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Prince William Humane Society receives $5K grant from Maddie’s Fund

DUMFRIES - (Press Release) The Prince William Humane Society received a $5000 grant from Maddie's Fund, a national family foundation established by Dave and Cheryl Duffield to revolutionize the status and well-being of companion animals, and their Innovation Grants program.
 
Fur-ever Together is a unique program whose purpose is to save more lives by reducing pet surrenders to the shelter, increase the adoptability of homeless animals, preserve the loving bond between pet owners and pets, and prevent pet homelessness. Pet owners typically relinquish their pets due to behavioral and financial issues. But this is a solvable problem and this grant will allow PW Humane Society to engage a pet behaviorist to assess perceived behavioral issues, offer one-on-one assistance to correct those problems and in so doing keep the pets in their homes. Additionally, the behaviorist will be called upon to assess and work with homeless pets at our Adopt Shop in Dumfries to support the adoption process and better match them with their forever home.
 
“Thanks to Maddie, we will start a ‘train the trainer’ program with our staff members who will provide pet owners in our community with the knowledge and skills to work with their pets and support the needs of our adopting families, said Lori Leary, P. W. Humane Society President. “We have used a behaviorist in the past with great success and now we’ll be able to help many more pets stay in their homes and find forever homes, “she continued. “P.W. Humane Society is striving to solve pet homelessness in our community and Maddie’s Fund is helping us do just that.”
 
 

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