What happens when our upcoming Innovation Grants cycle falls right after the American Pets Alive! (AmPA!) No Kill Conference? A fun twist to the Maddie’s Fund® Innovation Grant application categories! As a sponsor of the conference, we were recently introduced to the American Pets Alive! Recipe for Lifesaving: The 12 Ingredients Required to Reach >… Learn More

Weighing your foster pets, no matter their age and weight, is a crucial part of being a foster caregiver. It’s even more important if your pet is young, underweight or trying to gain weight. In this 10-minute informative Flash Class, you’ll learn four different ways you can weigh your foster pets and when you should… Learn More

Marlena Kiely was scrolling through Instagram when she came across a tiny black kitten who didn’t have use of her black legs. Kiely, a cat foster caregiver, decided to pick her up from animal control and take her immediately to a veterinarian. After examining Raven, the veterinarian concluded that she was fully paralyzed, and she… Learn More

The New Year is a good time celebrate your accomplishments from the previous year and set goals for the future. We asked the community over on Maddie’s® Pet Forum (MPF)  what their goals are for 2019. Head on over to share your own or provide guidance on how to achieve said goal. We’ve rounded up… Learn More

Happy #MaddieMonday! Start your week off by catching up on posts and updates from the past week. Maddie’s® Summer Scholar researches why neonatal kittens suckle on littermates If you’re familiar with neonatal kitten litters, you know that suckling is a common issue, and even leads to serious health problems. So why does it happen and… Learn More

Many of you may be familiar with the WeRateDogs Twitter account. For those who aren’t, it’s one of the purest places left on the Internet. Cute and silly photos of dogs are posted, along with a caption and a rating. That rating is always over 10. Always. This is Sophie. She forgot to check the… Learn More

When two large incoming pet transports occurred at the same time as a planned move into a new facility, Barbara Hutcherson and her team from Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation almost didn’t make it to Maddie’s® Field Trip and Sleepover Foster Apprenticeship at the Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA. They’re glad they did: here, they were given the… Learn More

If you’re looking for a way to keep kids busy during the holidays, or looking for projects volunteers can do at home or in the shelter, the Kitten Lady, along with Kate Benjamin, have a video with some great ideas. In the video, they demonstrate how to make five simple cat toys that just about anyone… Learn More

When Kaye Towner heard one of her favorite Queen songs on the radio, “Somebody to Love,” she was struck by an idea. “I just knew it would be an amazing dog rescue video,” she said. According to Northwest Florida Daily News, Towner reached out to Manda Moore, the Community Development Director for Panhandle Animal Welfare Society (PAWS),… Learn More

Happy #MaddieMonday! Here’s your weekly round-up. The story of Baltimore, a long-stay dog in urgent need of a home  The following post is the first in a three-part series written by Kristen Auerbach, Director of Animal Services at Pima Animal Control Center in Tucson, AZ. The first focuses on Baltimore, a dog with “urgent” status.… Learn More