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!
Webinar – 10/30/24 – A Case Study – Animal Behaviour In Local Government: Proactive initiatives from the City of Charles Sturt – PPG (fee applies)
PPG Presents (fee applies): This presentation will explore how important animal management messages can be spread through an animal behaviour lens, provide examples of where and how trainers can collaborate with local government agencies, and showcase opportunities to share responsible pet ownership messages through their own work.
Webinar – 10/23/24 – Counter-conditioning for Fearful and Anxious Dogs: How to Get it Right with Dr. Zazie Todd – PPG (fee applies)
PPG Presents (fee applies): When a dog is frightened, we often make use of classical conditioning. Counter conditioning is a very effective tool to help dogs learn to like things they were previously afraid of, but many people make mistakes in its implementation—and then think it hasn’t worked. This talk will give an overview of those all-important details and why they matter.
Webinar – 12/5/24 – Essential Messaging for Work in Animal Care & Well-being – Life of Riley
Life of Riley Presents: Stories and messages are powerful, and we need new ones now more than ever in our work for companion animals and people. Join Hanna Lentz (Executive Director, Supporting People and Animal Relationships for Change), to learn how we can shift our approach.
Online Certificate Program – Starts 1/6/25 – Animal Shelter Management Certificate Program – Community Program Development – Humane Network/UoP (fee applies)
Humane Network/UoP Presents (fee applies): This award-winning online certificate program provides practical information and valuable networking for current sheltering professionals, those looking to advance their career, or move into the field of animal sheltering. The program’s courses include leadership, shelter operations, community program development, animal health/clinic operations, and marketing/development.
Webinar – 11/16/24 – Colony Caretaking Tips and Tricks – Community Cats Podcast
Community Cats Podcast Presents: Find out how to deal with these and many more colony caretaking challenges from Neighborhood Cats with their 20 years of experience dealing with all things community cat. Come and share your battle-worn secrets too!
Webinar – 11/5/24 – Using Innovative Alternatives to Incarceration and Recognizing the Role of Trauma in Violence Against Animals – NACA/Justice Clearinghouse
NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Present:
Webinar – 11/6/24 – 2024 Veterinary Medicine Legislative Review – The Bridge Club
The Bridge Club Presents: Back by popular demand, our annual review of the legislative efforts that are changing veterinary medicine across the country. We will go state by state on major issues of title protection, new schools, virtual care and more. Don’t miss out on this one!
Webinar – 11/14/24 – Maddie’s Insights: Beyond “Doing Better” – Using Behavior Data to Monitor Well-Being in Cats – Maddie’s Fund
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Safeguarding the well-being of cats is essential to the mission of any responsible animal shelter. Environmental enrichment and behavior modification are often key to this goal. Measuring response to these interventions is essential to ensure strategies are successful. This webinar will present 4 ordinal rating scales designed to evaluate different expressions of cat behavior/welfare on a 0–5 scale (modified Fear, Anxiety, and Stress score; Response to Petting score; Participation in Play score; and Food Intake Summary score) that have excellent interobserver agreement and reliability, and a few other tools to describe behavior in a quantitative way.
Online Event – 11/5/24 – All Call: Integrating Social Work Into Shelters – California for All Animals
California for All Animals Presents: Raquel Bernaldo and Deja Johnson will share Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter’s (FAAS) community-centric, mutual aid approaches to supporting and working alongside Alameda community members. You’ll also hear how FAAS integrates and leverages veterinary social work in animal shelter and community engagement operations. Submit your questions for Raquel and Deja in advance at this link: https://airtable.com/appQOIwW8GobjfB1H/shrz0VQhJJ1h3l9U8
Webinar – 10/29/24 – Sharing Solutions to Support Lost Pet Programs – HASS
HASS Presents: Stray pet intake is overwhelming animal shelters and there is a rising need for solutions to get those pets back home. Join industry experts from three HASS pilot shelters—Cincinnati Animal CARE, Greenville County Animal Care, and San Diego Humane Society, to learn about their pet reunification programs and how their efforts can be replicated where you live to get more lost pets home.
