Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 15 hours ago
Co-hosts:
Sharon Fletcher, Director of Marketing & Communications, Maddie's Fund
Dr Sara Pizano, founder of Team Shelter USA, a national, full-service animal welfare consulting firm that helps funders, organizations and municipal leaders learn and use proven best practices for animal well-being. She is also a consultant with Maddie’s Pet Million Challenge, a cohort dedicated to helping communities build programs to keep families and their pets together. Dr Pizano is the author of The Best Practice Playbook for Animal Shelters and the new Go-To Guide for Animal Services.
Guest: Cinimon Clark, Behaviorist and Animal Intuitive and Dog Trainer
Cinimon has dedicated decades to dog training and behavior, specializing in aggression issues. She has worked in several California shelters and now does consults remotely as a trainer and animal intuitive. Cinimon will share all the lessons learned over the years and give us insight into how dogs feel and how we can help relieve suffering. Please join us for what will be a very interesting conversation!
To comment or ask more questions about this meeting, please visit https://maddies.fund/communityconversations61526
Please Note: All views expressed on these calls are not necessarily endorsed by Maddie’s Fund.
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/communi
Co-hosts:
Sharon Fletcher, Director of Marketing & Communications, Maddie's Fund
Dr Sara Pizano, founder of Team Shelter USA, a national, full-service animal welfare consulting firm that helps funders, organizations and municipal leaders learn and use proven best practices for animal well-being. She is also a consultant with Maddie’s Pet Million Challenge, a cohort dedicated to helping communities build programs to keep families and their pets together. Dr Pizano is the author of The Best Practice Playbook for Animal Shelters and the new Go-To Guide for Animal Services.
Guest: Cinimon Clark, Behaviorist and Animal Intuitive and Dog Trainer
Cinimon has dedicated decades to dog training and behavior, specializing in aggression issues. She has worked in several California shelters and now does consults remotely as a trainer and animal intuitive. Cinimon will share all the lessons learned over the years and give us insight into how dogs feel and how we can help relieve suffering. Please join us for what will be a very interesting conversation!
To comment or ask more questions about this meeting, please visit https://maddies.fund/communityconversations61526
Please Note: All views expressed on these calls are not necessarily endorsed by Maddie’s Fund.
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/communi
