Looking to add more pet support services for your community? Maddie’s® University’s free, self-paced course, Pet Support Services, is for you! By offering pet support services, you will help keep pets with their families and out of your shelter. Pet Support Services programs are not hard to implement; you can start by retraining your current… Learn More

If you’ve been wanting to apply for one of our seven online apprenticeships but haven’t done so yet – you have until Friday, May 20! This is your chance to learn all about lost pet reunification, foster field trips and more. As a reminder, each apprenticeship is four weeks long and is made up of… Learn More

Grab your pumpkin latte and get ready to acquire some new skills and knowledge this fall. We have five wonderful and varied online apprenticeships to help with that! Whether cats are your fancy, expanding your foster program or shelter clinic management is your thing, we think just about anyone can benefit from these online apprenticeships. Each apprenticeship is four… Learn More

Are you looking to acquire some new skills this summer? We have six online apprenticeships that will suit anyone’s needs! The application period for these apprenticeships ends tomorrow, Friday, July 16. Seats are limited, so don’t miss out!  Whether lost pets are your passion, fostering gets you excited or shelter clinic management is your thing, we think just… Learn More

In-depth discussions about diversity, equity and inclusion from those with lived experiences? Yes, please! That’s what you get with our brand-new series, Maddie’s® Candid Conversations. Each segment includes an open, informal 30-mintute conversation with various speakers hosted by our own Mary Ippoliti-Smith. Learn and be inspired by each speaker’s journey promoting diversity, equity and inclusion… Learn More

Maddie’s® Tail Wag is a collection of activities and coloring pages for animal lovers of all ages, now available for two different age groups! Children 6 & under and kids 7 – 10 can color and learn to their hearts content.  Maddie’s® Tail Wag activity books are free and available for your organization to provide to your… Learn More

You don’t want to miss the opportunity to attend one of several lifesaving and lifechanging apprenticeships.   Maddie’s® Apprenticeship Program is the perfect opportunity to further your lifesaving wisdom through hands-on experience. Shelters and rescue organizations will have the opportunity to not only learn from those teaching the apprenticeship, but from other attendees as well.   You have until Monday, March… Learn More

Stephanie Jackson was still fairly new to foster coordination when she arrived in Austin, TX for Maddie’s® Medium and Large Adult Dog Foster Apprenticeship in early 2017. She spent the next few days learning everything she could from her instructors and her peers. “When I was in Austin, I learned how to place medium to… Learn More

When Michael Ezzo, co-founder of Resilient Hearts Animal Sanctuary (RHAS), attended Maddie’s® Medium and Large Adult Dog Foster Apprenticeship in October, he never imagined how much it would change his organization. And, how quickly that change would happen. “My partners were fully prepped on me coming home with ideas, but they never imagined how much… Learn More