May 2025 Maddie's Monthly Foster Connection
Pawsitively Clean: Foster Home Sanitation Tips
Sanitation is one of the most underrated but important factors in maintaining animal wellbeing. We all know how important it is to keep infectious diseases at bay in shelters, but what about foster homes? These temporary havens are a lifeline for our most vulnerable animal populations, giving them a break from shelter stress and infectious disease risk while offering personalized care and attention. But let's face it, foster homes are busy places! From kids to grandparents, and even resident pets, there can be a lot of interaction going on in foster homes. So, how do we keep these environments safe and healthy for our foster animals? In this webinar, we'll explore practical, safe, and effective sanitation tips tailored to foster homes. By the end, you'll know even more than you already do about creating and maintaining clean, nurturing spaces that support your foster animals' recovery and wellbeing.
Guest Speaker: Dr. Chumkee Aziz, DVM, DABVP (Shelter Medicine Practice), Outreach Veterinarian, UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program
Dr. Chumkee Aziz is a first-generation Bangladeshi-American and native Houstonian. She received her DVM degree from Tufts Vet School in 2012. She then completed an internship with ASPCA in New York City in 2013 and a shelter medicine residency at the UC-Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program (UC-Davis KSMP) in 2016. After her residency, she worked for the Austin Humane Society and the ASPCA before returning to work with UC-Davis KSMP as shelter medicine consultant. She is board certified in shelter medicine practice through the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners (ABVP) and she serves on ABVP's shelter medicine specialty college. She also served on the Association of Shelter Veterinarians' (ASV) Board from 2017-2022. She has helped author the ASV Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters, the AAHA Canine Vaccination Guidelines, and publications on shelter feline housing and wellbeing. Her professional interests include supporting shelters in helping their communities and managing infectious disease outbreaks. She volunteers with Houston's Street Dog Coalition chapter and supports underserved, Houston-based students who want to obtain post-secondary education training. She enjoys birding and loves movies.
About Maddie's Monthly Foster Connection:
Join us on the first Thursday of every month to discuss successful foster innovations and programs, collaborate with others in the field, answer questions and talk through complex foster-related issues.
Who should join: Foster managers, coordinators, volunteers and any staff who are interested in learning about what’s working in foster programs.
Register here: https://maddies.fund/MonthlyFosterRegistration
Can't attend live? Register anyway and you will get a link to the recording within a day or two after each meeting.
All recordings and resources shared during the webcast will also be available in the Maddie's Monthly Foster Connection group on Maddie's Pet Forum https://maddies.fund/monthlyfosterconnectionMPF
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