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Maddie's Insights webcast November 13, 2025: The Animal Welfare Assessment Grid

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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,...

 11-13-2025 | 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM PT

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Shelter Practices & Barriers in the Use of Anxiety Medications & Alternatives

Maddie's Insights: Shelter Practices & Barriers in the Use of Anxiety Medications & Alternatives Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 12noon Pacific / 2pm Central / 3pm Eastern (1-hour) Register at: https://maddies.fund/MIwebcastsRegister Fear, anxiety, and stress are common...

 10-09-2025 | 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM PT

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Maddie's Insights: Exploring Factors That Influence Public Engagement of Adoptable Pets on Social Me

Maddie's Insights: Exploring Factors That Influence Public Engagement of Adoptable Pets on Social Media The use of social media platforms to advertise adoptable animals has increased throughout the years. The content of these posts (e.g., photos, videos, text) may increase post engagement (e.g...

 05-08-2025 | 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM PT

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Maddie’s Insights: Exploring Efficacy, Barriers & Best Practices of Companion Animal Foster Caregive

Maddie’s Insights: Exploring Efficacy, Barriers, and Best Practices of Companion Animal Foster Caregiving Foster care is a unique form of human-animal interaction that is increasingly understood to be an effective tool for improving the welfare of shelter-living animals. Even brief stays...

 04-10-2025 | 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM PT

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Maddie’s Insights: Helping the Helpers - Improving Shelter Staff Well-Being

Maddie’s Insights: Helping the helpers - Improving Shelter Staff Well-Being Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 12pm-1pm Pacific Shelters and rescue groups have shown great resilience, finding innovative ways to save animals despite major challenges. However, many workers face burnout and...

 03-13-2025 | 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM PT

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Maddie’s Insights: Can Trauma-Informed Care Support Behavior Modification Efforts for Dogs?

Maddie’s Insights: Can Trauma-Informed Care Support Behavior Modification Efforts for Dogs? Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 12pm-1pm Pacific This talk will explore the aspects of Trauma-Informed Care for humans which might be applied in dogs, focusing on the assessment of shelter dogs or...

 02-13-2025 | 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM PT

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Maddie's Insights webcast February 13, 2025: Can Trauma-Informed Care Support Behavior Modification Efforts for Dogs?

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Maddie’s Insights: Benefits of Pair-Housing Dogs on Welfare Measures and Length of Stay

Maddie’s Insights: Benefits of Pair-Housing Dogs on Welfare Measures and Length of Stay Date: Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 12n Pacific for 60 minutes Recording now available to watch on-demand on Maddie's University: https://university. maddiesfund.org/products/ maddies-insights...

 01-09-2025 | 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM PT

Discussion Thread 9

Maddie's Insights webcast January 9, 2025: Benefits of Pair-Housing Dogs on Welfare Measures and Length of Stay