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  • Cracking the Cat Code: Recognizing Feline Signals for Better Care
    Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Learn practical tools to assess and respond to feline communication using Fear Free's Fear, Anxiety, and Stress scale.

    This course is part of Maddie's Monthly Behavior Connection, monthly webcasts about pet behavior - supporting pets in our community and animal shelters.

    This session provides practical tools to assess and respond to feline communication using Fear Free's Fear, Anxiety, and Stress scale. Through interactive exercises and video demonstrations, attendees will gain the confidence to advocate for the cats in their care, promoting better welfare and adoption outcomes.

    Presenter: Tabitha Kucera, Elite Fear Free and Low-Stress Handling Certified Registered Veterinary Technician, Veterinary Technician Specialist (Behavior), Certified Cat Behavior Consultant, and Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner. She is also the creator of Chirrups and Chatter Cat and Dog Behavior Consulting and Training.

    This webinar has been pre-approved for 1.0 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credits by The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement and by the National Animal Care & Control Association.

    Visit Maddie's Pet Forum to comment, access the resources, follow a discussion or ask questions: https://maddies.fund/BehaviorC...

    kewords Maddie's Monthly Behavior Connection, Tabitha Kucera, feline communication, feline behavior

    Tabitha Kucera

    VT, CCBC, KPA-CTP, Owner, Chirrups and Chatter

    Chirrups and Chatter

    Tabitha Kucera is an Elite Fear Free and Low-Stress Handling Certified Registered Veterinary Technician, Veterinary Technician Specialist (Behavior), Certified Cat Behavior Consultant, and Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner.

    She is the owner of Chirrups and Chatter Cat and Dog Behavior Consulting and Training and serves as the animal behavior technician at The Gentle Vet in Ohio. Tabitha lectures nationally and internationally, helping audiences build stronger connections with animals through a deeper understanding of behavior.

    Tabitha has held leadership roles with the Society of Veterinary Behavior Technicians, the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants, and the Pet Professional Guild's Cat Committee. She also served as a behavior consultant and mentor for the Cat Pawsitive Pro program for six years.

    In addition, Tabitha works closely with animal welfare and veterinary organizations, including veterinary hospitals and animal shelters, to develop and implement training and behavior programs. She is a Fear Free certified speaker and coach, a Fear Free Practice Certification Consultant, and the host of the podcast Tails from a Vet Tech.

  • Doors Wide Open: How to Multiply Existing Donor Dollars for Veterinary Care in Your Community - On Demand
    Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Learn about expanded payment options that offer the ability to multiply donor (or discount) dollars by 14.5, turning $100,000 into $1,450,000 of veterinary care in your community among clients unlikely to qualify for common payment tools such as CareCredit.

    Doors Wide Open is a series of short discussions about practical solutions that organizations are using to address barriers to accessing pet care and resources in their communities. 

    In this session we the statistics that describe the crisis in accessing veterinary care from a credit and cash-flow perspective and offer practical solutions to help pet families pay for veterinary care over time, at your clinic or with clinics in your community.

    We also share research that demonstrates that these expanded payment options offer the ability to multiply donor (or discount) dollars by 14.5, turning $100,000 into $1,450,000 of veterinary care in your community among clients unlikely to qualify for common payment tools such as CareCredit. This will enable you to best target limited dollars to the cases that most need them and to expand care overall, keeping clinics working to sustain accessible care.

    Guest Speaker - Heather Cammisa, Program Manager at pethelpfinder.org and Chief Enterprise Officer at Open Door Veterinary Collective

    Earn continuing education credit from The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement towards 1.0 CAWA CEs. This webinar has also been pre-approved for 1.0 continuing education credits by the National Animal Care & Control Association (NACA). 

    Visit Maddie's Pet Forum to comment, follow a discussion or ask questions: https://maddies.fund/OpenDoorWebcast04222025

    keywords Doors Wide Open, Open Door Veterinary Collective, access to veterinary care, Heather Cammisa


    Heather Cammisa

    Chief Enterprise Officer

    Open Door Veterinary Collective

    Heather has twenty-five years of experience in community animal welfare, innovation and mission impact, with more than a dozen of those years as the chief executive of two non-profit organizations.

    She has a Master’s degree in economics from Rutgers University and worked in both financial and social economics before devoting her career to the humane ethic. She is a Certified Animal Welfare Administrator through the Association of Animal Welfare Advancement, holds a graduate certificate in Wildlife Forensics and Conservation from the University of Florida and is a certified animal control office and animal cruelty investigator.

    Heather is known for innovating efficient approaches to welfare challenges and developing strategic partnerships for maximizing impact. She is a frequent speaker at regional and national conferences and was the keynote speaker at the New Jersey Veterinary Medical Association in 2018 following a collaborative effort with the NJVMA to respond to Hurricane Maria. She has served on the Thought Leadership Council of PetSmart Charities and was an early recipient of Maddie’s Fund’s Hero to Animals award.

    Aimee St.Arnaud

    Owner, Open Door One Health Partnerships

    Aimee St.Arnaud's focus is on increasing access to spay/neuter and veterinary care across the nation. Previously she was the Director of National Veterinary Outreach Programs for Best Friends Animal Society and Director of Programs at ASPCA Spay/Neuter Alliance where she oversaw spay/neuter training programs of 1,000 professionals a year. She is the founder of Humane Ohio, a spay/neuter clinic performing roughly 18,000 spay/neuters a year and Partner in two full-service access to care veterinary clinics in OH and NC.

  • The Journey You Own Deeper Dive: Redefining Space
    Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Regain control over your schedule and equip yourself with actionable strategies for increasing space in your life

    In a world marked by ceaseless activity and overwhelming schedules, this course is your opportunity to harness the transformative power of space. You will be challenged to redefine space, consciously exploring it for personal and professional growth, regaining control over your schedule and equipping yourself with actionable strategies for increasing space in your life. By the course's end, you will have the skills and awareness to infuse these concepts of space into your life. 

    This course is the first in a series of five courses that will take a closer look at topics covered in the foundational course, The Journey You Own: Practices for Well-being and Productivity. It is recommended that you enroll in the foundational course before taking courses in the Deeper Dive series, but it is not required. The course is authored by Jyothi V. Robertson, DVM, DABVP (Shelter Medicine) and the Journey You Own team.

  • Maddie’s Insights: Exploring efficacy, barriers, and best practices of companion animal foster caregiving - On Demand
    Contains 5 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Explore animal and caregiver welfare, barriers to foster caregiver recruitment and retention, and best practices for foster care programs in animal shelters.

    Maddie's® Insights is our ongoing webcast series with practical tips based on current research to help pets and people. 

    Presenters: 
    Grace Phillips, Master’s Student, Virginia Tech, School of Animal Sciences
    Lisa Gunter, PhD, Assistant Professor of Animal Behavior & Welfare at Virginia Tech in the School of Animal Sciences

    Program Description: 
    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 in foster care can allow animals to escape the stressors of the shelter, provide an environment that allows for greater social interaction, and offer opportunities for improved health and behavior. In this presentation, the presenters highlight the key takeaways revealed in the 42 published articles evaluating companion animal foster care programs that are included in our recent review paper: Companion animal foster caregiving: A scoping review exploring animal and caregiver welfare, barriers to caregiver recruitment and retention, and best practices for foster care programs in animal shelters. During our discussion, they examine a variety of foster care programs that have been studied, explore the evidence of their effects on human and animal welfare, evaluate the successes and challenges in supporting shelter foster care programs, illuminate discrepancies in equity and diversity of caregiver engagement that offer opportunities for recruitment, and recommend best practices for lasting programmatic success.

    Learning objectives:
    1.     Describe scientific research about foster caregiving as an intervention for companion animals.

    2.     Identify the proximate (i.e., physical and emotional) and distal (i.e., length of stay and adoption outcomes) welfare benefits of foster caregiving for shelter animals as well as their caregivers.

    3.     Explore opportunities for improving foster care programs in animal shelters, including utilizing a stepwise approach to foster caregiving, providing greater caregiver support, increasing the diversity of caregiver involvement, and expanding the extent of community engagement within foster care programs.

    Earn continuing education credit from The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement towards 1.0 CAWA CEs. This webinar has also been pre-approved for 1.0 continuing education credits by the National Animal Care & Control Association (NACA). It has also been approved for 1 hour of continuing education credit until 2/14/2027 in jurisdictions which recognize RACE approval. Complete the quiz to earn continuing education credit.

    Visit Maddie's Pet Forum to comment, follow a discussion or ask questions: https://maddies.fund/MIwebcast041025

    keywords  Maddie's Insights, pet foster care, barriers to pet foster care, Dr. Lisa Gunter, Grace Phillips


    Lisa Gunter, PhD, CAAB, CBCC-KA

    Assistant Professor

    Virginia Tech School of Animal Sciences

    Dr. Lisa Gunter is an Assistant Professor of Animal Behavior & Welfare at Virginia Tech in the School of Animal Sciences and directs the Companion Animal Research & Education (CARE) Lab. Before beginning her graduate studies, she worked for nearly a decade with dogs in animal shelters and owners and their dogs. Over her academic career, she has investigated the breed labeling of shelter dogs, their breed heritage, shelter housing and social interactions with other dogs and people, weeklong fostering, temporary stays in foster homes, short-term outings, behavioral indicators of welfare, post-adoption interventions focused on owner retention, canine adoption and relinquishment in the animal shelter - and more recently, fostering during the pandemic and safety net programs aimed at keeping people and their pets together. Prior to joining Virginia Tech, she was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Coastal Carolina University and the Maddie’s Fund Research Fellow at Arizona State University and managed the ASU/VT Maddie’s Nationwide Fostering Study. Lisa earned her PhD and MA degrees in the behavioral neuroscience and comparative psychology program at Arizona State University in the Canine Science Collaboratory.

    Grace Phillips

    M.S. student

    Virginia Tech, School of Animal Sciences

    Grace Phillips is a M.S. student in the Animal Behavior & Welfare Group at Virginia Tech in the School of Animal Sciences. Grace earned her B.S. in biology and psychology from the College of William & Mary. After graduation, she worked on human-animal interaction research studies in the Center for Human-Animal Interaction (CHAI) at Virginia Commonwealth University Health. She also provided foster homes to shelter animals at Heritage Humane Society. While Grace’s undergraduate degree and time at CHAI sparked her love of research, education, and inquiry, her experiences with animal sheltering and therapy dogs enhanced her interest in animal welfare and furthering her understanding of animal behavior. As a graduate student mentored by Dr. Lisa Gunter, Grace is able to combine her research interests and passion for animal advocacy in their Center for Applied Animal Research & Education (CAARE) through research focused on companion animal welfare and behavior. Currently, Grace is studying the efficacy of hybrid foster programs in which dogs reside in PetSmart Everyday Adoption Centers during the day and caregiver homes at night, changes in activity levels of dogs in the animal shelter and once placed in a home, and enrichment interventions that improve the welfare of shelter-living animals.

  • Creating a Movement: The Beginning of #FosterMeLouisville
    Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits

    How Stephanie Jackson, Public Information Officer of Louisville Metro Animal Services​ got the dog foster program off the ground, built a thriving online community, and engaged foster caregivers.

    This course is part of Maddie's Monthly Foster Connection, monthly webcasts about foster care - supporting pets in our community and animal shelters. 

     In this presentation, Stephanie Jackson, Public Information Officer, Louisville Metro Animal Services shares insights on how she got the dog foster program off the ground, built a thriving online community, and engaged foster caregivers. She’ll dive into the impact of their field trip program, provide practical tips on fostering engagement within your online groups and discuss how she works foster care into the shelter's communications regularly. Whether you're just starting out or looking to grow, you’ll leave with actionable strategies to boost your canine foster program!

    Presenter: Stephanie Jackson, Public Information Officer, Louisville Metro Anima Services

    This webinar has been pre-approved for 1.0 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credits by The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement and by the National Animal Care & Control Association.

    Visit Maddie's Pet Forum to comment, follow a discussion or ask questions: https://maddies.fund/FosterCon...


    Stephanie Jackson

    Public Information Officer

    Louisville Metro Animal Services

    Stephanie Jackson is a dynamic advocate for animal welfare, celebrated in Louisville and beyond for her transformative work with Louisville Metro Animal Services. As the Public Information Officer, Stephanie brings the stories of the shelter to life—sharing their triumphs, challenges, and the urgent need for community support. Before stepping into her current role, Stephanie spent seven impactful years as the foster coordinator, where she revitalized a struggling program into a lifesaving force. Her innovative “field trip foster program,” honored by Louisville Magazine as the “Best Hour of Your Life,” exemplifies her creative approach to giving shelter animals a better chance at life. 

    Stephanie’s influence extends far beyond local shelter walls. From pioneering compassionate programs like behavioral, hospice, and ringworm fostering to advocating for misunderstood dogs, her work has touched countless lives. Her expertise earned national recognition, including a feature from the Associated Press for her role in Mutual Rescue’s Doggy Day Out Toolkit. Through continued learning with Maddie’s Fund, Stephanie stays at the forefront of sheltering best practices, traveling the country to improve animal care strategies.

    Outside of work, Stephanie enjoys spending time with her family, geeking out about all things dog-behavior, and diving into her love for music. Her unwavering dedication and creativity make her a true champion for animals and a source of inspiration for her community.

  • Behavior Plans to Reduce Hyperarousal in Shelter Dogs: The Impact of Setup and Choice
    Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Learn how to identify triggers of canine hyperarousal, create tailored behavior modification plans, and implement practical strategies that support the well-being of shelter dogs while enhancing safety and adoption success.

    This course is part of Maddie's Monthly Behavior Connection, monthly webcasts about pet behavior - supporting pets in our community and animal shelters.

    Canine hyperarousal behaviors like rapid jumping and grabbing are common challenges in animal shelters, impacting dog welfare, adoption prospects, and the safety of both shelter personnel and animals. Without effective intervention, these behaviors can escalate, reducing a dog's chances of finding and keeping a forever home. Learn how to identify triggers, create tailored behavior modification plans, and implement practical strategies that support the well-being of shelter dogs while enhancing safety and adoption success.

    Presenter: Ferdie Yau, MA, CPDT-KA

    This webinar has been pre-approved for 1.0 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credits by The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement and by the National Animal Care & Control Association.

    Visit Maddie's Pet Forum to comment, access the resources, follow a discussion or ask questions: https://maddies.fund/BehaviorC...

    kewords Maddie's Monthly Behavior Connection, Ferdie Yau, canine behavior, hyperarousal in shelter dogs

    Ferdie Yau (MA, CPDT-KA)

    Founder

    Sits & Wiggles Dog Training

    Ferdie Yau (MA, CPDT-KA) is an animal trainer and ecologist who founded Sits & Wiggles Dog Training in New York City in 2009. He specializes in treating complex canine behavior problems and consults with animal shelters nationwide. He is the Staff Trainer at the Humane Society of Westchester and lead workshop instructor for CATCH Canine Trainers Academy. Before working with dogs, Ferdie trained cooperative care behaviors with dozens of species at the Wildlife Conservation Society in New York and developed the behavior and enrichment plan to treat stereotypies in the Central Park Zoo polar bears. He holds a BS in Ecology from the University of Michigan and an MA in Conservation Biology from Columbia University. His experience includes working in environmental education, wildlife rehabilitation, jaguar research and conservation, and restoring heavily disturbed forest and aquatic ecosystems. In his free time, Ferdie studies the lives of urban coyotes living in the New York City Metropolitan area.

  • Dog Behavior Collection: Unwanted Behavior
    Contains 6 Product(s)

    Find help for unwanted dog behavior

    Many of us get interested in dog behavior because of a desire to help an individual dog who is displaying behavior that is resulting in impaired welfare for the dog, other animals, or people. There are so many different ways we can modify dog behavior.  Items in this collection utilize training methods that reduce the potential for causing further harm by using harsh or threatening tools or techniques.  

    When attempting to modify behavior in the shelter environment, we need to consider the benefit of the training versus the negative consequences of staying in the stressful shelter environment. Shelters that don’t have strong behavior programs should begin by focusing on meeting basic needs of dogs (link bhr 101) through things like enrichment and foster programs.  

    Once you have those programs and are doing all you can to support dog welfare, that’s when it’s potentially time to start thinking about modifying unwanted dog behavior in foster homes and the shelter environment.  

    This collection includes information about various dog behavior concerns and how to support dogs.

    Additional Content that supports this topic: 

    Maddie's University Dog Behavior Collection: Training and Behavior Modification  

    Maddie's University Behavior Collection: Behavior 101

  • Camp Maddie: Kitten Edition Question and Answer Session - On-demand
    Contains 3 Component(s)

    Camp Maddie: Kitten Edition is all about getting ready for kitten season! This webcast is a recording of the follow-up Question and Answer session recorded on March 18, 2025.

    Camp Maddie: Kitten Edition is all about getting ready for kitten season! This webcast is a recording of the follow-up Question and Answer session recorded on March 18, 2025.

    To learn more about Camp Maddie: Kitten Edition and download handouts from all the sessions, visit Maddie's Pet Forum: https://forum.maddiesfund.org/...

    Speakers:
    Monica Tarant, Chief Innovation Officer, Give Them Ten (Moderator)
    Dr. Julie Levy, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, DABVP, Fran Marino Endowed Distinguished Professor of Shelter Medicine, University of Florida
    Marnie Russ, Founder at National Kitten College
    Tabitha Kucera, Owner at Chirrups and Chatter Cat and Dog Behavior Consulting and Training

    Keywords: Camp Maddie: Kitten Edition, Monica Tarant, Dr. Julie Levy, Marnie Russ, Tabitha Kucera, kitten care

  • Doors Wide Open: Engaging with Human and Social Service Providers to Increase Access to Care for Animals and People - On-demand
    Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Working with human healthcare and social service providers to increase care access for animals and their people!

    Doors Wide Open is a series of short discussions about practical solutions that organizations are using to address barriers to accessing pet care and resources in their communities. 

    Human social services and healthcare organizations can be critical partners with animal welfare in intake diversion/surrender prevention. 

    This session focuses on:
      1. Understanding the types of human services typically encountered in animal welfare work
      2. Quickly raising awareness of common ground and shared goals for collaboration around human and animal welfare
      3. Offering simple strategies to engage in ongoing relationships with key human service providers.

    Guest Speaker: Janet Hoy-Gerlach, Director of Veterinary Social Work at Open Door Veterinary Collective

    Earn continuing education credit from The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement towards 1.0 CAWA CEs. This webinar has also been pre-approved for 1.0 continuing education credits by the National Animal Care & Control Association (NACA). 

    Visit Maddie's Pet Forum to comment, follow a discussion or ask questions: https://forum.maddiesfund.org/...

    keywords Doors Wide Open, Open Door Veterinary Collective, human social services and animal welfare


    Janet Hoy-Gerlach, PhD, LISW-S

    Associate Professor, University of Toledo School of Social Justice

    Dr. Janet Hoy-Gerlach has extensive experience as a social work practitioner in the public mental health service system and is an avid advocate for the inclusion of human-animal interaction considerations within social work practice. Her current research is focused on: benefits of the human-animal bond; facilitators of mental health recovery among individuals living with mental illness; and the use of qualitative research to inform intervention research. She is on the board of the Toledo Area Humane Society (TAHS), where she developed and supervises MSW internship placements that facilitate benefits of human-animal interaction. She helped develop the TAHS Hope and Recovery Pet Program (HARP), which places shelter animals as Emotional Support Animals (ESAs); this is one of the only such programs in the United States. Dr. Hoy provides expert witness testimony for the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Department on benefits of human-animal interaction.

  • Camp Maddie: Kitten Edition Package
    Contains 5 Product(s)

    Prepare for kitten season with expert guidance!

    With shelters already stretched thin, this series provides critical insights from industry experts to help organizations scale up their responses to meet the needs of more vulnerable kittens in their communities. These webcasts are designed to equip participants with essential skills and knowledge to tackle the challenges of the upcoming kitten season which is expected to be particularly demanding.

    Speakers are among the top professionals in this field:
    • Dr. Julie Levy, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, DABVP, Fran Marino Endowed Distinguished Professor of Shelter Medicine, University of Florida
    • Marnie Russ, Founder, National Kitten College
    • Monica Tarant, Chief Innovation Officer, Give Them Ten Movement
    • Tabitha Kucera, RVT, CCBC, KPA-CTP, Owner, Chirrups and Chatter

    For complete information about the agenda and speakers, visit https://forum.maddiesfund.org/...