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
If your shelter or rescue organization is looking to make its #FaLaLaFoster season one for the record books, check out these quick and informative Flash Classes. These five-minute videos are a great tool for your foster caregivers to become more comfortable with ear cleaning, eye treatments and tooth brushing. You’re sure to open more doors to… Learn More
What does a “normal” kitten heart look like? In animal shelters, this is often hard to determine since there are no set guidelines or reference points. Therefore, if a kitten has a murmur or other abnormality, their lives are sometimes in jeopardy because of the lack of ability to perform advanced cardiac examinations. This is… Learn More
Happy last #MaddieMonday of 2018! We hope you all have a wonderful and safe holiday, and look forward to all the lifesaving that will happen in 2019. Six guidelines for marketing your foster pet Thanks to social media, foster caregivers from around the country are realizing the power they have to get pets adopted through… 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
The countdown to Petco’s Innovation Showdown has begun! If your organization has an innovative lifesaving idea, now is the time to share it. The 2019 Innovation Showdown will be awarding up to $400,000 for your incredible animal lifesaving ideas, thanks to Showdown partners Petco Foundation, AnneNberg Foundation, Maddie’s Fund®, the ASPCA®, the Jackson Galaxy Project,… 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
What’s cuter than five floppy-eared puppies? How about five floppy-eared puppies being wheeled around in a cart? Nebraska Humane Society found a way to keep their puppies safe, work more efficiently and provide joy with an impromptu puppy parade, just by creating the puppy cart. Now, the puppies can be brought to different areas in… Learn More
The following post is the final in a three-part series written by Kristen Auerbach,Director of Animal Services at Pima Animal Control Center in Tucson, AZ. The final piece focuses on proven strategies to get dogs adopted more quickly. At Pima Animal Care Center (PACC) in Tucson, Arizona, we’ve saved around 91% of the 15,000 pets… Learn More
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. In most animal shelters, there are lots of factors that can put a dog in ‘urgent’ or ‘high risk’… Learn More