Running an animal shelter is a beautiful and often thankless endeavor. While the task of pairing animals with their loving new owners is undeniably admirable, it can often be overwhelming to juggle the financial and physical logistics of a shelter full of animals. The neverending balancing act of finding shelter space, managing adoptions, and coordinating fosters can be hard to navigate with limited staff and funding. Luckily, there’s a way for animal welfare organizations to manage their pets and people all from one simplified platform.
Overview
PawPlacer is an affordable app that helps organizations of all sizes manage their shelters. They offer a variety of features from detailed pet profiles and donation records to customizable task boards. Their easy-to-use dashboard allows you to quickly search through pets, create new tasks, and manage your schedule in one convenient location. Whether you’re a small local shelter in need of help or an animal welfare organization seeking a better management system, PawPlacer offers a tailored solution perfect for your needs.
Comprehensive Pet Profile Management
If you’ve ever run an animal shelter, you know that each animal comes with a library of information: medical records, foster history, temperaments, etc. The more information you have available, the easier it is to place the animal in a loving, fitting home. PawPlacer allows you to create comprehensive pet profiles that include relevant data for each animal. You can record things like details on their temperament, their compatibility, medical records, and any upcoming tasks such as health check-ups or medicine schedules. These profiles are easy to add, update, and organize, giving you up-to-date information available whenever you need it.
PawPlacer even allows you to create AI-generated pet descriptions, turning a short list of each pet’s quirks and traits into a crafty, engaging bio. You can upload and manage all sorts of files for each pet, from photos and videos to scanned medical documents. You can even upload a CSV of data and watch as the app’s AI-powered importer converts the data to the correct fields.
Customizable Task Boards
PawPlacer’s task boards are the modern “To-Do List,” giving you the power to create and monitor tasks for each individual animal. You can add tags to track each task and ensure it’s done on time, prioritizing certain tasks based on urgency. The customizable drag-and-drop taskboards allow you to assign tasks to specific employees and communicate with them every step of the way. With the interactive schedule, you can see who is on duty at what time and make sure the right tasks go to the right people. You can also manage security by setting permissions and creating tailored roles for each of your employees.
Organized Foster & Adopter Management
One of the most important aspects of managing a shelter is keeping track of which pets are being fostered and adopted and by whom. PawPlacer comes with a comprehensive foster and adopter management system that allows you to maintain detailed profiles of the humans you’re considering as potential fosters or adopters. You can maintain up-to-date contact information, sort applicants based on status or preferred animal type, and keep track of their history. By keeping all of this information in a collection of searchable profiles, you can quickly and easily find the best possible pairings between human and animal.
Streamlined Adoptions & Donations
Many shelters charge an adoption fee or accept donations from generous, animal-loving donors. PawPlacer streamlines the payment process by allowing you to enable specific payment methods such as Venmo, Zelle, Paypal, and even Bitcoin. You can use the app to track donations and adoption records, set suggested donation amounts, and even generate helpful reports to analyze adoption trends for your organization. The best part is that PawPlacer doesn’t take a single penny of your donations or adoption fees–you get to keep 100% of the funds without any hidden charges.
All-In-One Dashboard
PawPlacer’s dashboard is the home base from which all of its features flow. The upper right-hand corner offers a handy search bar to help you find any pets, adopters, or tasks, which are presented in list form underneath for your perusal. You’ll find a section of Today’s Tasks in the upper middle of the dashboard next to a customizable banner for your animal shelter. Lastly, the bottom of the page features an interactive calendar where you can see color-coded tasks for the week in chronological order.
Flexible Pricing
No two shelters are alike, which is why PawPlacer has a range of free and paid plans available to users. Foster homes and small shelters can benefit from their free plan, which includes all available features and can handle up to 15 pets, 5 users, and 2 taskboards. Medium to large shelters can use their second-tier plan, and the top-tier plan is perfect for large organizations with multiple locations.
Each plan allows you to archive old records to make space for new ones, making some of the first and second-tier plans accessible for smaller shelters that handle only a few pets at any one time. By having a free option, PawPlacer allows new users to try out the app and explore its features before committing to one of the higher-tier plans.
Conclusion
Despite the emotional toll that can come with running a shelter, there’s no better feeling than seeing the joy that comes from uniting an owner with a new furry member of the family. PawPlacer takes the pressure off of shelters by providing an affordable way to manage pets, coordinate tasks, and find loving homes for every animal.