Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
To earn a certificate of attendance for continuing education credit for CAWA and NACA, please view this video on Maddie’s University: university.maddiesfund.org/products/canine-low-stress-handling-in-a-shelter-environment-maddies-community-conversations-on-demand
Our hosts today:
Shafonda Davis Allen, CAWA, Back to Basics Animal Welfare Leadership Consulting
Sheila Segurson, DVM, Maddie’s Fund Director of Shelter Solutions
Speaker:
Christine D. Calder, DVM, DACVB, Director of Behavior Educational Content (for VIN); owner/founder Calder Veterinary Behavior Services
This session offers practical, in-the-moment applications of Low Stress Handling® of dogs for shelter veterinary exams: reading the canine communication signaling, applying the 3-second rule and the least-restraint principle, adjusting the examination approach to the individual, and creating a low stress environment.
Please note: Views expressed on these calls are not necessarily endorsed by Maddie's Fund.
To comment or ask more questions about this meeting, please visit https://maddies.fund/communityconversations082626
About Community Conversations, hosted by Maddie’s Fund: When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, animal sheltering transformed overnight. Foster-based sheltering, home-based employees and volunteers, along with collaboration galvanized our communities. The pandemic, along with social injustice, has motivated our industry to look at how we partner with our communities and confront our own biases. Shelter and rescue staff across the country began talking on a weekly basis, offering support and innovative ideas to do things differently. To learn more about these calls, visit forum.maddiesfund.org/communityconversations
To earn a certificate of attendance for continuing education credit for CAWA and NACA, please view this video on Maddie’s University: university.maddiesfund.org/products/canine-low-stress-handling-in-a-shelter-environment-maddies-community-conversations-on-demand
Our hosts today:
Shafonda Davis Allen, CAWA, Back to Basics Animal Welfare Leadership Consulting
Sheila Segurson, DVM, Maddie’s Fund Director of Shelter Solutions
Speaker:
Christine D. Calder, DVM, DACVB, Director of Behavior Educational Content (for VIN); owner/founder Calder Veterinary Behavior Services
This session offers practical, in-the-moment applications of Low Stress Handling® of dogs for shelter veterinary exams: reading the canine communication signaling, applying the 3-second rule and the least-restraint principle, adjusting the examination approach to the individual, and creating a low stress environment.
Please note: Views expressed on these calls are not necessarily endorsed by Maddie's Fund.
To comment or ask more questions about this meeting, please visit https://maddies.fund/communityconversations082626
About Community Conversations, hosted by Maddie’s Fund: When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, animal sheltering transformed overnight. Foster-based sheltering, home-based employees and volunteers, along with collaboration galvanized our communities. The pandemic, along with social injustice, has motivated our industry to look at how we partner with our communities and confront our own biases. Shelter and rescue staff across the country began talking on a weekly basis, offering support and innovative ideas to do things differently. To learn more about these calls, visit forum.maddiesfund.org/communityconversations
