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  • Contains 2 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Care to Adopt (for strays) and Care to Rehome (for owned cats) Programs help get cats into new homes without a shelter stay.

    Learn how the Care to Adopt (for strays) and Care to Rehome (for owned cats) Programs help get cats into new homes without a shelter stay, and include low cost spay/neuter and vaccinations to those adopters. With Care to Foster, the finder can take supplies and foster a cat while we search for the owner. If no owner is found, the shelter can make a surgery appointment to get the feline into adoptions.

    Presenter: Val Poulton



    Keywords: Million Cat Challenge, admissions, intake, kitten foster, community cats, feral cats, stray cats, return to field, Keep companion animals in their neighborhoods, Community Cat Management, foster care, webcast

  • Contains 8 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Strategies to address decision fatigue and support for our own well-being, including effective communication techniques, collaborative decision making strategies, and cutting ourselves some slack when we “get it wrong.”

    Caring for shelter animals involves making decisions, often challenging ones, day in and day out. Whether you’re working in shelter administration, operations, medicine, or behavior (or all of the above), you’ve likely experienced the fatigue that comes with decision-making and its impacts. Recognize that we aren’t alone and that we can implement strategies to address decision fatigue and support our own well-being, including effective communication techniques, collaborative decision making strategies, and cutting ourselves some slack when we “get it wrong.”

    Presenter: Erin Doyle, DVM, DABVP (Shelter Medicine Practice), ASPCA

    This presentation was recorded at the 2022 ASPCA Maddie's Cornell Shelter Medicine Conference.

    This program of 2 parts has been approved for 2 hours of continuing education credit in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval.

    This program has also been pre-approved for 2.0 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credits by The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement and by the National Animal Care & Control Association.


    keywords veterinary operations, animal shelter operations, shelter medicine, staff fatigue, decision-making, self-care, decision fatigue, communication techniques, collaborative decision-making, 



  • Contains 10 Product(s)

    These lectures are targeted to shelter veterinarians but anyone interested in animal sheltering can enroll. Earn continuing education credit from the AAVSB, CAWA and NACA.

    The 2022 ASPCA® Cornell Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Conference features lectures on a variety of critical and engaging topics. The courses are a unique educational opportunity for veterinarians and other animal welfare professionals to learn from highly regarded speakers. These lectures are targeted to shelter veterinarians but anyone interested in animal sheltering can enroll.

    They have been approved for continuing education credit in jurisdictions that recognize the American Association of Veterinary State Boards' Approved Continuing Education (RACE) 

    They have also been pre-approved for Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credits by The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement and by the National Animal Care & Control Association.

    keywords: 2022 ASPCA Maddie's Cornell Shelter Medicine Conference, RACE CE, CAWA, NACA, animal sheltering, veterinary medicine, shelter medicine, animal cardiology, heartworm, pain management for animals, canine brucellosis, ultrasound for shelter animals, wound management in pets, surgical reconstruction techniques in shelter animals, shelter medicine research, behavior and medical well-being in animals

  • Contains 2 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Implementation strategies for lifesaving programs to improve save rate from 50% to over 90% in a short period of time.

    Learn how to implement lifesaving programs that will take your facility from a save rate of 50% to over 90% in a very short period of time.

    Dr. Kim Sanders, Director and Veterinarian at Anderson County PAWS in Anderson, SC, learned how to leverage the resources at her disposal to turn things around in her shelter and her community. There is no need to reinvent the wheel, you too, can take your shelter from 50 to 90 really fast!

    Presenter: Kim Sanders, DVM

    increase lifesaving, lifesaving policies, adoptions, open adoptions, remove barriers to adoption, keeping pets in homes, advocacy, Adoptions & Adoption Programs, live outcomes, organizational management, increase live outcomes, webcast

  • Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Service learning programs that can help improve access to veterinary care.

    Civic engagement is an important part of education and community partnerships are essential to reach community members in an ethical and respectful way. Veterinary teaching programs are one way to generate support for veterinary outreach.

    Considering how accessible veterinary care programs can fit together with educational programs and other partners to address social injustice is an important consideration for animal welfare organizations.

    This talk discusses the Tufts at Tech program and other aspects of Tufts Community Medicine that bring students from multiple training programs together to help community members access veterinary care and other services for pets. The presentation was recorded at the 2018 ASPCA-Maddie's Cornell Shelter Medicine Conference.

    Presenter: Emily McCobb DVM

    Keywords: Establish a Lifesaving Foundation, Organizational Management, leadership, organizational management, veterinary services, vets on staff, collaboration with veterinarians, access to care, human animal support services

  • Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Lack of access to care is the most significant animal welfare crisis affecting owned pets in the United States. Available for RACE CE until 12/18/2022.

    Did you know that millions of pets do not receive adequate veterinary care because the costs are simply beyond a family's ability to pay for it? The lack of access to care is the most significant animal welfare crisis affecting owned pets in the United States. Learn about the scope of barriers to veterinary care faced by pet owners; recommendations to address barriers as presented in the Access to Veterinary Care Coalition's seminal report; AlignCare, a research and development project of One Health veterinary care and funded by Maddie's Fund®, as a viable way to improve access to veterinary care.

    Presenters:
    Dr. Michael J. Blackwell, Director, Program for Pet Health Equity, University of Tennessee
    Dr. Susan Krebsbach, Assistant Director, Program for Pet Health Equity, University of Tennessee

    veterinary care, access to affordable care, live outcomes, increase live outcomes, access to care, access to veterinary care, shelter medicine, community outreach, medicine, RACE CE, webcast

  • Contains 2 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Learn how Williamson Country Regional Animal Shelter in Texas, an open admission shelter, started on their path to no-kill and how they continue to achieve a high save rate every month.

    Learn how Williamson Country Regional Animal Shelter in Texas, an open admission shelter, started on their path to no-kill and how they continue to achieve a high save rate every month. Presented by Cheryl Schneider, Director of Animal Services of Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter, this program was part of the American Pets Alive! 2015 No-Kill Conference.

    Presenter: Cheryl Schneider

    Increase Live Outcomes, Animal & Population Management, Community Outreach, Live Outcomes, open adoptions, remove barriers to adoption, live outcomes,  

  • Contains 2 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Learn tips and tricks for humanely handling fearful and fractious animals.

    This presentation is meant to teach animal control officers tips and tricks for humanely handling even the stickiest situations with fearful and fractious animals - and wildlife, too - all with the goal of minimizing stress on the animals and officers.

    Presenters: April Moore, Mike Wheeler






    Keep companion animals in their homes and neighborhoods, Community-minded Field Services, ACO, animal control, animal protection, humane animal control, municipal animal agencies, municipal shelters, RTO, return to owner,

  • Contains 2 Component(s), Includes Credits

    How do you engage adopters when you most need them? Learn how adopters can be your biggest lifesavers when your shelter is experiencing space crises.

    How do you engage adopters when you most need them? Learn how adopters can be your biggest lifesavers when your shelter is experiencing space crises.

    Presented by Teresa Johnson, Cheryl Schneider

    About Teresa Johnson: 

    Teresa is the oft-honored CEO and Chief Lifesaving Officer for Kansas City Pet Project in Kansas City, Missouri. After taking over operations of Kansas City's old municipal shelter in 2012, Teresa and her team used their "solutions - not excuses" approach to transform the shelter into a national leader in no-kill animal shelters in the United States by setting a lifesaving record of 95.7 percent. Prior to Kansas City Pet Project, the city's animal shelter had been euthanizing up to 70 percent of the animals in their facility.

    In 2018, Teresa received the Maddie's® Hero Award from Maddie's Fund for her work in advancing the welfare of companion animals in the United States and leading the way with innovative ideas, progressive thinking and lifesaving actions. Prior to her work in animal welfare, Teresa was the vice president of risk management and control for J.P. Morgan Asset Management. She holds a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Missouri - Columbia.

    About Cheryl Schneider: 

    A former nurse/paramedic for 32 years, Cheryl became interested in the city-operated animal shelter in Lockhart during her tenure as Emergency Medical Services director. Concerned for the welfare and outcome of the animals at the shelter, she formed the volunteer group Cause for Paws, Inc. in 1999 whose mission was to assist with the shelter's operations and funding. Soon after, Animal Services was placed under her management.

    After retiring from the City of Lockhart in 2007, Cheryl went to work in Williamson County as the director for the newly built regional animal shelter, which intakes about 7,000 animals annually. During her tenure, the euthanasia rate has steadily decreased and a save rate of over 90 percent has been achieved and kept since December 2010. Cheryl holds a Bachelor of Science in Human Resource Management.

  • Contains 5 Product(s)

    What does a successful program that adopts pets directly from their foster homes look like? This collection of courses and resources will help you establish procedures and train foster caregivers.

    What does a successful program that adopts pets directly from their foster homes look like? Foster caregivers have all the info they need to connect with adopters, meet with adopters and complete adoptions. Foster caregivers know and follow the organization's adoption philosophy. 

    Foster programs that are most successful in the area of adoption from foster homes have the following key characteristics:

    • Pets can be adopted directly from foster homes.
    • Training and support are offered to fosters to learn about the adoption process, including meet-and-greets and the organization’s adoption philosophy.
    • Fosters are given the option of having the shelter complete the adoption if they prefer.
    • Fosters are a valuable part of the team making decisions for their foster pet.

    This collection contains Maddie's University courses to help you train foster caregivers in conversation-based adoptions, as well as adoption procedures shared by successful programs. 

    keywords: foster collection