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Meaningful product improvements for shelters, rescues, and foster networks.
May 6 - 19, 2025
Pet Import Details and Foster Placements
Bring birthdate information into pet imports and keep foster relationships connected to the animals in your care. The focus is practical record maintenance for teams moving existing data into the workspace.
- Birthdates in Pet Imports: Use imported birthdates to assign the appropriate age category, keeping the animal’s life stage useful in directory views.
- Foster Relationships on Pet Records: Maintain the selected foster placement with the related animal so teams can refer to the assignment in their daily work.
- Age Categories for Directory Review: More consistent age categorization helps staff browse and compare imported pets using the same life-stage labels.
April 22 - May 5, 2025
Quick Pet Search and Organized Wishlists
Find a pet from your current page and keep supply requests organized by priority. Public page backgrounds give organizations another way to make their shared pages feel like their own.
- Find Pets from Anywhere: Use the dashboard search bar to look up an animal while working elsewhere, then continue with the relevant profile.
- Prioritize Supply Requests: Distinguish high-priority wishlist items from the rest so staff can keep the most pressing needs in view.
- Wishlist Categories and Filters: Group requested supplies and filter the list to find the items you want to review or update.
- More Public Page Backgrounds: Choose from additional background images when setting up the organization page you share with visitors.
April 8 - 21, 2025
Bonded Pets, Date Preferences, and Intake Details
Show bonded relationships to prospective adopters and tailor dates to your team’s preferred format. Clearer intake fields help staff maintain the details used on profiles and listings.
- Bonded Partners on Public Profiles: Show which animals are bonded on their public pages so prospective adopters can consider the relationship as they browse.
- Your Preferred Date Format: Choose how dates appear throughout the application, making record review feel familiar to your team.
- Consistent Coat-Length Choices: Use standardized coat-length options when entering pet details so profiles follow the same vocabulary.
- Better Organized Pet Intake: A streamlined pet form groups fields more clearly, helping staff work through the animal’s information.
- Breed and Color Presentation: More consistent breed and color data keeps the same details useful across profiles and Petfinder mapping.
March 25 - April 7, 2025
Petfinder Preparation and Public Page Styling
Prepare pet information for Petfinder and choose from more public page backgrounds. Faster selectors and clearer care-duration reports help staff work with larger directories.
- Petfinder Listing Preparation: Automatic data preparation helps pet information fit Petfinder’s expected formats before synchronization.
- More Page Backgrounds: Choose from an expanded image library when personalizing the organization page visitors see.
- Responsive Pet Selectors: Focused selector results make it quicker to find a pet while working with a larger database.
- Length-of-Stay and Intake Reports: Review time in care and intake activity through reports designed for population planning and organization summaries.
- Listing Guidance before Publishing: Petfinder validation gives staff useful guidance while preparing a pet for synchronization.