For organisations
Free guides you can share with the families you work with.
I wrote these for the moments when people go looking for help and do not find any. There are 21 of them, each written for a particular kind of organisation and the families it meets: breeders, shelters and rescues, trainers and behaviourist associations, parenting and child-safety groups, and more.
They are free. If one of them fits the people you serve, I would be glad for you to pass it on.
How to share a pack
Link to the pack’s download page, which offers A4 and US Letter with no form, or to its /help page if you would rather the family received it by email. Please link rather than host a copy, so what you point to stays current.
Copy-ready links
The first address under each pack goes to its download page; the second, to the page that sends it by email. Select one, or press the button to copy it. Under each is a sentence you can paste beside the link.
Before he comes home
Placement doesn't end at the deposit.
https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/dl/breedersBy email instead: https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/help/breedersA sentence to paste
Breeders and breed clubs: Placement doesn't end at the deposit. A free pack by Mohamed Abu Khadra.
Let's get the puppy, Maybe later, or Not for us. All three are good answers.
https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/dl/anti-impulseBy email instead: https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/help/anti-impulseA sentence to paste
Anti-impulse campaigns: Let's get the puppy, Maybe later, or Not for us. All three are good answers. A free pack by Mohamed Abu Khadra.
The conversation that works better before the adoption than after.
https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/dl/pre-adoptionBy email instead: https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/help/pre-adoptionA sentence to paste
Pre-adoption counselling: The conversation that works better before the adoption than after. A free pack by Mohamed Abu Khadra.
A bad week
A ten-minute conversation at the counter.
https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/dl/sheltersBy email instead: https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/help/sheltersA sentence to paste
Shelter umbrellas: A ten-minute conversation at the counter. A free pack by Mohamed Abu Khadra.
For the family in front of you, and the person facing them.
https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/dl/rescuesBy email instead: https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/help/rescuesA sentence to paste
Local rescues: For the family in front of you, and the person facing them. A free pack by Mohamed Abu Khadra.
Needing a reset is normal.
https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/dl/puppy-bluesBy email instead: https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/help/puppy-bluesA sentence to paste
Puppy-blues communities: Needing a reset is normal. A free pack by Mohamed Abu Khadra.
For when it isn't a bad week.
https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/dl/rehomingBy email instead: https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/help/rehomingA sentence to paste
Rehoming networks: For when it isn't a bad week. A free pack by Mohamed Abu Khadra.
Send this when a family calls you in week three.
https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/dl/breeders-week-threeBy email instead: https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/help/breeders-week-threeA sentence to paste
Breeders — week three: Send this when a family calls you in week three. A free pack by Mohamed Abu Khadra.
For the one who said yes
Fear doesn't have to be cured before a household can function.
https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/dl/phobia-clinicsBy email instead: https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/help/phobia-clinicsA sentence to paste
Phobia clinics: Fear doesn't have to be cured before a household can function. A free pack by Mohamed Abu Khadra.
The hidden workload — a second job nobody agreed to.
https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/dl/therapistsBy email instead: https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/help/therapistsA sentence to paste
Therapists and mediators: The hidden workload — a second job nobody agreed to. A free pack by Mohamed Abu Khadra.
"He just wants to play" is not a response to fear.
https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/dl/reluctant-ownersBy email instead: https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/help/reluctant-ownersA sentence to paste
Reluctant-owner communities: "He just wants to play" is not a response to fear. A free pack by Mohamed Abu Khadra.
Clear paths, doors and gates.
https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/dl/multigenerationalBy email instead: https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/help/multigenerationalA sentence to paste
Multigenerational and elderly: Clear paths, doors and gates. A free pack by Mohamed Abu Khadra.
For the one who said yes to the dog, and the one who said yes to the family.
https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/dl/said-yesBy email instead: https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/help/said-yesA sentence to paste
General public: For the one who said yes to the dog, and the one who said yes to the family. A free pack by Mohamed Abu Khadra.
Kids carry routine
The method behind "never leave them unsupervised."
https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/dl/child-safetyBy email instead: https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/help/child-safetyA sentence to paste
Child safety programmes: The method behind "never leave them unsupervised." A free pack by Mohamed Abu Khadra.
Calm children build a calmer dog.
https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/dl/parentingBy email instead: https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/help/parentingA sentence to paste
Parenting organisations: Calm children build a calmer dog. A free pack by Mohamed Abu Khadra.
Protected space applies identically.
https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/dl/neurodiversityBy email instead: https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/help/neurodiversityA sentence to paste
Neurodiversity and disability: Protected space applies identically. A free pack by Mohamed Abu Khadra.
Real responsibility inside real limits.
https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/dl/homeschool-scoutingBy email instead: https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/help/homeschool-scoutingA sentence to paste
Homeschool and scouting: Real responsibility inside real limits. A free pack by Mohamed Abu Khadra.
The house was not
Trainer and behaviourist associations
Something to give the families your members work with.
https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/dl/associationsBy email instead: https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/help/associationsA sentence to paste
Trainer and behaviourist associations: Something to give the families your members work with. A free pack by Mohamed Abu Khadra.
Given directly by professionals
Free to pass on.
https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/dl/professionalsBy email instead: https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/help/professionalsA sentence to paste
Given directly by professionals: Free to pass on. A free pack by Mohamed Abu Khadra.
The first day he is yours
The folder you hand over with the dog.
https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/dl/go-homeBy email instead: https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/help/go-homeA sentence to paste
The go-home pack: The folder you hand over with the dog. A free pack by Mohamed Abu Khadra.
One house, one set of words
One house. One set of words.
https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/dl/family-wordsBy email instead: https://www.mohamedabukhadra.com/help/family-wordsA sentence to paste
The family command card: One house. One set of words. A free pack by Mohamed Abu Khadra.
Prefer one link to everything?
The free help page gathers the packs by situation (still deciding, a bad week, someone afraid, kids and the dog), and is a good place to send people who are not sure which one they need. A family who opens a pack from there is asked for an email address; the download pages above never ask.
If you share one of these, I would be glad to hear where. And if something in it could work better for the people you serve, write back and tell me.
mo@mohamedabukhadra.comFor trainers and behaviourists there is a page of its own: handouts, the books and the software.
If you also run a practice, the software side is at oden.pet.