Animal Welfare Professionals

Agenda        

• Welcome – Kristen Hassen, Director, American Pets Alive! -
  hassen@americanpetsalive.org
• Mary's Motivation – Rejected adopter: this has to change! https://vimeo.com/574717826
  • Maddie’s Pet Forum: please take the survey!
    • If you’re already a Maddie’s Pet Forum member, please take this survey:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MPFMembersJuly2021
    • If you’re NOT a Maddie’s Pet Forum member, please take this survey:https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MPFNewJuly2021

• Jill Tucker, CAWA and CEO of the California Animal Welfare Association
  • Monday, July 26 – 1PM Pacific / 3pm Central / 4pm Eastern: CalCalAnimals Emerging Leaders' Summer Symposium #ThankstoMaddie
  • REGISTER: https://maddiesfund-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkduivqz4rHNAi2LKhlueZlB9IymVcbx10

• Sheila Segurson, DVM, DACVB - Trauma, Stress and Dog Behavior, Part 2 – Q+A : Research that supports that dogs have repercussions from traumatic experiences that are similar to ours and reflect on what this means related to sheltering, assessing dogs with behavioral concerns, and how we can support our canine companions 

• Kristina Pulsipher - Ruff Haven Crisis Sheltering
  
• Heather Cammisa - Meals on Wheels Pet Programming and Client Needs Assessment
• Next week: Heather Lewis on the future of shelter design

List of resources referenced during today’s call

• Barriers to Adoption
  • AAWA Barriers to Adoption http://blog.theaawa.org/if-your-adoption-policies-put-up-barriers-youre-part-of-the-problem/
  • HASS Barriers to Adoption  https://www.humananimalsupportservices.org/blog/common-barriers-to-adoption-and-how-to-bust-them/
  • HSUS Mythbusters: Finding the Perfect Home https://humanepro.org/page/expo-mythbusters-finding-perfect-home
• C.A.R.E. https://careawo.org/
  • video links
    • https://fb.watch/6NmIJtW51N/
    • https://fb.watch/6NmHHCSGB9/
• Congratulations Dr. Lila Miller on winning the Maddie’s Fund 2021 Rich Avanzino Leadership Award!!! https://www.maddiesfund.org/july-10-2021-proclaimed-doctor-lila-miller-shelter-medicine-day.htm
• Jill Tucker, CAWA and CEO, California Animal Welfare Association - https://www.calanimals.org/ 
  • Monday, July 26 – 1PM Pacific / 3pm Central / 4pm Eastern:  CalCalAnimals Emerging Leaders' Summer Symposium #ThankstoMaddie - REGISTER https://maddiesfund-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkduivqz4rHNAi2LKhlueZlB9IymVcbx10 
  • More details/complete agenda on Maddie's Pet Forum https://forum.maddiesfund.org/calanimalselp
  • CalAnimals Symposium Agenda: https://forum.maddiesfund.org/HigherLogic/System/DownloadDocumentFile.ashx?DocumentFileKey=5f7ae682-361d-463c-aa07-024fbf286908
• Sheila Segurson, DVM, DACVB, Maddie’s Fund Director of Research
  •  Link to Dr. Segurson’s presentation Trauma, Stress and Dog Behavior https://youtu.be/47lg22dhj98
  •  Link to Dr. Segurson’s presentation on behavioral foster for HASS’s foster working group https://youtu.be/qBjZnV5yahY
• Heather Cammisa – Principal consultant with Adisa https://adisagroup.com/
  • Meals on Wheels Pet Programming and Client Needs Assessment presented by
  • Carter Florence – Senior Director of Strategy, Meals on Wheels
  • Laura Belazis, laura.belazis@mealsonwheelsamerica.org
  • Morgan Hultquist, morgan.hultquist@mealsonwheelsamerica.org
  • More Than a Meal: Meals on Wheels Pet Programming and Client Needs Assessment
    https://forum.maddiesfund.org/viewdocument/more-than-a-meal-meals-on-wheels-p?CommunityKey=afce7f7a-fd5a-431e-9f2a-aaedc46a03d6&tab=librarydocuments
  • Meals on Wheels – More than a Meal report https://www.mealsonwheelsamerica.org/docs/default-source/research/pet-programming-and-client-needs-assessment_final-report.pdf?sfvrsn=29c0b03b_2
  • Stacy LeBaron’s blog her donation to Meals on Wheels  in 2019 https://www.communitycatspodcast.com/petsmart-charities-gives-3-million-to-meals-on-wheels-in-a-partnership-to-help-keep-pets-in-homes-with-the-elderly/
  • Valerie Sheppard The AAWA webinar Spring Conference 2020: Meals on Wheels and PetSmart Charities http://blog.theaawa.org/get-involved-petsmart-charities-meals-on-wheels-partnership/
  • You can find Meals on Wheels local programs by zip code here https://www.mealsonwheelsamerica.org/find-meals

• Kristina Pulsipher, Executive Director and Co-founder, Ruff Haven Crisis Sheltering https://www.ruffhaven.org/Kristina@ruffhaven.org
•  Stacy LeBaron posted other models for food:  www.petfoodtaskforce.org in MA and www.PAWSitivepantry.org in VT.
•  Maddie’s University NEW summer apprenticeships – last day to apply! https://university.maddiesfund.org/online-apprenticeships
•  NACA consider joining their Board of Directors https://www.nacanet.org/elections/

Blogs/books/conferences/podcasts/events

• Saturday, July 17 - Online Feline Leukemia Day at the Community Cats Podcast!  www.communitycatspodcast.com
• Monday, July 26 – 1PM Pacific / 3pm Central / 4pm Eastern:  CalCalAnimals Emerging Leaders' Summer Symposium #ThankstoMaddie - REGISTER FOR FREE
  
  • More details/complete agenda on Maddie's Pet Forum https://forum.maddiesfund.org/calanimalselp
• The Association and The ASPCA are presenting a virtual Research Summit in November. Please submit research RFPs here https://www.aspcapro.org/call-proposals-aspca-aawa-research-forum 
• HASS blog – Stop Bringing Lost Dogs to Animal Shelters https://www.humananimalsupportservices.org/blog/stop-bringing-lost-dogs-to-animal-shelters/
• HSUS Conference Session Submissions:
  • https://humanepro.org/expo/session-submission-faq
  • https://humanepro.org/expo/session-submission
  • Questions? Email krakovan@humanesociety.org
• Kristen posted link to the book What Happened to You  https://www.rollingstone.com/product-recommendations/books/oprah-what-happened-to-you-read-online-audible-1163252/