Guest Post
The following is a guest post from Susan Daffron, author of two wonderful books about animal rescue.
Thank you for letting me write a guest post for your blog about my books Happy Hound (HappyHoundBook.com) and Happy Tabby (HappyTabbyBook.com).
I wrote these two books specifically for people who have adopted dogs and cats from animal shelters. After years of volunteering and working at animal shelters and at a low-cost vet clinic, I saw what happens when the relationship falls apart between pets and their owners. The reason I wrote the books is simple: I want to see more pets stay in their forever homes!
Too many dogs and cats are “dumped” at shelters. Those people who have stood at an animal shelter intake area and listened to the explanations and excuses people make when they drop off a pet know what I’m talking about. The reality is that people bring animals into shelters complaining of all the “terrible problems” they had. Most of these so-called problems are easily solved with a little understanding of animal behavior. (Or an understanding of human behavior!)
Dogs and cats are motivated by only a few things, I try and explain them in the books and how people can develop a wonderful lifelong relationship with their new pets. In Happy Hound, I cover everything from the reasons dogs bark to how to bond with your new canine. Happy Tabby gives new cat owners answers to common questions like how to “kitty proof” your house and why cats scratch furniture.
Plus, because my main motivation is to help educate people about pet ownership, we are offering Happy Hound and Happy Tabby to humane organizations at a substantial discount. Non-profit groups can use it as a fund raiser or educational tool in a number of ways.
We also encourage those groups with Web sites to join our affiliate program. When people buy the books using the affiliate link, the rescue group gets 20% of the purchase price. More information on how the books can be used to raise money is located on these pages:
Happy Hound:
HappyHoundBook.com
Happy Tabby:
HappyTabbyBook.comPet care education is so important, so thank you again for helping me spread the word about my books and how they can be used to reduce the number of animals that are returned to animal shelters. Here’s to saving more lives!
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Comments
What a wonderful idea!! I would love to sign up for your affiliate program. You are doing such valuable work. I will let my other friends with animal related sites know about your affiliate program.
Thank you for the great feedback! I noticed that I had a little typo on the Happy Hound link for shelters. The link should be http://www.happyhoundbook.com/shelters.htm. You’d probably find the page anyway, but just in case.
(It was my typo, not Aimee’s!)
If you think of other ways I can help you earn more via fundraising or education so you can help the critters, please let me know.
And I agree that a lot of “teenager” cats and dogs are the ones that are dropped off. Like people, cats and dogs go through adolescence, which is not their most pleasant age 
They aren’t adorable tiny puppies and kittens anymore and they start testing limits, which is exactly when people SHOULD be working on training etc.. Instead, people decide that the “teenager” is just to hard to deal with and drop off the animal. I’m hoping that with more information on responsible pet care, we can reduce those numbers.
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I must agree that it is a heart-breaking experience when an animal is taken in to a shelter.
In my experience, I have found that most people just don’t want the cat or dog anymore because it’s not a “baby.” People think puppies and kittens are so cute but when these babies grow into adults they get pawned off at shelters. People just don’t care that the animals have feelings, too. Most animals feel they did something wrong when they get dropped off at a lonely shelter…
Thanks for the affiliate link; I will definitely be purchasing your books.