Training Wheels®

Training Wheels® prevents pet relinquishment through mobile community outreach. Information and supplies pet owners need are brought directly into their neighborhoods. Shelter and training professionals load a van with donated supplies and drive into communities where there may be people in need of behavior advice for their pet, basic supplies, or free spay/neuter.

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Training Wheels® Urban Solutions

Training Wheels® Creative community outreach is desperately needed in our urban areas. New programs to find ways to encourage spaying and neutering as well as programs that provide positive role models for young people and their dogs are crucial. Training Wheels® Urban Solutions offers programs specific to urban communities.

Train-to-Adopt™

Train-to-Adopt™ outlines minimum quality of life requirements for shelter dogs' emotional, mental and behavioral health. These recommendations result in more humane housing of dogs and help maximize dogs' chances for adoption. Humane shelter design, meeting basic environmental needs of dogs, and providing mental and physical activities for dogs at any shelter are Train-to-Adopt™ priorities.

Assess-a-Pet™

Assess-a-Pet™ evaluates a shelter dog's temperament to help create compatible and lasting matches between dogs and their new families. The goal is for animal shelters to become the best places anyone can find a new dog.

Animals for Adoption and Rondout Valley Animals for Adoption are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Contributions to RVAA and Animals for Adoption are tax-deductible.

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