My Dog is My Home Workshop: Assessing and Addressing Standards of Animal Care

Staff from homeless services and animal welfare organizations alike may have difficulty assessing and addressing animal care situations initially perceived as cruelty or neglect. In this workshop from the 2023 My Dog is My Home Co-Sheltering Conference, the presenter explores:

- What other explanations there might be for what is being perceived as cruelty/neglect

- What other services can be offered to support the person and their animal

- When to actually elevate the situation

- Different ways to engage people to better assess situations and offer support

- What is the process for elevating situations, if necessary

- How the assessment changes, based on the engagement and response of the animal's caregiver

Presenters: Vincent Medley, Maddie’s® Director, Human Animal Support Services

keywords: My Dog is My Home Co-Sheltering Conference, animal well-being, unhoused people with pets, keeping pets with people, keeping people with their pets homelessness; human services; animal welfare; animal cruelty; animal neglect, assessing animal care, assessing standards of animal care