Which Dog/Cat STATUSES transfer to Petfinder:

• Available Dog/Cat on Website = AVAILABLE on Petfinder
• Recovery Room Dog/Cat on Website = ODOES NOT TRANSFER to Petfinder
• Forever Foster Dog/Cat on Website = DOES NOT TRANSFER to Petfinder
• Happy Tails Dog/Cat on Website = DOES NOT TRANSFER to Petfinder
• Over the Bridge Dog/Cat on Website = DOES NOT TRANSFER to Petfinder

Other conditions that impact whether a dog/cat transfers to Petfinder:

• Pending Adoption Dog/Cat on Website = DOES NOT TRANSFER to Petfinder
• Hidden Dog/Cat on Website = DOES NOT TRANSFER to Petfinder

Which Dog/Cat FIELDS transfer to Petfinder:

• Public Facing Data: Name – THIS IS A MANDATORY FIELD
• Public Facing Data: Status – THIS IS A MANDATORY FIELD
• Public Facing Data: Breed(s) – THIS IS A MANDATORY FIELD
• Public Facing Data: Color(s) – THIS IS A MANDATORY FIELD
• Public Facing Data: Gender – THIS IS A MANDATORY FIELD
• Public Facing Data: Age Group – THIS IS A MANDATORY FIELD (and determined by the birthdate)
• Public Facing Data: Energy Level
• Public Facing Data: First 4 images
• Public Facing Data: Good with Kids
  • I like all kids = Good in a home with
  • I don’t like kids = Prefers a home without
  • I like kids over 6 = Doesn’t Push to Petfinder
  • I like kids over 10 = Doesn’t Push to Petfinder
  • I have not been tested with kids = Doesn’t Push to Petfinder
• Public Facing Data: Good with Dogs
  • I like Dogs = Good in a home with
  • I don’t like Dogs = Prefers a home without
  • I like Select Dogs = Doesn’t Push to Petfinder
  • I like Big Dogs = Doesn’t Push to Petfinder
  • I like Small Dogs = Doesn’t Push to Petfinder
  • I have not been tested with Dogs = Doesn’t Push to Petfinder
• Public Facing Data: Good with Cats
  • I like Cats = Good in a home with
  • I don’t like Cats = Prefers a home without
  • I like some Cats = Doesn’t Push to Petfinder
  • I have not been tested with Cats = Doesn’t Push to Petfinder
• Public Facing Data: Weight
  • 1- 30 Pounds = Small on Petfinder
  • 31- 60 Pounds = Medium on Petfinder
  • 61- 90 Pounds = Large on Petfinder
  • 91+ Pounds = X-Large on Petfinder
• Public Facing Data: Long Description
• Public Facing Data: Adoption Fee
• In Care > Disposition Tab: Is Dog/Cat Trained?
• Medical Tab: Is Dog/Cat Spayed/Neutered?
• Medical Tab: Is Dog/Cat up to date on vaccines?

Petfinder Custom Text

If you are a Rescue Admin, you can access the Rescue Profile tab in the Dog House and add a sentence or two that can go at the end of each dog/cat profile on Petfinder. We suggest something that will cause people to go back to your website such as “More pets like pet above can be found at www.BuzzRescueGroup.com”

The Petfinder upload does not allow the following:

1. Videos and Video URLs will not add to your pets when you use the FTP upload. There will be no videos associated with your pets.
2. Petfinder does not allow any HTML in the animal descriptions. Any HTML will be removed from the pet descriptions.
3. Pet-specific locations will not be set. All pets will inherit the default account location.

Pro Tip:

Want to stop people from sending an application to you directly from Petfinder?

We asked Petfinder and here is their response:

The group can essentially disable the “ask about” button by removing the email address from the “organization public info” and assigning all pet “contacts” to “organization public info”.  When pets are imported, they are automatically assigned to that default contact, anyway.  In this case, the visitor would see a message to call the group instead, and won’t be able to submit a question from the pet’s profile.