In order to upload your pets to Adopt-a-Pet.com you must first have an account with them. If you don't already have one please visit their website to sign-up, and continue this setup process after you have an approved account.
It's very important that you ensure that all of your pets are added to your RescueGroups.org pet list before enabling the import in your Adopt-a-Pet.com account. Once you enable the Adopt-a-Pet.com account, all pets, including available and adopted, will be deleted and replaced with the available pets from your RescueGroups.org pet list.
If you'd like to add the pets from your Adopt-a-Pet.com to your RescueGroups.org account, or if you'd like to have your Adopt-a-Pet.com pets in a data file for backup purposes please contact Support before you setup the import from RescueGroups.org.
If you are unsure, please contact RescueGroups.org Support before continuing.
RescueGroups.org cannot update your Adopt-a-Pet organization details through this export. If your organization details change (like your address or adoption information), you must update that information manually in your Adopt-a-Pet account. To do that, log in directly to your Adopt-a-Pet account. If you do not have your login account information for your Adopt-a-Pet account, contact Adopt-a-Pet directly for assistance.
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:
- Log in to your Adopt-a-Pet.com account
- Click Shelter/Rescue > Auto-Upload/Import Pets from the menu
- 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
- 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)
- The page will reload. Scroll down near the end of the page again, and click the Email My Account Info to RescueGroups.org button
- 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
Please note, our export includes a field for Mixed breed. On the Adopt-a-Pet website, they recently changed their site behavior. Now, if they import an animal record from RescueGroups.org and that animal record is not marked mixed breed = Yes, then Adopt-a-Pet will assume the animal is NOT mixed (ie purebred). Their website then highlights the record as a purebred animal.
Please be sure to use the Mixed breed field to specifically identify Yes if you believe the animal is mixed, in order to avoid the purebred label being applied to the animal record on Adopt-a-Pet's website.
We would suggest that you reach out to Adopt-a-Pet if you have questions or comments about how they display this type of information on their website.