POST-ADOPTION RESOURCES
PUPPY PRESCHOOL
Every puppy adopted from the Animal Adoption Center is invited and encouraged to attend our free weekly Puppy Preschool! Puppy Preschool offers a chance for adopted puppies aged 8-16 weeks to socialize in a secure and supervised environment.
Puppies learn essential social skills from each other that they can’t acquire from adult dogs. These skills include bite inhibition and crucial play abilities. Our professional behavior team and AAC staff supervise Puppy Preschool, ensuring appropriate puppy interactions, educating adopters about their puppy’s play style, addressing puppy training queries, and offering weekly discussion topics to guide owners through various puppy stages. The behavior team can also identify specific behaviors that require attention and provide adopters with tailored behavior plans.
Beyond providing the puppies with a joyful experience, Puppy Preschool grants owners access to our knowledgeable behavior team. This dedicated team aims to educate and empower owners in nurturing happy and well-rounded puppies.
Please note that Puppy Preschool is exclusively available for puppies adopted from the AAC. The sessions currently take place on Wednesdays from 5-6pm in the AAC play yards.
“Although getting across town on Wednesday evenings in the summer wasn’t always easy, we are grateful for the puppy play dates provided through the Animal Adoption Center. While our pup, Hutch, wanted to be social with older, bigger dogs, not all of those dogs enjoyed his company and could be mean to him. At Puppy Play, Hutch got to play with dogs his age, including some of his littermates, and we got to connect with new pet owners and share some of puppy training experiences. At Puppy Play, I felt like Hutch was safe socializing with other dogs, we were given invaluable information and tips from Eva the trainer (which was very helpful)… and at the end, we had a happy, tired pup!”
“I’m a huge fan of Puppy Play and definitely encourage folks to attend consistently! We had to work with Neve to help teach her how to acceptably socialize with other dogs. The team at the Animal Adoption Center is so knowledgeable and they offered super valuable insights and suggestions for how to raise our pup. At first, Neve needed to learn how to interact with other dogs in general, and we were able to address resource-guarding right away, something I knew nothing about previously. When she got bigger, she learned how to play with smaller puppies. I felt very supported and set up for success by attending Puppy Play, and of course we were very proud of our girl when she graduated.”
TRAINING RESOURCES
The collaboration includes the facilitation of weekly Puppy Preschool sessions, pre- and post-adoption counseling, specialized attention to the AAC’s adoptable dogs, and behavior training and education for AAC foster families caring for dogs full time.
Adopters are encouraged to attend a free and convenient online behavior seminar that assists them in navigating the introduction of a new dog or puppy into their home. We are committed to providing adopters with the necessary support and knowledge to embark on their journey with a new canine companion confidently.
The partnership with Aska’s Animals Foundation enables ongoing outreach and support for puppies that were adopted after being nurtured in a Puppy Palace and tended to by the AAF team. This team possesses unique and in-depth knowledge of the puppies’ personalities and upbringing.
Through the provision of these comprehensive services, our goal is to ensure a seamless transition and successful integration of adopted dogs into their new homes.
If you have adopted a dog from the Animal Adoption Center and require behavior and training support, please complete the Adopted Dog Behavior Evaluation form by clicking the button below. We will promptly get in touch to connect you with the Behavior Team.
VIDEO RESOURCES
The Behavior Team at Aska’s Animals go over realistic expectations, how to help with transition and setting up for success. Aska’s Animals is a 501c3 non-profit in Victor, ID committed to providing accessible canine behavior resources to our community and beyond.
If you are looking at using Animal Adoption Center x Aska’s Animals resources watching these videos is your first step to training! Whether you are a foster, adopter, volunteer, pet-sitter, etc. these are beneficial to everyone.
If you are currently providing foster care for an adoptable dog from AAC and have been asked to complete a behavior evaluation form, please refer to the section below!
If you’ve adopted a dog from the Animal Adoption Center and require behavior and training assistance, kindly complete the Adopted Dog Behavior Evaluation form by clicking the button below. We will then reach out to arrange your connection with the Behavior Team.
If you require assistance with your dog’s behavior and didn’t adopt from the AAC, kindly visit AAF to explore their dog behavior and training resources.
CAT RESOURCES
Litter Box Troubleshooting
Cats often will stop using their litter box as a way to communicate with us. While this can be very frustrating as an owner, it is time to start listening to what our pets are trying to tell us!
Scratching
Are you experiencing unwanted scratching on furniture or other surfaces in your home? We have some awesome techniques to help redirect your cat into using scratch-safe areas!
Spraying
The main reasoning for this is stress and there are many ways for you to stop this unwanted behavior.
Introducing a New Animal to Your Home
Everyone takes time to adjust to a new environment and the same goes for cats!
3-3-3 RULE
