Lawless Off Leash
Affordable webinars for animal shelter staff.
Only $5 to register!
With Special Guest: Christina Lee
Building a behavior team is one thing. Sustaining it (while keeping people supported, connected, and aligned) is another challenge entirely.
Join us for the next Lawless Off Leash webinar, “Managing Teams in a Shelter with a Behavior Twist,” featuring Christina Lee of StellaFirma Strategies and hosted by Laurie Lawless of Shelter Behavior Integrations.
📅 Monday, October 20th at 6:00 PM EST via Zoom
In this session, Christina and Laurie will explore what it takes to lead a shelter behavior team with intention - blending operational strategy with human-centered leadership. This conversation is for anyone trying to balance the high demands of sheltering with the need to support the people doing the hardest behavior work.
Key takeaways include:
✅ How to build and manage a behavior team for seamless, collaborative operations
✅ What leadership looks like when your team works with the most behaviorally complex dogs
✅ Strategies for supporting team members who face emotional fatigue and burnout
✅ Creating a culture where behavior work is valued, sustainable, and well-integrated
If you're working to build a stronger behavior team, lead with more compassion, or create a healthier staff culture in your shelter, this webinar is for you. You'll walk away with practical strategies and real-world insight to support the people behind the behavior work. Register here to save your seat.
And yes, the replay will be available to all registrants… even if you can’t make it live. 🐶
About Christina Lee:
Christina Lee is the founder and principal of StellaFirma Strategies. She is a problem solver and innovative change maker who has spent over a decade working in the animal well-being sector. Christina has led teams, projects, and departments across all levels of organizations, with a focus on empowering people, streamlining operations, and highlighting the human value behind the work.
She currently supports nonprofits through StellaFirma while also serving as Deputy Director at the Institute for Liberatory Innovation, a steering committee member of the BIPOC in Animal Well-Being Collective, and an advocate for foster youth. Christina lives in Baltimore with her husband, dog, and cat while bringing a wealth of experience in both leadership and lived values to every conversation.🐾
With Special Guest: Aditi Czarnomski
Some dogs come into shelters with big feelings, big energy... and BIG behavior challenges.
So how do we support those high-arousal dogs in a way that’s ethical, effective, and realistic for busy shelter teams?
Join us for the next Lawless Off Leash webinar, “Activities and Enrichment for High Arousal Dogs,” featuring Aditi Czarnomski, CPDT-KSA of Gigi’s Shelter, and hosted by Laurie Lawless of Shelter Behavior Integrations.
📅 Monday, November 17th at 6:00 PM EST via Zoom
This session will focus on behavior-forward, low-stress strategies for supporting high-energy, high-arousal dogs in the shelter environment. Aditi will share practical activities and enrichment ideas that meet these dogs where they are - reducing frustration, improving welfare, and helping them move toward adoption readiness.
Topics include:
🐾 Enrichment strategies tailored for dogs with intense energy and arousal
🐾 Activities that promote calm without suppressing natural behaviors
🐾 Managing safety and staff capacity while still meeting behavior needs
🐾 How to build daily structure for high-arousal dogs in a shelter setting
🐾 Mistakes to avoid when working with reactive, frustrated, or overstimulated dogs
If you're dealing with barrier reactivity, jumpy/mouthy behavior, kennel stress, or just need new ideas for your most “amped up” residents, this session will offer useful tools you can start using right away. Register now for an honest, experience-rich conversation that challenges assumptions and provides clear, actionable guidance to improve outcomes for your behavior dogs, your staff and your shelter.
And yes, the replay will be available to all registrants… even if you can’t make it live. 🐶
About Aditi Czarnomski:
Aditi Czarnomski, CPDT-KSA, brings over two decades of experience in the animal welfare field. She has worked in shelters, taught group classes, responded to cruelty and hoarding cases, and served nearly ten years as an Animal Control Officer. She is currently the Director of Behavior and Training at Gigi’s Shelter for Dogs in Ohio and continues to consult through her business, Urbane Animal Behavior.
Aditi’s approach is grounded in compassion, low-stress handling, and real-world solutions that help dogs succeed. Through every role she’s held, from private training to large-scale rescue work, her mission has remained the same: to help animals and people build trust, understanding, and humane pathways forward.