[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"detail-sidebar-cat-1-en-105":3,"doc-seo-161186-105":53,"doc-detail-161186-en":120},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",[7,14,19,24,29,34,39,44,49],{"id":8,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":11,"show_sort_weight":12,"slug":13},11,1,"Template","Presentations",90,"presentations",{"id":15,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":16,"show_sort_weight":17,"slug":18},12,"Resumes",80,"resumes",{"id":20,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":21,"show_sort_weight":22,"slug":23},14,"Invoices",70,"invoices",{"id":25,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":26,"show_sort_weight":27,"slug":28},15,"Posters",60,"posters",{"id":30,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":31,"show_sort_weight":32,"slug":33},16,"Social Media",50,"social-media",{"id":35,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":36,"show_sort_weight":37,"slug":38},17,"Forms",40,"forms",{"id":40,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":41,"show_sort_weight":42,"slug":43},18,"Letters",30,"letters",{"id":45,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":46,"show_sort_weight":47,"slug":48},21,"Paper Templates",5,"papers-templates",{"id":50,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":51,"show_sort_weight":4,"slug":52},158,"General","general-158",{"code":4,"msg":54,"data":55},"ok",{"site_id":56,"language":57,"slug":58,"title":59,"keywords":60,"description":61,"schema_data":62,"social_meta":113,"head_meta":115,"extra_data":117,"updated_unix":119},105,"en","feline-adoptability-guidelines-what-are-they-and-why-do-we-have-them","Feline Adoptability Guidelines - What Are They and Why Do We Have Them?","","Feline Adoptability Guidelines define the behavioral abilities a cat should demonstrate to function successfully in specific companion-pet contexts. The guidelines list acceptable problem behaviors grouped as fear, arousal, and aggression, and guide staff on how to make consistent pathway decisions. They support pathway planning by setting goals and benchmarks, and they help determine treatment eligibility and progress tracking. Use the framework alongside related tools to assess adoptability, severity, and overall well-being over time in the shelter.",{"@graph":63,"@context":112},[64,80,95],{"@type":65,"itemListElement":66},"BreadcrumbList",[67,71,74,77],{"item":68,"name":69,"@type":70,"position":9},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":72,"name":10,"@type":70,"position":73},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/",2,{"item":75,"name":41,"@type":70,"position":76},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/letters/",3,{"item":78,"name":59,"@type":70,"position":79},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/feline-adoptability-guidelines-what-are-they-and-why-do-we-have-them/161186/",4,{"url":78,"name":59,"@type":81,"author":82,"headline":59,"publisher":85,"fileFormat":88,"inLanguage":57,"description":61,"dateModified":89,"datePublished":89,"encodingFormat":88,"isAccessibleForFree":90,"interactionStatistic":91},"DigitalDocument",{"name":83,"@type":84},"Logic","Person",{"url":68,"name":86,"@type":87},"DocShare","Organization","application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document","2026-08-30",true,{"@type":92,"interactionType":93,"userInteractionCount":4},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":94},"ViewAction",{"@type":96,"mainEntity":97},"FAQPage",[98,104,108],{"name":99,"@type":100,"acceptedAnswer":101},"What are Feline Adoptability Guidelines and what do they cover?","Question",{"text":102,"@type":103},"They describe, from a behavioral perspective, what a cat needs to be able to do in specific companion contexts. They identify acceptable problem behaviors grouped as fear, arousal, and aggression.","Answer",{"name":105,"@type":100,"acceptedAnswer":106},"Why do the guidelines exist for pet home pathway decisions?",{"text":107,"@type":103},"They help teams make consistent pathway decisions, and they inform both pathway planning contributions and goals/benchmarks for tracking treatment progress.",{"name":109,"@type":100,"acceptedAnswer":110},"How should staff decide if a cat meets the guidelines?",{"text":111,"@type":103},"After collecting behavior information, staff should consider the overall behavioral picture rather than isolated incidents. If multiple problem behaviors appear across contexts, staff must use expertise to judge whether adoption is appropriate.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":78,"og:type":114,"og:title":59,"og:site_name":86,"og:description":61},"article",{"robots":116,"canonical":78},"index,follow",{"doc_id":118,"site_id":56},161186,1788092829,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":121},{"doc_id":118,"user_id":122,"nickname":83,"user_avatar":123,"doc_module":9,"category_id":40,"category_name":41,"doc_title":59,"doc_description":61,"doc_content":124,"file_id":125,"file_url":126,"file_type":127,"file_size":128,"view_count":4,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":9,"is_downloadable":9,"audit_status":9,"page_count":129,"language":130,"language_code":57,"site_id":56,"html_lang":57,"table_of_contents":131,"faqs":132,"seo_title":133,"seo_description":61,"update_tm":119,"read_time":76},1099513958762,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/avatar/1000023916a998db790?x-image-process=image/resize,m_fixed,w_180,h_180&k=1784791008015729253","Feline Adoptability Guidelines\nWhat Are They and Why Do We Have Them?\nThe Adoptability Guidelines describe what we believe a cat needs to be able to do, from a behavioral perspective, to successfully function in specific contexts as a companion in a pet home. Each Guideline names acceptable problem behaviors, categorized as fear, arousal, and aggression, that a cat might show in specific contexts.\nThe purpose of the Adoptability Guidelines is to help our teams achieve as much consistency as possible regarding the pathway decisions made and the cats placed in our communities. As behavior staff continually collect and review behavior information gathered from multiple sources throughout an animal’s stay, the Adoptability Guidelines do two main things: 1) inform contributions to pathway planning and 2) help set goals and benchmarks to track a cat’s progress in treatment.\nThe Adoptability Guidelines are meant to be just that: guides. Consider them to be guardrails that provide a structure for behavior staff to assess the behavioral adoptability of a cat alongside their organization’s behavioral capacity for care. They are not fixed criteria, nor are they meant to replace the use of behavioral expertise. Behavior is complex and dynamic, and animals are unique individuals. Behavior staff should adhere to the general philosophy of the Adoptability Guidelines, while also using sound judgement about each individual animal.\nAcceptable Problem Behaviors\nAcceptable problem behaviors reflect the behavior of the cat when they are a) handled or managed by a typical adopter, not a behavior expert, b) without the aid of a helper cat, and c) without the aid of a familiar person in unfamiliar person Adoptability Guidelines.\nThe Adoptability Guidelines are written in such a way as to assume that if a cat displays a problem behavior, the cat displays only one problem behavior. Consider the overall picture of the animal. If a cat displays multiple problem behaviors, even if each individual problem is considered “acceptable” on its own, the overall picture may make the cat unsuitable for adoption. When a cat displays a combination of acceptable fear, arousal, or aggression in a single context (e.g., fear and arousal in Handling) or acceptable problem behaviors in multiple contexts (e.g., acceptable arousal in Social Behavior with People & in Handling), behavior staff must apply their expertise to decide whether adoption is the most appropriate outcome for the cat.\nHow to Use the Adoptability Guidelines\nThese guidelines are intended for use with cats 8 weeks and older.\nAfter gathering all the available behavior information you have on a cat (e.g., previous history, behavior in shelter, behavior during medical examination, and behavior evaluation), decide if they meet the Adoptability Guidelines. Again, consider the overall behavioral picture: how does the cat typically behave? In other words, single, standalone instances of unacceptable fear, arousal or aggression in unusual circumstances should not necessarily be weighted heavily, unless the behavior was truly egregious. If staff are unsure what is typical for a particular cat, then more information needs to be gathered. For cats who have bitten, good judgement should be used to infer whether biting would be a typical response if the cat were to be handled and managed by a typical adopter.\nUse the Adoptability Guidelines and the Treatment Eligibility Chart* to “sort” cats into pathway planning categories as they make their way through our system:\nFurther information gathering is needed\nMeets Adoptability Guidelines and is eligible for placement\nDoesn’t meet the Adoptability Guidelines but is eligible for behavioral treatment\nDoesn’t meet the Adoptability Guidelines, but may be eligible for alternative placement, such as a barn or working cat placement\nDoesn’t meet the Adoptability Guidelines, and humane euthanasia is the appropriate outcome\nUse the Adoptability Guidelines to track cats’ progress in ","cbCaij0BjcJzqBND","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaij0BjcJzqBND","docx",70378,7,"English","# Feline Adoptability Guidelines\n## What Are They and Why Do We Have Them?\n## Acceptable Problem Behaviors\n## How to Use the Adoptability Guidelines\n## Additional Behavioral Tools and Assessments","[{\"question\":\"What are Feline Adoptability Guidelines and what do they cover?\",\"answer\":\"They describe, from a behavioral perspective, what a cat needs to be able to do in specific companion contexts. They identify acceptable problem behaviors grouped as fear, arousal, and aggression.\"},{\"question\":\"Why do the guidelines exist for pet home pathway decisions?\",\"answer\":\"They help teams make consistent pathway decisions, and they inform both pathway planning contributions and goals/benchmarks for tracking treatment progress.\"},{\"question\":\"How should staff decide if a cat meets the guidelines?\",\"answer\":\"After collecting behavior information, staff should consider the overall behavioral picture rather than isolated incidents. If multiple problem behaviors appear across contexts, staff must use expertise to judge whether adoption is appropriate.\"}]","Feline Adoptability Guidelines - What Are They and Why Do We Have Them? | DOCX"]