How-to guides · Rescue
Care and adoption, step by step.
Choose the series for your role. Follow Lily in episode order, or jump to the task you need. Revisit any guide and use AI Help within AniTend.
Foster Carer
For foster households recording daily care, feeding, weights, health and shared care.
Watch the Carer seriesGetting started
Find your way around the Foster Carer workspace and get ready to record care.
Watch guideGroups, intakes and animal records
Create groups and intakes and keep individual animal records together.
Watch guideDaily care, weights and corrections
Record daily care and weights, review history and correct entries.
Watch guideFeeding plans and schedules
Set feeding plans and recurring schedules and record actual feeds.
Watch guideMedication, health records, photos and files
Keep medication, health events, photos and supporting files with each animal.
Watch guideCare teams and changes in placement
Manage care teams and record changes in an animal’s placement.
Watch guideReminders, reports and getting help
Use reminders, share reports and find the guide or AI Help you need.
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Foster Organisation
For organisations managing intakes, foster placements and the adoption journey through handover to My Pets Free and aftercare.
All 10 episodes are available to watch on YouTube.
Watch the Organisation seriesGetting started
Set up your organisation and learn where to find care and adoption tools.
Watch guideIntakes, groups and animal records
Record intakes and groups and maintain individual animal records.
Watch guideFoster carers, invitations and assignments
Invite foster carers and assign animals with the right access.
Watch guideDaily care oversight and health records
Review daily care, weights and health records across foster placements.
Watch guideFeeding plans and schedules
Set feeding plans and schedules and review recorded feeds.
Watch guideEnquiries and questionnaires
Manage enquiries, send questionnaires and review prospective adopters.
Watch guideMatching and allocating an adopter
Review applicants and available animals and confirm an adoption allocation.
Watch guideAgreements, signatures and payments
Prepare agreements, collect signatures and track payments and refunds.
Watch guideHandover and transfer to My Pets Free
Prepare the adopter handover and transfer the animal record to My Pets Free.
Watch guideAftercare, trials, returns and closing a group
Manage adoption trials, aftercare and returns and close the intake group.
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These guides use demonstration screens and example records. Choose Foster Carer for your household’s care, or Foster Organisation for coordinated placements and adoptions.