Apply for a Maddie’s® Apprenticeship today! The application window is open now through August 23rd. Learn More The ultimate low-cost shelter enrichment program resource Looking to start or expand a low-cost shelter enrichment program for dogs? We have the resource for you! In case you missed this valuable post on Maddie’s Pet Forum – one… Learn More
Apply for a Maddie’s® Apprenticeship today! The application window is open now through August 23rd. Learn More Yes, you can ensure transparency while keeping marketing and adoption counseling separate The following post is written by Kelly Duer, Maddie’s Fund® Foster Care Specialist, and Kristen Hassen-Auerbach, Director of Animal Services at Pima Animal Control Center in… Learn More
Foster Friday everyday! Creating a community culture that values pet fostering If you’re interested in growing your animal shelter or rescue organization’s foster program, creating a community culture that values fostering is critical. One of the easiest ways to begin doing this is to bring foster care into the conversation as much as possible in… Learn More
Registration for Maddie’s® Shelter Compass is now open! The wait is over! Animal shelters can now build a custom lifesaving roadmap within minutes, thanks to Maddie’s® Shelter Compass. Registration for this free web-based tool is now open and is easy to do. All you need to do is enter some basic shelter data and answer… Learn More
6 tips for using foster care as a lifeline during animal shelter crises Along with reduced-fee adoption events, emergency foster care is becoming the go-to answer for nearly every crisis an animal shelter can have, including natural disasters, outbreaks of contagious illness, population surges and building renovations. Emergency foster care enables shelters to greatly increase… Learn More
Animal shelters can build a custom lifesaving roadmap with Maddie’s® Shelter Compass Did your animal shelter come with an instruction manual? We didn’t think so! Do you want to save more lives and increase efficiency but aren’t exactly sure where to begin? Maddie’s® Shelter Compass is here to help! This free web-based tool will provide… Learn More
How shelters can overcome obstacles to dog field trips and save more lives Chesapeake Animal Services is one of a string of organizations that have invited the public to take their dogs on field trips…and emptied their dog kennels in the process! It may look easy, but all of these organizations had obstacles to overcome… Learn More
Create your own custom Maddie’s University training for staff, volunteers and fosters How would you like to have ample training tools tailored to your organization, all in one place? Maddie’s Lifesaver Training does just that! This free service from Maddie’s® University offers customized online training solutions for shelters and rescue organizations. Using the wide variety… Learn More
Maddie’s Fund looks back at our first foster pets How would you describe your first fostering experience? Exciting, rewarding, intense? How about a little of all three? Since June is National Foster a Pet Month, we were inspired by Petco’s call to share first fostering stories. Below are some of the Maddie’s Fund® employees experiences.… Learn More
Recruit, repurpose, recycle: how to get more pets into foster care right now “How can we recruit more foster caregivers?” is a common question by organizations that want to save more lives. However, the real question they may be trying to answer is a little broader in scope: “How can we put more pets into… Learn More