New Adoption Counseling Course for Shelter Staff, Volunteers, and Fosters
New Adoption Counseling self-paced course available FREE on Maddie’s® University! This course provides guidance for navigating the adoption process, with an emphasis on adoption counseling.
Get More Animals Home with Back Where They Belong Summit Sessions and Resources, Now On-Demand
Access resources and short, solution-packed sessions to get animals home faster, easier, better—Now on-demand at Maddie’s University for free, #ThankstoMaddie!
Online Course – Starts 5/26/25 – Shelter Care Specialist Certification Program – UC Davis KSMP Shelter Learniverse
MMPC/UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Shelter Learniverse Presents: Are you ready to take your career in animal sheltering to the next level? The Shelter Care Specialist Certification Program empowers frontline animal shelter workers to provide exceptional care, grounded in best practices, with a focus on improving outcomes for animals and communities.
Online Event – 4/12/25 – 2025 Online Behavior Day Conference – Community Cats Podcast (fee applies)
Community Cats Podcast Presents (fee applies): This event features some of the animal welfare industry’s most trusted authorities on feline behavior, who will lead a variety of workshops covering a wide range of cat behavior concerns—from managing vet visits and providing enrichment to addressing litter box issues and navigating multi-cat households.
Webinar – 4/10/25 – Maddie’s Insights: Exploring Efficacy, Barriers, and Best Practices of Companion Animal Foster Caregiving – Maddie’s Insights
Maddie’s Fund Presents: During our discussion, we will examine a variety of foster care programs that have been studied, explore the evidence of their effects on human and animal welfare, evaluate the successes and challenges in supporting shelter foster care programs, illuminate discrepancies in equity and diversity of caregiver engagement that offer opportunities for recruitment, and recommend best practices for lasting programmatic success.
Online Event – 5/20/25 – All Call – California for All Animals
California for All Animals Presents: The one-hour call is a dedicated space to share and learn from each other. Popular topics include initiatives that create a more inclusive culture for both staff and community, programs that keep pets with their people, industry trends, research studies, as well as the hard stuff, like what’s not working or what is particularly difficult during times of scarcity.
Webinar – 3/10/25 – Transforming Perceptions, Increasing Adoptions: The Future of Shelter Pets in California – CalAnimals
CalAnimals Presents: Join us for an exclusive look at CalAnimals’ new statewide advertising campaign designed to shift public perception and drive more pet adoptions. Sasha Howell, the strategic lead from Off Madison Ave, will reveal key research findings that uncover the biggest barriers to adoption—and how our campaign is strategically designed to overcome them. Register now and be a part of the change!
Online Event – 1st and 3rd Tuesdays – All Call – California for All Animals
California for All Animals Presents: The one-hour call is a dedicated space to share and learn from each other. Popular topics include initiatives that create a more inclusive culture for both staff and community, programs that keep pets with their people, industry trends, research studies, as well as the hard stuff, like what’s not working or what is particularly difficult during times of scarcity.
Conference – 4/27/25 to 4/29/25 – Humane Canada’s Summit for Animals – Humane Canada (fee applies)
Humane Canada Presents (fee applies): Join us at Humane Canada’s Summit for Animals in Montréal, Quebec, April 27-29, 2025, where you’ll discover innovative strategies and practical solutions to enhance the well-being of animals in your community and beyond.
Conference – 3/27/25 to 3/30/25 – 2025 ABVP Symposium – ABVP (fee applies)
ABVP Presents (fee applies): We are excited for you to experience what we have planned! This year, we are offering more scientific tracks and hands-on workshops than ever before, ensuring there is something for every member of the veterinary team. Don’t wait to sign up for a hands-on workshop — spots will fill up quickly!
Hybrid Conference – 4/26/25 and 4/27/25 – Feline Health Symposium – Health Breakthroughs for EveryCat: Focusing on Future Therapies for Feline Heart Disease and Beyond – EveryCat Health Foundation (fee applies)
EveryCat Health Foundation Presents (fee applies): EveryCat Health Foundation and North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine are excited to partner once again for a feline health symposium! The focus this year is feline heart disease, including feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, with some very exciting news being announced!
Webinar – 3/22/25 – The Puppy Playbook: Avoiding Common Behavior Problems – PPG (fee applies)
PPG Presents (fee applies): This webinar is for puppy guardians, breeders, and trainers. It focuses on how to prevent behavioral problems in dogs in the future. How we raise our puppies from conception to adulthood can prevent behavioral problems in many dogs. These are anxieties, separation, aggressive dogs, and nervousness. This is for the majority of dogs; there are exceptions, but there is so much we can do to prevent future problems.
