Apply tomorrow for an Instructor-Led Course!
Head back-to-school with one of our 10 Instructor-Led Courses! Subjects include fostering, shelter consultations, marketing and more. The length and number of Zoom classes are course-dependent, and can range from 4 to 6 classes, at 60, 75, or 90 minutes each. All courses are free and begin in September. The application period opens tomorrow, August 8 and closes on August 18, 2025. This fall marks the debut of one new class about developing your own kitten college! And for the first time, three popular courses will have two sections....
Join us to discuss the impacts of adoption discrimination on the next Maddie’s Insights
Maddie’s® Insights are back! Join us on September 11th as Sloane Hawes and Celeste Morales with Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity (CAREawo.org) present their recent research on racial equity – or the lack thereof – in pet adoption as well as offer solutions for increasing access to pet ownership for BIPOC families. This one-hour call is titled Gatekeeping pet ownership: the impacts of adoption discrimination and will take place at 12pm PT/3pm ET on September 11. The animal well-being field has...
Maddie’s Weekly Roundup: The return of Community Conversations, Fall Instructor-Led Courses and more!
Happy Monday! Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week. Coming today! The return of Weekly Community Conversations!After a brief summer break, Weekly Community Conversations will return on Monday, August 4 with How Public-Private Partnerships Expand Access to Care. Jessica Lopez (Executive Director/Founder, The Paw Mission) and Kristine Watson, MPA (Director, City of San Bernardino Animal Services) will lead the conversation. They join us from San Bernardino County where they are joining efforts to address...
Coming this Monday: The return of Weekly Community Conversations!
After a brief summer break, Weekly Community Conversations will return on Monday, August 4 with How Public-Private Partnerships Expand Access to Care. Jessica Lopez (Executive Director/Founder, The Paw Mission) and Kristine Watson, MPA (Director, City of San Bernardino Animal Services) will lead the conversation. They join us from San Bernardino County where they are joining efforts to address the access to care challenges experienced county-wide. San Bernardino is the largest county in the U.S., and faces inequities that...
Elevate your dog body language knowledge with August’s Maddie’s Monthly Foster Connection
If you’re looking to bring new ideas to your organizations’ foster program, look no further than Maddie’s® Monthly Foster Connection. This monthly webcast held on the first Thursday of the month at 12PM PT/3PM ET is an opportunity to discuss successful foster innovations and programs, collaborate with others in the field, answer questions and talk through complex foster-related issues. The next webcast takes place on August 7, 2025 where speaker Devan Amundsen, CPDT-KA CBCC-KA, Principal, Animal Welfare United, will...
Maddie’s Weekly Roundup: Fall Instructor-Led Courses, foster recruitment and more!
Happy Monday! Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week. Weigh in on these hot Maddie’s Pet Forum posts!Does your animal shelter use tattoo equipment? Or have experience in dealing with heartworm cases in an economical way? Maybe you have shareable ideas about how to increase the visibility of adoptable dogs? All of these topics and more are being discussed on Maddie’s® Pet Forum! See below for some of the recent threads, and… Learn More Want to place 50% or more of your pets in foster homes? Take a...
Weigh in on these hot Maddie’s Pet Forum posts!
Does your animal shelter use tattoo equipment? Or have experience in dealing with heartworm cases in an economical way? Maybe you have shareable ideas about how to increase the visibility of adoptable dogs? All of these topics and more are being discussed on Maddie’s® Pet Forum! See below for some of the recent threads, and be sure to weigh in if you can. Don’t forget, there’s $3,000 in participation grants given away each month! Recent discussion threads: Tattoo equipment: This post share’s that New York...
Maddie’s Weekly Roundup: Accomplishing the goal of successful outcomes, the return of Community Conversations and more!
Happy Monday! Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week. Weekly Community Conversations are back on August 4!After a brief summer break, Weekly Community Conversations will return on Monday, August 4 with How Public-Private Partnerships Expand Access to Care. These weekly calls for animal well-being professionals are held Mondays at 11AM PT/2PM ET call. The 50-minute calls are a collaborative space to share exciting new programs and research, discuss uncomfortable topics, connect… Learn More Webcast:...
Weekly Community Conversations are back on August 4!
After a brief summer break, Weekly Community Conversations will return on Monday, August 4 with How Public-Private Partnerships Expand Access to Care. These weekly calls for animal well-being professionals are held Mondays at 11AM PT/2PM ET call. The 50-minute calls are a collaborative space to share exciting new programs and research, discuss uncomfortable topics, connect with peers in the industry and more, all while sharing a common goal of preserving the human-animal bond. What’s more, we are increasing the monthly grants giveaways...
Webcast: Accomplishing the goal of successful outcomes
If you’re looking to bring new ideas to your organizations about dog and cat behavior then look no further than Maddie’s® Monthly Behavior Connection. This monthly webcast is held on the fourth Thursday of the month at 12PM PT/3PM ET and is an opportunity hear from speakers about behavior medications, modifying animal behavior, assessing and improving animal well-being (welfare) and how organizations successfully provide behavior support to dogs and cats. On July 24, join Dr. Carley Faughn for “Accomplishing the Goal of...
