Animal Welfare Professionals

Thank you so VERY much, @dana eldred for a wonderfully informative and helpful presentation! Here's a link that @Kelly Duer shared during the live event on foster program research , including short-term foster: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11zgNCBPedklyVrvBSI5953qj7IJLWM86/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107118349994460096903&rtpof=true&sd=true ... See More

(questions continued) How is your foster program structure? How many staff or volunteers do you have to do support this program? How many dogs do you foster last year? Final question: what is the most succesful part of your program and what is the most challenging part? We have only myself as paid ... See More

Thank you SO much to Maddie's Fund for having me. I adored talking to everyone about foster programs. This is the PDF of the slideshow from today's presentation--but if you need anything else or have questions, comment here or send me an email at dana@friendsofdacc.org ------------------------------ ... See More

Don't worry if you asked a question during the presentation, we are answering them now! Are the dogs at your puppy yoga event rescues? Yes! Sometimes we have moms and puppies at our municipal shelter at the right time when we have a puppy yoga event. Thankfully the partners we have understand that ... See More

This message was posted by a user wishing to remain anonymous Hi folks, I tried my darndest to find similar posts but to no avail since I'm guessing it's not something most programs want to talk about. Has anyone had instances with foster animals escaping from their foster homes, and if ... See More

Hello everyone! I'm the founder of Padma Animal Welfare, a relatively new nonprofit that supports animal shelters and veterinary clinics in India and Nepal through fundraising, veterinary supply drives, and partnerships. We're in the early stages of growing our organization, and I'd love to learn from ... See More

Hi Brianna, Liz! Jumping in because this thread is close to my heart. I don't use Doobert myself so I can't give you a real review of it. But I've been fostering bottle babies for years with rescues and county shelters here in Northern California, and I got obsessed enough, fed up if I'm being real, ... See More

Thank you Kelly. It is really helpful to hear how another organization is handling these requests. It sounds like we have many of the same programs and processes in place, including an online surrender request form, Home to Home, behavior and pet-retention resources, and providing alternatives when ... See More

Hi, I'm a Board President (newly elected) to our local animal shelter. We are a very small/rural community in Indiana with limited income and resources. Would love some insight on finding grant opportunities to help. Our facility is full, the building needs a lot of work and recently we let go of a staff ... See More