Online Meeting - Mondays - Weekly Community Conversations #ThanksToMaddie - Maddie's Fund
2023-06-05 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-06-12 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-06-26 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-07-10 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-07-17 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-07-24 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-07-31 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-08-07 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) and 18 more dates | Virtual
Maddie’s Fund hosts a weekly 50-minute Zoom call for animal well-being professionals. These calls are a collaborative space to share exciting new programs and research, discuss uncomfortable topics, connect with peers in the industry, and more, all while sharing a common goal of preserving the human-animal bond.
Who Should Join?
Executive directors, animal well-being leaders, shelter workers, pet support professionals, volunteers, rescue organizations and anyone who shares the common goal of preserving the human-animal bond.
Win Ca$h for Attending!
Each month, Maddie’s Fund will be giving away up to $10,000 in grants. You can enter to win each time you attend a call or watch on-demand during the month by completing the giveaway drawing entry forms shared in the chat during the calls.
Register Today
Join us each Monday at 11am PT/2pm ET to receive support and learn about innovative ideas other organizations across the country are seeing success with.
All calls are recorded and uploaded to the Community Conversations page on Maddie’s Pet Forum https://forum.maddiesfund.org/communityconversations
Please note: All views expressed on these calls are not necessarily endorsed by Maddie’s Fund.
WEBSITE LINK: https://forum.maddiesfund.org/communityconversations

National Shelter Medicine Rounds – 7/18/23 – Canine Distemper Virus Management: A New Strategy for an Old Virus – University of Wisconsin Shelter Medicine Program
2023-07-18 12:30 - 13:30
The University of Wisconsin Shelter Medicine Program is thrilled to announce the reinstatement of National Shelter Medicine Rounds!
National Rounds is a platform for discussion of current topics relevant to shelter medicine for continued learning and collaboration. While primarily intended or shelter veterinarians, others interested in shelter medicine are welcome to join; we believe everyone will take something away from these calls! The first national rounds call will take place Tuesday July 18th from 2:30 to 3: 30 Central Time and the topic of presentation and discussion will be “Canine Distemper Virus Management: A New Strategy for an Old Virus.” We hope to have an open discussion, so come with questions and feel free to unmute to participate! Our hope is to create a space that feels safe for all participants; we ask you to follow these Accountable Space guidelines.
*The Canine Distemper Virus work and research discussed on this call would not have been possible without Maddie’s Fund’s generous support of shelters experiencing outbreaks.
Please use the following Zoom link to access National Rounds calls: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/97442637396
Meeting ID: 974 4263 7396
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National Shelter Medicine Rounds – 8/22/23 – Connecting Infectious Disease, Wellbeing, and Equity – University of Wisconsin Shelter Medicine Program
2023-08-22 12:30 - 13:30
The University of Wisconsin Shelter Medicine Program is thrilled to announce the next installment of National Shelter Medicine Rounds!
National Rounds is a platform for discussion of current topics relevant to shelter medicine for continued learning and collaboration. While primarily intended or shelter veterinarians, others interested in shelter medicine are welcome to join; we believe everyone will take something away from these calls! The national rounds call will take place Tuesday August 22nd from 2:30 to 3: 30 Central Time.
The topic of presentation and discussion this week will be “Connecting Infectious Disease, Wellbeing, and Equity”.
If we really want to change the experiences of the animals and the people we serve, we need to think outside our shelter walls or the foster homes that make up our rescues. So many of the most common terrible maladies are actually quite preventable. Yet, infectious disease so often results from inequities and lack of access to care. If we want less illness and better welfare for everyone in our organizations and our communities, we need to connect the dots between infectious disease, well-being, and equity.
We hope to have an open discussion, so come with questions and feel free to unmute to participate! Our hope is to create a space that feels safe for all participants; we ask you to follow these Accountable Space guidelines. The presentation portion of National Rounds will be recorded, but the discussion and Q & A sessions will not.
If you or someone you know would like to be added to the national rounds email list, please send your request to nationalsheltermedicinerounds@vetmed.wisc.edu.
Please use the following Zoom link to access National Rounds calls: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/97442637396
Meeting ID: 974 4263 7396
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Zoom Meeting Link: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/97442637396

National Shelter Medicine Rounds – 9/12/23 – Can heartworm treatment be faster, cheaper and more accessible—and still safe and effective? – University of Wisconsin Shelter Medicine Program
2023-09-12 12:30 - 13:30
The University of Wisconsin Shelter Medicine Program is thrilled to announce the next installment of National Shelter Medicine Rounds!
National Rounds is a platform for discussion of current topics relevant to shelter medicine for continued learning and collaboration. While primarily intended or shelter veterinarians, others interested in shelter medicine are welcome to join; we believe everyone will take something away from these calls! The next national rounds call will take place Tuesday, September 12th from 2:30 to 3: 30 Central Time.
The topic of presentation and discussion this week will be “Can heartworm treatment be faster, cheaper and more accessible – and still safe and effective? (Yes. With caveats.)” by our lovely guest speakers, Dr. Linda Jacobson and Dr. Karen Ward.
Some veterinarians adhere closely to the American Heartworm Society Guidelines, while many (maybe most?) use their favourite short-cuts and modifications. This talk is an evidence-based discussion of what modifications can and can’t be justified, and where established orthodoxy and traditional approaches do and don’t make sense. It centers around the two talks we presented at the AHS Symposium in 2022 – one on our shorter, less expensive 3-dose melarsomine study, the other about an accessible alternative to melarsomine (moxi-doxy or “slow kill”). We’ll also challenge the audience to think about universal testing and the necessity of testing before prescribing preventives, treating heartworm in shelters, and more.
We hope to have an open discussion, so come with questions and feel free to unmute to participate! Our hope is to create a space that feels safe for all participants; we ask you to follow these Accountable Space guidelines. The presentation portion of National Rounds will be recorded, but the discussion and Q & A sessions will not.
If you or someone you know would like to be added to the national rounds email list, please send your request to nationalsheltermedicinerounds@vetmed.wisc.edu.
Please use the following Zoom link to access National Rounds calls: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/97442637396
Meeting ID: 974 4263 7396
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Zoom Meeting Link: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/97442637396

National Shelter Medicine Rounds – 11/14/23 – Implementing More Positive, Resource-based Field Services Operations – UW Shelter Medicine Program
2023-11-14 12:30 - 13:30
The University of Wisconsin Shelter Medicine Program is excited to announce the next installment of National Shelter Medicine Rounds!
National Rounds is a platform for discussion of current topics relevant to shelter medicine for continued learning and collaboration. While primarily intended or shelter veterinarians, others interested in shelter medicine are welcome to join; we believe everyone will take something away from these calls! The national rounds call will take place Tuesday, November 14 from 2:30 to 3:30 Central Time.
As discussed during our rounds conversation in August, if we really want to change the experiences of the animals and the people we serve, we need to think outside our shelter walls or the foster homes that make up our rescues.
Join us for a continuation of the discussion on the connection between equity, well-being, resources, and capacity.
We are grateful to have two guests join us for rounds next week. Angela Rayburn is the Operations Manager overseeing Field Services at Chicago Animal Care and Control and AJ Caldwell is a National Shelter Support Specialist with Best Friends Animal Society and comes to that role with a background of being an officer in municipal animal control. They will share their perspectives on efforts to implement more positive, resource-based field services operations.
We hope to have an open discussion, so come with questions and feel free to unmute to participate! Our hope is to create a space that feels safe for all participants; we ask you to follow these Accountable Space guidelines. The presentation portion of National Rounds will be recorded, but the discussion and Q & A sessions will not.
If you or someone you know would like to be added to the national rounds email list, please send your request to nationalsheltermedicinerounds@vetmed.wisc.edu.
Please use the following Zoom link to access National Rounds calls: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/97442637396
Meeting ID: 974 4263 7396
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Zoom Meeting Link: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/97442637396
