Animal Relationships

Animal Relationships is a feature of your RescueGroups.org Data Management and Website services that allows you to designate relationships between animals. The relationships you add are shown on the animal's web page, with links to the other related animals. This is great for animals that are in the same litter or are companion animals.

Relationships are very important for animals that must be adopted together.

Where do I find it?

You can manage an animal's relationships by clicking the Relationships link at the top of the animal’s page.



Click here for information on permissions

The following actions are available for Relationships with the specified service and user roles:

Action

Description

Services

User Roles

View

View the animal relationships

Data Management
Web Site

Animal Add
Animal Admin

Add

Add an animal relationship

Data Management
Web Site

Animal Add
Animal Admin

Edit

Edit an animal relationship

Data Management
Web Site

Animal Add
Animal Admin

Delete

Delete an animal relationship

Data Management
Web Site

Animal Add
Animal Admin



The following relationships are available:

  • Baby/Offspring

  • Companion

  • Parent/Surrogate

  • Sibling

Add a relationship

To add a relationship, navigate to the animal's web page by going to Animals > Animal List and scroll to the animal or search for the animal. Once you find the animal, click the name to open their web page, then click the Relationships link.


To add a sibling, baby, parent, or companion, click the Add a Relationship for this Animal button. Notice in this example, we searched for and opened the page for Troy. We've already added one of Troy's siblings, Mojave. To add another sibling or a parent, click the Add a Relationship for this Animal button. The list of relationships shows the name of the related animal, the relationship to Troy, and whether they need to be adopted together.


Once you've clicked the Add a Relationship for this Animal button, a very short form opens.

  1. The animal's name should appear in the top field, the Animal ID field. If not, select from the drop-down list. 

  2. Select the related animal from the second drop-down list.

  3. Select the type of relationship.

  4. Click the radio button for adopting together (Yes) or not (No).

  5. Save.