The future of animal welfare leadership is looking bright with leaders like Sheila Kouhkan, Miranda Hitchcock, Matt Chan and Sarah Humlie at the forefront. All four individuals work in animal shelters across the U.S. and have been selected as fellows for Maddie’s® Executive Leadership Fellowship program, an intensive professional opportunity for individuals committed to developing and… Learn More

Can you imagine spending three jam-packed days learning everything from reducing barriers to fostering, to starting a field trip foster program, to marketing foster dogs, to saving long stay dogs by getting them to foster? If you attend Maddie’s® Medium and Large Dog Foster Apprenticeship at Austin Animal Services this summer, you won’t have to… Learn More

Are your summer plans lacking in excitement and lifesaving fun? Want to travel and learn about how to implement some of the most successful lifesaving programs in the country? We’ve got you covered! Maddie’s® Apprenticeship Program is offering 13 summer apprenticeship opportunities! Five of the apprenticeships are brand new, and eight are returning favorites. Apprenticeships being offered… Learn More

Dog playgroups are sprouting up in shelters all over the United States, and for good reason. We’re looking to learn more about how your organization runs and manages playgroups, as well as your personal opinion about playgroups. Do you have 10 minutes to give us your input via a short survey? As a thank you,… Learn More

A little dog named Maddie was born on April 26, 1987. Today would have been her 30th birthday. During her life, Maddie showed her human family, Dave and Cheryl Duffield, such unconditional love that they vowed, if they ever had any money, they would give back to her and her kind so that other families… Learn More

Your week just got a whole lot better, because you’re starting it off with lifesaving information you might have missed. Happy #MaddieMonday! Secrets of bottle-feeding orphaned kittens It’s kitten season! Few things can make more of a difference in an animal shelter than saving the lives of orphaned kittens, which usually requires the loving dedication of… Learn More

Do you have innovative, lifesaving programs at your animal organization? Do you collaborate with others and share ideas in the name of lifesaving? A MaddieCam might be a great tool for you! It’s no secret that innovation, collaboration and transparency are three things we encourage here at Maddie’s Fund®, which is why we came up… Learn More

Need a boost of animal welfare goodness to start your week? Good thing it’s time for a Happy #MaddieMonday! Here are some items you may have missed last week, and a couple of timely announcements: Embracing kennel enrichment at your shelter can save lives Could something as simple as enrichment in a dog’s kennel or… Learn More

B.J. Rogers is vice-president of ProLearning for the ASPCA. Earlier this year he wrote a post about the power of working together—and about collaboration as a key to increased impact. In this guest post, he’s sharing news of a brand-new partnership whose aim is just that. Nothing like getting to walk the walk! In an… Learn More

Will you be joining us at this year’s Animal Care Expo 2017 conference? We sure hope so! If you attended last year, you’ll remember the fun and games, spinning to win for $500 and $1,000 grants and Aha! Moments! So, what can you expect from us this year? We’re proud to be a presenting sponsor,… Learn More