Shelterluv can be configured to automatically upload your animal records to aggregators of available animals to - Petfinder.com, Adopt-a-Pet.com, and RescueGroups.org.

Review this article to learn how to set up auto-uploads to any of these third-party sites: Uploading animals to aggregators

Below is what is uploaded from your animal records to each aggregator.

To Petfinder.com

• Name
• Species 
• Primary Breed / Secondary Breed
• Primary Color / Secondary Color (dogs and cats only)
• Sex 
• Size (based on weight, otherwise defaults to small)
• Age Group
• Website/Kennel Card Memo (animal bio/description)
• Attributes (only those configured to Publish=Yes, displays under the About > Characteristics section)
• Health (displays under the About > Health section like this: "Vaccinations up to date, spayed / neutered.")
• Photos (up to 6)
  • The six most recently published photos in an animal's record are uploaded. If a new photo is added and published, it will replace the oldest of the six most recently published photos on Petfinder.
• Date of Birth (private field on Petfinder, not shown to public)
• Arrival date (most recent intake date, also a private field on Petfinder)

To Adopt-a-Pet.com

• Name
• Species
• Primary Breed / Secondary Breed 
• Sex
• Size (based on weight, otherwise defaults to small)*
• Age Group
• Website/Kennel Card Memo (animal bio/description)
• Attributes (only those configured to Publish=Yes, displays under the "My Info" section). The attribute wording in Shelterluv must match the wording in the table below.
• Animal primary color 
• Photos (up to 4, one must be selected as the Cover Photo)
• YouTube video (up to 1)

*Note that Adopt-a-Pet only displays size for dogs, horses, birds, rabbits, farm animals and reptiles.

To RescueGroups.org

• Name
• Species
• Primary Breed / Secondary Breed
• Sex
• Size (based on weight, otherwise defaults to small)
• Age Group
• Website/Kennel Card Memo (animal bio/description)
• Altered status 
• Photos (up to 3) 

Additional Important Notes

"Publishable" Statuses

We will only send animals in a status that's configured to Publish=Yes. Once the animal is moved into a status that's configured to Publish=No or is adopted, they will be taken off these sites the same night.

Uploaded pictures and/or videos on an animal record must have "Publish" checked to publish on your website or any of the aggregators.

Sex

An animal must have a sex value of either Male or Female (not Unknown) to be included in auto-uploads.

Age Groups

The age groups that get uploaded are as follows:

• Puppy/Kitten: 0-6 months
• Young: 6-18 months
• Adult: 18-84 months
• Senior: 84+ months (84 months = 7 years)

Attributes

The table below defines the attribute names that will trigger these special translations. A few notes:

• Each attribute must be an exact spelling match, but they are not case sensitive, so "Good with Dogs / "Good with dogs" / "Good With Dogs" will all work.
• Each attribute must have the configuration of "Publish to Web = Yes"
• If multiple attribute names are available for the same translation (e.g. "Single Dog Home" and "Not Good with Dogs"), then only one needs to be present on an animal record for the trigger to work.
• If there are two conflicting attributes (e.g. "Good with Dogs" and "Not Good with Dogs") on an animal record, then it will be translated as blank/unknown.

Breed Labels

Not all aggregators have an option for generic "mixed breed" in their auto-uploads, so we have to translate this breed label from Shelterluv into a general breed that they do accept. Here is what those translations look like:

• Petfinder:
• "Mixed breed (Small)" = "Mixed Breed"
• "Mixed breed (Medium)" = "Mixed Breed"
• "Mixed breed (Large)" = "Mixed Breed"

• Adopt-a-Pet (the only one to have mixed breed options):
  • "Mixed breed (Small)" = "Mixed Breed, Small" 
  • "Mixed breed (Medium)" = "Mixed Breed, Medium"
  • "Mixed breed (Large)" = "Mixed Breed, Large"
    
    
• Rescuegroups: 
• "Mixed breed (Small)" = "Terrier"
• "Mixed breed (Medium)" = "Terrier"
• "Mixed breed (Large)" = "Shepherd"