Setup your Adopt-a-Pet Export

To export your adoptable animals to Adopt-a-Pet.com and then import the data into their system, complete these steps:

1. Log in to your Adopt-a-Pet.com account
2. Click Shelter/Rescue > Auto-Upload/Import Pets from the menu
3. In the Select a default profile according to your shelter software pull-down menu, select RescueGroups.org from the list. When you make that selection, the following options should be selected for you:
   • Do you want to allow your shelter/rescue to AutoUpload set to Yes
   • Allow manually added pets set to No
   • Allow manual editing of pets set to No
   • Does your exported data file contain a first line with column headers set to Yes
   • Do you want to import acceptable pets, even if there are processing errors with other pets set to Yes
4. Near the end of the page, click the Update My AutoUpload Settings button (or if you haven't set up AutoUploading before, the button says Set Up instead of Update)
5. The page will reload.  Scroll down near the end of the page again, and click the Email My Account Info to RescueGroups.org button
6. Click My Info and check I am an AutoUpload contact for this shelter/rescue

RescueGroups.org will receive your account information. If we have any questions we will contact you. You will receive an email from us when your export to Adopt-a-Pet.com has been configured. This email will share instructions on how to enable the export within your RescueGroups.org account.

Current Fields Exported

Here are the fields that RescueGroups.org currently uploads to Adopt-a-Pet:

Rescue ID (optional), Status, Species, Animal Name, Primary Breed, Secondary Breed, Color, General Potential Size, Age, Sex, Coat Length, Description, Mix, Good with Kids, Good with Cats, Good with Dogs, Spayed/Altered, Shots Current, Housetrained, Declawed, Special Needs, Photo1, Photo 2, Photo 3, Photo 4, Video URL 1