--- title: How to Track Bonded Pet Pairs in Shelterluv description: How PACC Pals uses Shelterluv to identify bonded pet pairs at Pima Animal Care Center in Tucson, AZ, and find them loving homes together. image: https://blog.shelterluv.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Bonded-Pairs-in-Shelterluv-1536x1024.jpg --- [Skip to main content](https://blog.shelterluv.com/2020/12/17/how-to-track-bonded-pet-pairs-in-shelterluv#main-content) [![Shelterluv](https://blog.shelterluv.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/Shelterluv/images/shelterluv-onlight.svg)](https://blog.shelterluv.com/) [Home](https://blog.shelterluv.com) [Case studies](https://blog.shelterluv.com/case-studies) [Meet the team](https://blog.shelterluv.com/get-to-know-your-customer-solutions-team) [Try it free](https://www.shelterluv.com/signup/) 1. [Blog](https://blog.shelterluv.com) 2. [Shelterluv Best Practices](https://blog.shelterluv.com/tag/shelterluv-best-practices) Shelterluv Best Practices # How to Track Bonded Pet Pairs in Shelterluv ![Shelterluv](https://blog.shelterluv.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Scout.png?width=92&height=92&name=Scout.png) Shelterluv June 21, 2025 · 2 min read ![How to Track Bonded Pet Pairs in Shelterluv](https://blog.shelterluv.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Bonded-Pairs-in-Shelterluv-1536x1024.jpg?width=768&height=512&name=Bonded-Pairs-in-Shelterluv-1536x1024.jpg) [PACC Pals](https://www.facebook.com/PACC.Pals/) is a volunteer driven,  shelter-supported program that identifies bonded pet pairs at Pima Animal Care Center located in Tucson, AZ and finds them loving homes together. PACC volunteers Jo and Cathy recently presented at the weekly Animal Shelter Support call led by Human Animal Support Services (HASS) and presented by Maddie’s Fund.  Jo and Cathy shared the success PACC Pals have had in tracking their efforts. Their focus and programming have resulted in incredible lifesaving results for bonded pet pairs at Pima Animal Care Center! Bonded pairs are easy to track and report on in Shelterluv. Here’s how to get started! ## 1. Use Shelterluv’s [customizable attributes to tag all bonded pet pair animal records](https://help.shelterluv.com/articles/8315576230-how-to-add-or-remove-attributes-on-an-animal-s-record) ![The Attribute Manager in Configurations, showing a Bonded attribute for cats set to publish to the web and kennel card but not to adoption disclaimers](https://blog.shelterluv.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/BwYYgKTWJDweSrFM96WtNHClYnqsA0L8N4BBVgUVvKnagXeRWuXUGGhwjdlzj1VxgsIO8psrXd6KTYcJmjUP_zI_8R9fJNu1uYvJNKbVJDf1A6eAyqerycPLjNbzOY5OCCJaw9U.png) ## 2. [Link your bonded pet pals as littermates](https://help.shelterluv.com/articles/9910897745-how-to-create-and-use-litters) to make it even easier to see their records side-by-side ![An animal list filtered to two bonded animals, Chance the Maltese dog and Garfield the American Bobtail cat, each showing intake date, ID, color, and breed](https://blog.shelterluv.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Pp_T2AMUgKezuXLNi8uliimb6V_I7UeNy5G2INMHlFhkNt6LJ6eaAu2lusVWS-2XyJEN-doh2zpxivtoZykhFcCsHDaB_w4NIW3onSXfELPvSxWyl50fi_hvnaFlJ3n-6-GbqYI.png?width=588&height=153&name=Pp_T2AMUgKezuXLNi8uliimb6V_I7UeNy5G2INMHlFhkNt6LJ6eaAu2lusVWS-2XyJEN-doh2zpxivtoZykhFcCsHDaB_w4NIW3onSXfELPvSxWyl50fi_hvnaFlJ3n-6-GbqYI.png) ## 3. Easily evaluate and report on your length of stay results using a [Custom Entities Animals Report](https://help.shelterluv.com/articles/3642737641-how-to-run-the-custom-entities-animals-report)   ## Pro tips: - Remember to add your “Days in Custody” field for your total length of stay for each animal - Add a rule for Attributes matching “Bonded” to just report on the length of stay for your bonded pet pairs - [Check the current snapshot box](https://help.shelterluv.com/articles/3642737641-how-to-run-the-custom-entities-animals-report) to include animals in your custody at the exact moment of running the report ![The Custom Reports tab under Analysis and Reports, with a red arrow pointing to the Current Snapshot checkbox in the report builder](https://blog.shelterluv.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/J7KxFaFvqxJ0xj9CEaq7gXTTNk2bLmQIpErkA5mu3RikXeJjJYVC5A4o8OuOcuOJb0aAlMl7bdFPZpMCUySrAPN_gGIzkgI-_5g78-DG6GC4xkuzi4KQo2dox41HCeUPOueMvgU.png) Are you having success adopting bonded pairs at your organization? 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