With the Custom Kennel Card Builder, you can customize the look and feel of your Shelterluv kennel cards! Pick and choose from an extensive library of 40 elements, including medical data. Stay on brand by applying your organization's colors to the text and borders, and play with all the styling and layout options until you have a kennel card you love!
Click your Username > Configuration > Custom Kennel Card Builder to get started.
What user permissions do I need to configure kennel cards?
- Configure my shelter and its users
Templates
Once you launch the Custom Kennel Card Builder, you will be prompted to choose one of six templates. You can change the template at any time.
The available templates are:
- Four different full-page templates (8.5" x 11")
- Half Page Vertical (4.25" x 11") - You can print multiple cards per page.
- Half Page Horizontal (8.5" x 5.5") - You can print multiple cards per page.
Elements
Once you choose a template, you will have the following elements available to you that you can add, remove, edit, and style to fit your organization's needs:
Images
- Shelter Logo
- Animal Photo
Text
- Animal ID
- Name
- Age
- Age Group
- Breed
- Sex
- Spayed/Neutered
- Color
- Pattern
- Weight
- Size Group
- Status
- Location
- Original Source (first intake type)
- Intake Type (most recent intake type)
- Intake Subtype
- Address Found (stray & wildlife intakes)
- Adoption Fee
- About Me (Kennel Card / Web Site Memo)
- Microchip Number
- Rabies Tag Number
- License Number
- Previous Shelter ID
- Transferred In From (partner name)
- Heartworm Test Result
Lists
- Attributes
Dates
- Date of Birth
- Intake Date
- Available Since (last updated to an adoptable status)
- Review Date
- Spay/Neuter Date
- Rabies Vaccination
- Dewormer
- Bordetella
- DHPP / FVRCP
- Heartworm Test
Other
- Custom Text (static information to display on all kennel cards)
- Spacer (additional space before/after individual elements)
You can edit an element by clicking directly on it. This will give you options to adjust settings like the Alignment, location on the kennel card, color, and more!
Frequently asked questions
Why are some attributes not displaying on my kennel card?
Each attribute can be configured to display on your kennel card or not. If you are not seeing certain attributes appear on your kennel cards, ensure that this setting is toggled on for that attribute. You can learn more about configuring attributes here.
When I print my kennel cards, there's a URL at the bottom. How do I remove that?
If you notice your new Custom Kennel Cards displaying a long URL at the bottom of the page when printed that you'd like to remove, your printer settings may allow you to toggle "headers and footers" in order to remove the date and/or URL that appear on your printed Kennel Cards.
How do I get the animal's bio to appear on their kennel card?
Enter the animal's bio using the system-default Kennel Card / Website Memo. The text you enter here will appear on the animal's kennel card along with any aggregator sites you have integrations with.