Minimum data requirements for Shelterbuddy & Animal Shelter Manager (ASM)

If your rehoming organisation has the Shelterbuddy integration system enabled and an API token available for ASM. The following information must be recorded for a pet listing to be imported into the PetRescue database:

• The pets' Name must be completed (+ be longer than 2 characters and shorter than 50 characters)
• The pets' Adoption Summary must be completed (+ be longer than 20 characters and shorter than 8,000 characters)
• The pets' Species (e.g. Dog, Cat, Guinea Pig etc.) must be defined
• The pets' Primary Breed (e.g. Burmese) must be selected
• The pets’ Date of Birth must be entered
• The pets' Size must be selected
• The pets’ Coat type must be selected (if a cat or guinea pig)
• The pets' Sex must be selected
• The pets’ Microchip number must be entered
• Each pet must have a Microchip/Breeder ID/Source Number (specific to local laws)
• If the pet is a dog or cat, it must be flagged as Desexed (note - if desexed is set to Unknown, the listing will not be imported)
• The RegionID must match an existing PetRescue group account (note: specific to Shelterbuddy - if connecting a new account, please let PetRescue know so this can be set up)