Exceeding Client Service Expectations In Relation To Adoptions

1. What is critically important about the adoption process?

That it be a cultural experience for the pet adopter.

That it be an educational experience for the pet adopter.

That it be a challenging experience for the pet adopter.

That it be a positive experience for the pet adopter.

That it be a didactic experience for the pet adopter.

2. Which of the following is recommended for the adoption process?

Remember that it is a people business.

Avoid speaking in absolutes.

Keep the judgment out.

Don’t compete with cute (i.e., don’t provide instruction with a pet around).

All of the above.

3. Same day adoptions and reduced-fee adoptions are not effective methods to adopt animals.

True

False

4. What percent of people denied an adoption will obtain a pet somewhere else?

0%

14%

30%

65%

95%

5. Great/Poor client service has a lasting effect.

True

False

6. Which of the following is recommended for adoption surveys?

Make it fun and short.

Use open-ended conversation style surveys.

Understand what you hope to get out of each question (i.e., why you are asking it).

Keep surveys and procedures aligned with an adoption philosophy.

All of the above.

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8. Which of the following is true of post adoption support?

Adopter needs to see the shelter as the resource.

Home visits at one week, one month, and one year post adoption.

Call the client daily for one month.

Be available 24/7 for any questions or concerns from the adopter.

No form of post adoption support is necessary.

9. How do people receive messages?

7% from body language, 38% from tone of voice, and 55% from the words used.

55% from body language, 38% from tone of voice, and 7% from the words used.

55% from body language, 7% from tone of voice, and 38% from the words used.

38% from body language, 55% from tone of voice, and 7% from the words used.

7% from body language, 55% from tone of voice, and 38% from the words used.

10. Statistically, the ripple effect of a negative experience results in which of the following?

10% won’t complain; each person tells 10 others; new client acquisition costs three times as much as keeping just one.

96% won’t complain; each person tells 100 others; new client acquisition costs three times as much as keeping just one.

96% won’t complain; each person tells 10 others; new client acquisition costs three times as much as keeping just one.

96% won’t complain; each person tells 10 others; new client acquisition costs thirty times as much as keeping just one.

25% won’t complain; each person tells 10 others; new client acquisition costs three times as much as keeping just one.

11. Which of the following is true about returns of adopted pets?

They should be looked at as bad.

They are not good for the animal or the client.

They represent a lifetime commitment to the animal.

They should always be prevented.

None of the above.