Join us for a new year of Community Conversations
Happy New Year! We’re excited to announce January’s Community Conversations host, Miguel Ruelas. Miguel is the Community Resources Manager at Pasadena Humane, bringing over a decade of experience in animal welfare grounded in a human-centered, equity-driven, and community-focused approach. He hosted yesterday’s call, Get Them Out, Even for a Little, and will host the remaining calls this month, as shown below: 1/12 Money Mindset for Animal Organizations 1/19: No call for Martin Luther King Jr. Day 1/26:...
Maddie’s Weekly Roundup: 2025 wins, marketing long-stay pets and more!
Happy Monday! Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week. Giveaway: What’s a win you’re celebrating from this past year?As we wrap up 2025 and look ahead to a new year, it’s a natural moment to pause and reflect on the progress we’ve made, both the milestones we planned for and the unexpected victories that showed up along the way. Back at the beginning of January 2025, many of you shared your goals for… Learn More Tips for marketing long-stay petsMarketing pets with long shelter stays can be...
Giveaway: What’s a win you’re celebrating from this past year?
As we wrap up 2025 and look ahead to a new year, it’s a natural moment to pause and reflect on the progress we’ve made, both the milestones we planned for and the unexpected victories that showed up along the way. Back at the beginning of January 2025, many of you shared your goals for the year in our 2025 Goals Giveaway thread on Maddie’s® Pet Forum. Community members shared goals aimed at growing your foster network, strengthening community partnerships, expanding pet support services, improving shelter medicine...
Maddie’s Weekly Roundup: Peer support, animal well-being survey and more!
Happy Monday! Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week. How one Missouri animal shelter is having success with their Dog’s Day Out programDoes your animal organization offer a Dog’s Day Out program? Maybe you’re thinking about starting one? These programs are an increasingly popular way to give dogs a break from the shelter while allowing volunteers to learn more about their personalities. Taney County Animal Care and Control in Hollister, MO, recently started a program of their… Learn More...
How one Missouri animal shelter is having success with their Dog’s Day Out program
Does your animal organization offer a Dog’s Day Out program? Maybe you’re thinking about starting one? These programs are an increasingly popular way to give dogs a break from the shelter while allowing volunteers to learn more about their personalities. Taney County Animal Care and Control in Hollister, MO, recently started a program of their own. They’re sharing their experience and what they’ve learned along the way. “We did soft launch of the program last summer with some of our longer term volunteers,”...
Supporting your peers without the heavy load
Animal well-being work is rewarding and often emotionally intense. Join us for a 30-minute panel discussion, “Pawsitive Peer Support: Helping Each Other Without the Heavy Load,” on December 16 at 12PM PT/ 3PM ET with Janet Hoy-Gerlach, PhD, LCSW, LISW-S, Director of Veterinary Social Work at Open Door Veterinary Collective. In the latest Doors Wide Open webcast series, we’ll explore how to support each other in ways that strengthen connection without adding emotional strain. You’ll learn practical tools for peer...
Maddie’s Weekly Roundup: Offsite adoption events, our annual report and more!
Happy Monday! Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week. The exploration of opportunities for barriers and bias during offsite animal adoption eventsEver wonder how implicit bias can influence pet adoption processes? And, if so, what we can do to improve? Join us for the next Maddie’s® Insights on December 11, as we share insights from a nationwide survey of 484 U.S. shelters and rescue organizations on adoption events and screening practices. Our guest, Dr. Lexis Ly,… Learn More Check out the...
The exploration of opportunities for barriers and bias during off site animal adoption events
Ever wonder how implicit bias can influence pet adoption processes? And, if so, what we can do to improve? Join us for the next Maddie’s® Insights on December 11, as we share insights from a nationwide survey of 484 U.S. shelters and rescue organizations on adoption events and screening practices. Our guest, Dr. Lexis Ly, presents results from her study that includes how these processes work, how implicit bias can influence decisions, and how small procedural changes can speed-up and level-up the path to great pet-people matches....
Maddie’s Weekly Roundup: Spay/neuter event, shelter hours and more!
Happy Monday! Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week. Four national family foundations collaborate to bring free spay/neuter event to the Bay Area on December 6-7Nine animal well-being organizations across five Bay area counties are partnering to provide free spay and neuter surgeries and vaccines to pets over a two-day, December 6-7, 2025, event called “Champions for Pet Health: Communities Partnering for Wellness and Spay & Neuter.” This event, all due to the generosity of four national family...
Four national family foundations collaborate to bring free spay/neuter event to the Bay Area on December 6-7
Nine animal well-being organizations across five Bay area counties are partnering to provide free spay and neuter surgeries and vaccines to pets over a two-day, December 6-7, 2025, event called “Champions for Pet Health: Communities Partnering for Wellness and Spay & Neuter.” This event, all due to the generosity of four national family foundations – La Russa Rescue Champions, Dave & Cheryl Duffield Foundation, Maddie’s Fund® and BISSELL Pet Foundation – represents a collaborative effort to make vital...
