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...
Maddie’s Weekly Roundup: Holiday fostering, understanding tribal sovereignty and more!
Happy Monday! Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week. Want a silent night at your animal shelter this season? Try holiday fostering!This year is the perfect time to bring back, start or expand your holiday fostering offerings. Organizations across the country are getting dogs out of the shelter and into homes for the holidays through foster care. Holiday foster initiatives… Learn More Learn how to bridge your animal organization’s services and strengthen your community Looking to strengthen...
Learn how to bridge your animal organization’s services and strengthen your community
Looking to strengthen your community but not sure where to start? In a recent Maddie’s® Community Conversations call, the team from the Animal Welfare League of Arlington (AWLA) shared how breaking down silos between animal control, outreach and animal shelter services can transform the way we support both people and pets. Chief Animal Control Officer Jennifer Toussaint and her colleagues, Adam Jablonski and Karina Swetnam, walked us through how collaboration looks in action – like field officers connecting families to...
Maddie’s Weekly Roundup: Social work guidelines, stock images and more!
Happy Monday! Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week. Pets and People Photos is now Images With HeARTIn case you missed it, we’re excited to share that PetsandPeoplePhotos.org has merged with Images With HeART, and will be known as such moving forward. Originally launched in 2023 as Pets & People Photos, #ThanksToMaddie, the site was developed to help animal organizations better connect with their audiences through diverse images for marketing. The collection… Learn More Doors Wide Open Webcast: Social...
Pets and People photos is now Images With HeART
In case you missed it, we’re excited to share that PetsandPeoplePhotos.org has merged with Images With HeART, and will be known as such moving forward. Originally launched in 2023 as Pets & People Photos, #ThanksToMaddie, the site was developed to help animal organizations better connect with their audiences through diverse images for marketing. The collection shows authentic interactions of people and pets of varying ages, backgrounds and more, and has received an overwhelmingly positive response since its launch. “To...
Doors Wide Open Webcast: Social Work Guidelines in Animal Welfare Settings
Does your animal organization employ a social worker? Or maybe you’re considering one? Join us for a 30-minute panel discussion on November 18th at 12PM PT/ 3PM ET with the five social workers who facilitated the national social work teams that collectively authored the new Social Work Guidelines for Animal Welfare Settings through a year-long participatory action research project funded by the ASPCA. The guidelines were developed by and for social workers embedded in animal welfare organizations across North America and are designed to...
