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About Topics:

Topics are used on Maddie's Pet Forum to help categorize discussions and resources which makes all content easily searchable. Members of the Animal Welfare Professionals community must select at least one topic when creating posts or when adding files to the Resource Center. Members are also encouraged to follow topics of interest to curate the notifications you receive in your Personalized Digest emails.

On your profile, there are two areas related to topics: "Topics I Follow" and "Observed Topics".
To follow topics of interest, click on the "+ Add a Topic" button to reveal the list of 25 Animal Welfare topics. This is the most direct way to ensure you receive the content you're most interested in.
Reveals list of animal welfare topics to follow
Topics that have an asterisk * next to them mean that they are a specific Human Animal Support Services (HASS) Element. These have recently been added to better support the members of the HASS Learning Community and you do not need to be a HASS project participant in order to post to these topics.

As you interact with discussions and resources in the Animal Welfare Professionals Community, the system performs calculations based on your actions (such as reading, favoriting, liking and commenting on content) to automatically promote content you're interested in in your Personalized Digest email. These are shown on your profile as your Observed Interests. You can easily remove any of these interests by clicking on the gray x next to the topic name. 

All Animal Welfare Topic Discussions

  • Thank you! ------------------------------ Ruby Leslie Engagement & Strategy Consultant Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs ------------------------------

  • My current wish list: Emergency and pet retention boarding or fostering is good, but why don't we get more information about how to low barrier pet-inclusive housing, co-sheltering and pets allowed, See More

  • I work for the Humane Society of Vero Beach. We have a little of both. We have great fosters that will work with the dogs and keep them a while longer, or the people interested in adopting can't adopt See More

  • I think you're 100% right; it depends. But that one misjudgement is costly, and I for one never make the same mistake twice! ------------------------------ Carolyn Kostera NA ---- See More

  • Would be very interested in this! ------------------------------ Peter Chang Executive Director OC Animal Allies CA ------------------------------

  • Hi Angellee, please send me an email at teagan@getbuddy.com ------------------------------ Teagan H Veterinarian Buddy Pets NY ------------------------------

  • Hey Carolyn, what is a good email to reach you at? ------------------------------ Teagan H Veterinarian Buddy Pets NY ------------------------------

  • Yes, we've experienced a slowdown in adoptions, starting with recovery from the pandemic- for good and not so good reasons. Good Reason - we started sponsoring Spay/Neuter clinics at our facility in about See More

  • I would love to chat more. I used access many years ago in my first career in the army. I do not currently have Google workspace but we are a 501c3 so I will look into it. If you don't mind could you email See More

  • It would be great to have the Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs featured to discuss non-surgical fertility control approaches and solutions. Please contact us for more information at info@acc-d.org! See More

  • Thank you, @Carlene Nakagawa, @Gregory Williams, @Ruby Leslie and @Sarah Fuqua for your. suggestions! We have added them to our growing list of topics and will reach out to you separately for more information See More

  • Hi, that old post referred to an app I built in Microsoft Access, which if you don't know is a desktop app like Word or Excel that manages databases, data entry forms, reports, etc. A few peiple have looked See More

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    I am a volunteer and have created some integrations and app systems based on Google Workspace as well, as it is essentially free for nonprofits. These have all been for the shelter adoption related processes, See More

  • Hi Peter I know your message is over a year old but I would love to know more about your app. I run a mobile pet food shelf and we desperately need a new database. we are currently using pantry helper. See More

  • I'll be honest - our adoptions have been slow lately, and we're wondering if other rescues are experiencing the same thing. We're a 100% volunteer-run, foster-based dog rescue, and over the past couple See More

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    What cool tech things have you setup for your org? (Software, Automations, etc) My organization is a HVSN clinic with plans to expand more GP-like services. My primary occupation is IT, so the sky is See More

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  • Our Rescue Second Chance For Love Animal Rescue in Kokomo Mississippi partnered with Rescue Retriever for their pet smoke alarms. Rescue Retriever™ Pet Smoke Detector- Designed by a Firefighter https://share.google/Mo6rLwczvpgr9PCdY See More

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    I met Rich back when he was running the San Francisco SPCA. I have many warm memories of him, but the one I most want to focus on today was his tremendous generosity with support and knowledge. I was living See More

  • We offer this. If you have questions I'd be happy to answer. ------------------------------ Bre Hoffman (they/m) Special Little Whiskers Sanctuary Decatur IL SpecialLittleWhiskersKittenRescue.com See More

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    During of a single home fire or apartment building, pet owners often have a challenge in finding a safe space for the beloved pets while they are in transition to new housing. Do you have any thoughts See More

  • Hi. I'm interested in talking to you. Bre@speciallittlewhiskerskittenrescue.com ------------------------------ Bre Hoffman (they/m) Special Little Whiskers Sanctuary Decatur IL SpecialLittleWhiskersKittenRescue.com See More

  • It's the time of year again where every organization is working through their budgets for the next years. Our community outreach program is finally fully staffed and finding itself with additional budget See More

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  • WOW ! WOW ! WOW ! This is AMAZING Dr. Powell ! Very very detailed, including information I've never heard and probably would have never been able to find (or understand), yet easy to read and See More

  • Worth the 5-minute read: 2-part interview with Sarah Aguilar, Executive Director of Santa Barbara Animal Services, in which she describes how she's changing an entrenched culture and sustaining volunteer See More

  • Yes they do and I understand that you want OUR stories but since Jenni recommended a book I will recommend NetFlix's Inside the Mind of a Dog. It's not as much about the emotional connection and as their See More

  • I highly recommend the book "Are we smart enough to know how smart animals are?" By Frans de Waal. ------------------------------ Jenni Ritchie Shelter Pet Safety Net ---------------------------- See More

  • Hey T eagan! I reached out to someone at GetBuddy on 9/25 to try to figure out who signed us up and how to change account info since no one attached to the emails works at our facility anymore. See More

  • Very interested to learn more! You can email me at safepetpartners@gmail.com ------------------------------ Eva Perrigo Co-Founder SAFE Pet Partners NM ------------------------------

  • This sounds fantastic. I am a volunteer and would like more information so that I can talk about this to management. Attaching a sample rescue animal that would need digital help. See More

  • Absolutely, I agree with you whole heartedly! They sense our emotions, intentions and especially our love for them! I'm a volunteer coordinator for a shelter and it always shows me how dogs find their See More

  • Please share? ------------------------------ Gayle Bair Community Advocate Animal Friends Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ------------------------------

  • I agree. We are interested in learning more! ------------------------------ judy haywood ------------------------------

  • Yes please! Would love to learn more ------------------------------ Julia Nguyen Executive Director Bow Tie Panther CA ------------------------------

  • This has been an interesting thread to follow. There has been some good information and perspective shared here but I feel the need to jump in to correct some misinformation and add a few more See More

  • Hi Tami, Thank you for your wonderfully worded and topical post and for this update with a thank you to the group !! I'm in the Austin, TX area and I have been volunteering for the first rescue for See More

  • One thing I find fascinating about animals is how well they seem to understand us without being able to communicate in the same way we do. Dogs can recognize our moods, cats often seem to know when See More

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    Hi everyone! I'm Teagan from GetBuddy. We work with rescues and shelters to help get more eyes on adoptable pets through social media, and I wanted to introduce what we're doing to the community. Think See More

  • I am the director of a financial aid organization that provides assistance to pet owners facing financial hardship who have pets with chronic medical conditions that require medication or prescription See More

  • This Is a very important concern ! Volunteering with PAWSITIVELY CAT NO-KILL Shelter, we often have " Retuns ", simply because they cannot afford to care for their cats and/ or Medical needs. This happens See More

  • , Unmet medical and mental health needs in pet owners affect the very core of access to care, their priorities, motivation, and ability to get help for their pets. These human needs are a primary barrier See More

  • Love this energy, Michele! �� "Spay It Forward Y'all" is an absolutely brilliant name! It is so incredibly cool to hear about the creative ways different regions are tackling this issue, from Silja's See More

  • Thank you for the great conversation with Loving Paws! I also really liked the email with the research "Co-occurring Unmet Needs in Human and Veterinary Care: Structural Barriers and Severity of Veterinary See More

  • Not only did we do the right thing by getting them out, we saved a life. The alternative is sometimes death due to a lack of space. As long as you are keeping this concept in mind and providing enrichment See More

  • Vanessa, I really enjoyed speaking with you and learning more about the app you have created. I think it has tremendous potential to support the rescue community by improving communication between healthcare See More