal Services Upper Marlboro, MD 4/15 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR Raton Animal Shelter Raton, NM 3/12 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR, IVS Rochester Animal Services Rochester, NY 8/13 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR, IVS Sacramento County Animal Care Sacramento, CA 11/15 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR, IVS Safe Humane Chicago Chicago, IL 4/12,10/12, 4/14 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR, IVS Salt Lake County Animal Services Salt Lake City, UT 1/11 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR San Diego Humane Society San Diego, CA 1/15 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR Santa Barbara Humane Society Santa Barbara, CA 3/15, 3/16 AM, IVS Santa Barbara County Animal Services Santa Maria, CA 9/15 QOL, DAA, AM, LRR Santa Barbara County Animal Services Goleta, CA 3/16 QOL, DAA, AM, LRR Santa Barbara County Animal Services Lompoc, CA 3/16 QOL, DAA, AM, LRR Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter Santa Cruz, CA 12/12, 4/16 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society Santa Fe, NM 3/14, 9/14 QOL, AM, DAA Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society Buellton, CA 1/16, 3/16 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR Shadow’s Fund Lompoc, CA 3/16 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR, IVS Sonoma County Animal Services Sonoma, CA 11/15 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation Hampton Bays, NY 1998 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR, IVS

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Southern Oregon Humane Society Medford, OR 5/15 Not reported Southern Pines Animal Shelter Jackson, MS 2/14 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR Southold Animal Shelter Peconic, NY 11/14 QOL, DAA SPARC Santa Paula, CA 5/13, 10/13 QOL, AM, DAA SPCA of Erie County Erie County, NY 8/13 QOL, AM, DAA, IVS SPCA Florida Lakeland, FL 5/14, 12/15 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR, IVS SPCA of North Brevard Titusville, FL 12/15 QOL, AM,DAA SPCA Tampa Bay Largo, FL 2009 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR, IVS Speaking of Dogs Toronto, ON, Canada 10/14 QOL, AM Stray Hearts Taos, NM 6/16 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR, IVS Summit County Animal Control & Shelter Frisco, CO 10/10 Not reported Tallahassee Animal Services Tallahassee, FL 11/14, 10/15 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR The Amanda Foundation Beverly Hills, CA 1/16, 3/16 QOL, AM, DAA The Animal Foundation Las Vegas, NV 3/15, 5/16 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR Toronto Humane Society Toronto CANADA 10/14, 10/15 QOL, AM, DAA, IVS Town of Huntington Animal Shelter East Northport, NY 5/15 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR, IVS Tulare Animal Services Tulare, CA 3/15 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR Ulster County SPCA Kingston, NY 7/11 QOL Ventura County Animal Services Camarillo, CA 1/15, 9/15 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR Wake County Animal Shelter Raleigh, NC 10/13 QOL, DAA, IVS Washington Humane Society Washington, DC 3/11, 4/12 QOL, DAA, LRR, IVS Western PA Humane Society Pittsburgh, PA 6/14 QOL, DAA Willamette Humane Society Salem, OR 3/10, 9/14 QOL, AM, DAA, LRR, IVS Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter Georgetown, TX 2/16 QOL, AM, DAA Young-Williams Animal Center Knoxville, TN 6/15 QOL, AM, DAA

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