Documentation
Tutorials and guides to get started with PawPlacer.
Guides by workflow
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Start with the area your team is setting up first.
Adopters
Manage potential and current pet adopters in your organization
Adoptions
Understanding the complete adoption workflow in PawPlacer
Dashboard
Use Classic or Widgets view to monitor daily work, search records, and manage upcoming activity
Documents
Centralized document management in PawPlacer for organizing files, folders, and access control
Donations
Track public, wishlist, adoption, and manually recorded donations in one place
Events
Plan, schedule, and manage events for your organization in PawPlacer
Flyers
Create professional promotional flyers for pets, events, and shelter campaigns
Food & Supplements
Track pet food and supplement inventory, manage feeding schedules, and monitor stock levels across your organization
Form Filler
Upload paper forms, detect fields automatically, and fill them out digitally
Fosters
Manage foster caregivers, capacity, applications, and active pet assignments
Integrations
Connect PawPlacer with your website and other platforms
Medical Suite
Introduction to PawPlacer's Medical Suite for managing veterinarians, medications, and pet health records
Microchip Registration
Register pet microchips with PetLink directly from PawPlacer
Pets
Create and manage pets and their profiles in your organization
Public Profile
Display your organization and adoptable pets publicly on the web
Reports & Analytics
Analyze your shelter's data with built-in and custom reports
Settings & Configuration
Manage organization settings, personal settings, billing, integrations, and setup recommendations
Surrenders
Review owner surrender requests before creating or linking pet records
Tasks
Understanding and navigating task boards in PawPlacer
Transports
Manage pet transportation services and coordinate drivers
Volunteers
Understanding PawPlacer's volunteer management system and its core features
Wishlists
Create and manage your organization's wishlist to track needed items and donation progress