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Mixey-Matchey

31st May 2008

Mixey-Matchey

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Hum…what is that cute, adoptable dog or cat really like!? Will he or she be a perfect match to my home and family lifestyle or turn it upside down?

At many shelters it’s been a guessing game for the adopter, but no longer. A new personality evaluation test called Meet Your Match™, developed by the ASPCA, can help people make the right match the first time. This program is being used at local shelters across the country, include our own Austin Humane Society, who began using the program earlier this month to find better home matches for cats.

The animals are sorted into three main personality categories, which are color coded for easy identification. These categories are then broken down further into more specific types, such as: The Executive, The Goofball, The Personal Assistant, Free Spirit, etc. (Would be interesting to see which categories our crew would be in. Seems “The Goofball” fits everyone at some point each day! :-) )

Read more about it here:
Austin American-Statesman (story coverage)

ASPCA’s “Meet Your Match” Canine-ality™
ASPCA’s “Meet Your Match” Feline-ality™
ASPCA’s “Meet Your Match” Puppy-alities™

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  1. 1 On June 1st, 2008, K9 Amiga said:

    awesome post, ive always thought of stranger as a sailor

    posted on June 1st, 2008 at 10:15 pm

  2. 2 On June 11th, 2008, Ruth said:

    That’s such a good idea. It always breaks my heart when people take dogs back to the shelter because they picked the wrong one to take home the first time. We got lucky with our two because they were perfect matches for us. And reading Life To The Max over the weekend, about Robin Reynolds and her Airedale Terrier Max, it seems like that was definitely a match made in heaven.

    posted on June 11th, 2008 at 1:10 pm

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