Maddie’s Insights: The Animal Welfare Assessment Grid

Discover how the Animal Welfare Assessment Grid (AWAG) turns everyday animal care records into powerful, visual evidence of welfare over an animal’s entire life. This innovative, cloud-based tool scores physical, behavioral/psychological, environmental, and procedural factors—revealing trends, pinpointing key events, and helping you take targeted action to improve quality of life.

Whether you’re caring for animals, conducting research, or making the case for change, AWAG’s data-driven insights make animal well-being measurable, actionable, and easy to communicate.

Learning outcomes:
• Describe the structure and utility of the AWAG in assessing canine welfare
• Understand the scoring and interpret what scores mean
• Identify the factors scored in dogs
• Recognise predictors of behaviour disorders and their implications for clinical
practice
• Explore future applications of the AWAG and utilise its potential to improve well-
being

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Guest Speakers:

• Rachel Malkani, Veterinary and Animal Welfare Scientist, Clinical Animal Behaviorist, Founder and Board Member of the Dog Friendly Clinic
• Sarah Wolfensohn, OBE, BSc, MA, VetMB, FRSB, DipECAWBM, FRCVS, Director, Welfare Assessment Technologies, Ltd.