Colorado Animal Welfare Conference Session

Systems Approach To Reducing Your Length Of Stay

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1:15-2:30pm Aug. 20, 2025

City Lights 2 and 3

Shelter Operations

In this session, Erina Van Dusen will introduce attendees to the theory of constraints for managing your animal population, including lessons learned when applying this methodology and set of tools for tackling system improvement at HSPPR–Pueblo. This will be an engaging session with time to discuss and collaborate with attendees to build key takeaways for streamlining operational efficacy while reducing the amount of time it takes for animals in your care to go to their new (or renewed) homes.

Gina Knepp

Erina Van Dusen

Erina Van Dusen started in Colorado animal welfare as a volunteer in 1997. Since then she has worked in a variety of operational roles, as well as animal welfare software consulting and support for animal welfare organizations across the country. She now resides in Pueblo working at the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region’s Pueblo Campus with her husband, Bull Terrier named Seamus, and community cat named Benny.