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  • Webinar – 5/2/20 – Kitten Lady – Keeping Kittens Healthy

    Webinar – 5/2/20 – Kitten Lady – Keeping Kittens Healthy

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    • How to provide basic preventative care like dewormers and probiotics

    • How to deal with GI issues such as diarrhea, constipation, and parasites

    • How to handle respiratory and eye infections, fleas, ringworm, common viruses, and more

    • How to properly sanitize and quarantine kittens for maximum health benefit

      …and more!

    Webinar 3: Keeping Kittens Healthy

    About this Event

    To help support first-time fosters and adopters, Royal Canin is teaming up with kitten expert and Internet sensation Hannah Shaw, The Kitten Lady, to offer Catology, an educational kitten care series designed to provide support and resources to people who have welcomed a newly fostered or adopted kitten into their home.

    The free, interactive livestreams will cover the most important kitten topics – caring for neonates, feeding and nutrition, kitten behavior and socializing, among others.

    In this episode, participants will learn:

      • How to provide basic preventative care like dewormers and probiotics
      • How to deal with GI issues such as diarrhea, constipation, and parasites
      • How to handle respiratory and eye infections, fleas, ringworm, common viruses, and more
      • How to properly sanitize and quarantine kittens for maximum health benefit
      • …and more!

    The webinars will be streamed live on the official Facebook and Instagram of Royal Canin and the official Facebook and Instagram of The Kitten Lady.

    Royal Canin is also covering the cost of the first month of nutrition for all new kitten and cat fosters or adopters. To redeem, you must first purchase any Royal Canin kitten or cat food, visit www.royalcaninrewards.com and use code 20-11942. You will need to provide a copy of your kitten’s foster or adoption paperwork and a purchase receipt.

    More Information: www.kittenlady.org/webinar

  • Webinar – 5/9/20 – Kitten Lady – Feral Felines and Kittens Found Outdoors – Royal Canin

    Webinar – 5/9/20 – Kitten Lady – Feral Felines and Kittens Found Outdoors – Royal Canin

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    • How to assess and respond to a variety of outdoor kitten scenarios including finding orphans, feral kittens, and families

    • How to safely handle and trap feral kittens and cats

    • How to participate in sterilization programs for community cats

    • How to socialize hissy feral kittens

      …and more!

  • Webinar – 4/25/20 – Kitten Lady – Beyond the Bottle – Caring for Growing Kittens

    Webinar – 4/25/20 – Kitten Lady – Beyond the Bottle – Caring for Growing Kittens

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    Webinar 2: Beyond the Bottle – Caring for Growing Kittens

    April 25 at 11am PT/2pm ET – REGISTER HERE

    Participants will learn:

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    • How to safely and properly wean kittens onto solid foods, including tips for difficult-to-wean kittens

    • How to litter train kittens

    • Tips for developing healthy behaviors in kittens and creating an enriching environment

    • Step-by-step instructions for finding your foster kitten a forever home

      …and more!

    Webinar 2: Beyond the Bottle – Caring for Growing Kittens

    About this Event

    To help support first-time fosters and adopters, Royal Canin is teaming up with kitten expert and Internet sensation Hannah Shaw, The Kitten Lady, to offer Catology, an educational kitten care series designed to provide support and resources to people who have welcomed a newly fostered or adopted kitten into their home.

    The free, interactive livestreams will cover the most important kitten topics – caring for neonates, feeding and nutrition, kitten behavior and socializing, among others.

    In this episode, participants will learn:

    • How to safely and properly wean kittens onto solid foods, including tips for difficult-to-wean kittens
    • How to litter train kittens
    • Tips for developing healthy behaviors in kittens and creating an enriching environment
    • Step-by-step instructions for finding your foster kitten a forever home
    • …and more!

    The webinars will be streamed live on the official Facebook and Instagram of Royal Canin and the official Facebook and Instagram of The Kitten Lady.

    Royal Canin is also covering the cost of the first month of nutrition for all new kitten and cat fosters or adopters. To redeem, you must first purchase any Royal Canin kitten or cat food, visit www.royalcaninrewards.com and use code 20-11942. You will need to provide a copy of your kitten’s foster or adoption paperwork and a purchase receipt.

    More Information: www.kittenlady.org/webinar

  • Webinar – Kitten Lady – Caring for Itty Bitty Bottle Babies

    Webinar – Kitten Lady – Caring for Itty Bitty Bottle Babies

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    Webinar 1: Caring for Itty Bitty Bottle Babies

    April 18 at 11am PT/2pm ET – REGISTER HERE

    Participants will learn:

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    • How to set up space in your home for foster kittens

    • How to identify the age, sex, and weight of a young kitten

    • How to bottle feed, syringe feed, and provide nourishment for hard-to-feed kittens

    • How to provide bathroom assistance, grooming, and comfort to neonates

      …and more!

    Webinar 1: Caring for Itty Bitty Bottle Babies

    About this Event

    To help support first-time fosters and adopters, Royal Canin is teaming up with kitten expert and Internet sensation Hannah Shaw, The Kitten Lady, to offer Catology, an educational kitten care series designed to provide support and resources to people who have welcomed a newly fostered or adopted kitten into their home.

    The free, interactive livestreams will cover the most important kitten topics – caring for neonates, feeding and nutrition, kitten behavior and socializing, among others.

    In this episode, participants will learn:

    • How to set up space in your home for foster kittens
    • How to identify the age, sex, and weight of a young kitten
    • How to bottle feed, syringe feed, and provide nourishment for hard-to-feed kittens
    • How to provide bathroom assistance, grooming, and comfort to neonates
    • …and more!

    The webinars will be streamed live on the official Facebook and Instagram of Royal Canin and the official Facebook and Instagram of The Kitten Lady.

    Royal Canin is also covering the cost of the first month of nutrition for all new kitten and cat fosters or adopters. To redeem, you must first purchase any Royal Canin kitten or cat food, visit www.royalcaninrewards.com and use code 20-11942. You will need to provide a copy of your kitten’s foster or adoption paperwork and a purchase receipt.

    More Information: www.kittenlady.org/webinar

  • Webinar – 4/29/20 – -The Road to Resilience – The AAWA

    Webinar – 4/29/20 – -The Road to Resilience – The AAWA

    Especially in animal welfare organizations, resilience is a key component of a productive and healthy team.  Does your organization’s culture support your people in the face of constant emotional toll?  This webinar will focus on building personal resilience. Attendees will learn how to recognize and address compassion fatigue triggers in their animal care work, build support and coping skills, and create a meaningful self-care plan through a variety of evidence-based resources. Send your staff and volunteers to this important session (perfect for a staff meeting).

    This program (both live and recorded) has been approved for:

    • 1 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credit
    • 1 CE  by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) for Texas Animal Control Officers

    This session is part three of the five-part Going Through Hell? Keep Going! webinar series.

  • Webinar – Assessing Pain and Quality of Life in Shelter Animals – The AAWA

    Webinar – Assessing Pain and Quality of Life in Shelter Animals – The AAWA

    We will review quality of life concepts and discuss methods for the assessment of subjective states, including pain.  The goal of the session is to encourage attendees to develop assessment tools for their own facilities and to consider the perspective of individual animals in making outcome decisions.  Finally, attendees will consider how quality of life assessment can be used to consider animal welfare dilemmas. This session is designed for veterinarians, shelter staff, and shelter leadership.  Attendees will be able to:

    • Define quality of life and describe how quality of life may be measured in companion animals
    • Recognize signs of pain and distress in cats and dogs
    • List two assessment tools that can be used to assess pain in cats and dogs
    • Give at least one example of a situation at their organization or facility where considering quality of life could help make care or outcome decisions.

    This session is part of the Shelter Medicine series, a collaboration between the Association of Shelter Veterinarians and The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement.

    This program (both live and recorded) has been approved for:

    • 1 hour of continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize RACE approval
    • 1 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credit
    • 1 CE  by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) for Texas Animal Control Officers

    BONUS!

    – Members of The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement who are vets or vet students may receive a free 1-year membership with the Association of Shelter Veterinarians (ASV).
    – Members of the Association of Shelter Veterinarians may receive a free 1-year membership with The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement.

    >> Membership instructions will be sent after you attend your first webinar in full.

  • National Rounds – Thursday Edition during COVID-19

    National Rounds – Thursday Edition during COVID-19

    Hello National Shelter Medicine Rounds attendees,

    We are currently hosting National Rounds on Tuesday at 3 PM  Central Time and Thursdays at 2 PM Central Time in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

    At times we may defer rounds if other national webinars are planned for the same time.  Please get on the National Shelter Medicine Rounds email list for future updates:

    nationalsheltermedicinerounds@vetmed.wisc.edu

    Hello National Shelter Medicine Rounds attendees,

    4/23/20 we will be holding a webinar in place of rounds at the usual time of 2pm CST (invite extends to those beyond National Rounds) “How are you getting animals out the door safely and effectively?”

    In advance of this webinar on Thursday 4/23, we are asking that you view this 30 minute recording by Dr. Kate Hurley, “Maintaining Live Outcomes During the COVDI-19 Pandemic…and Beyond”. This recording is about best practices for balancing intakes and outcomes during the pandemic and using insights gained during the pandemic to guide best practices going forward. The webinar on Thursday will then be a roundtable of conversations with four shelters who have streamlined these programs and are thriving. If you are unable to view this recording in advance of tomorrows webinar you are still welcome to join us and will gain valuable information.

    Thursday Webinar Details: April 23rd at 2:00pm CT  “How are you getting animals out the door safely and effectively?”

    Join UC-Davis Koret and UW Shelter Medicine Programs for a roundtable discussion with four shelters that have streamlined their programs and are thriving amidst the crisis. From virtual adoptions to taking payments online, innovative scheduling and curbside drop offs, we’re exchanging the tips and tricks behind the new sheltering programs already off and running.

     

    Same Zoom link as National Rounds:

    https://zoom.us/j/520278731

    Meeting ID: 520 278 731

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    Web Conference System Details:

    If you have not used Zoom before I’d recommend you join at the zoom link in advance to give it a test run on your computer as you’ll likely need to do a quick download. For audio, you can use either your computer if you have microphone capabilities or you can dial in from your phone. Here is a link to test your audio in advance if you would like to: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362283-Testing-computer-or-device-audio  In order to see the visuals that may be shared you must join either through your computer or download the app if joining from a mobile device.

  • National Rounds – 5/7/20 – Thursday Edition during COVID-19

    National Rounds – 5/7/20 – Thursday Edition during COVID-19

    Hello National Shelter Medicine Rounds attendees,

    Today, 5/7/20, we will be holding National Rounds at 2pm CST. The first 30 minutes Dr. Sara Pizano, Animal Welfare Strategist for Team Shelter USA, will be presenting ‘Best Practices Before, During and After COVID’. The last 30 minutes will be open for questions and discussion so please send any questions or topic requests you have in advance of this email. Thanks!

    National Shelter Medicine Rounds is held on the same Zoom link for every session:

    https://zoom.us/j/520278731

    Meeting ID: 520 278 731

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    COVID-19 Rounds info:

    We will be more regularly offering National Shelter Medicine Rounds short term to discuss COVID-19 impacts on shelter medicine on Tuesdays from 3-4pm CT (1pmPT/2pmMT/4pmET)  and Thursdays from 2-3pm CT (12pmPT/1pmMT/3pmET). You are welcome to email questions or topics you hope to be discussed during rounds in advance to nationalsheltermedicinerounds@vetmed.wisc.edu and you are always encouraged to come prepared to unmute to ask questions and participate in discussion at any point. I will be sending email reminders of upcoming rounds in advance. Note: Rounds is typically held the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month and will return to that format once the need for regular COVID-19 discussion passes. Recordings will not be available during COVID-19 discussions but can be accessed from previous regular rounds and will again be available once we return to the usual format.

    This group is made up of shelter veterinarians, shelter vet trainees, and upper level shelter leadership. If you know anyone that would like to be added to the national shelter medicine rounds email list to regularly receive scheduling updates moving forward, please have them email a request to be added to the email group to nationalsheltermedicinerounds@vetmed.wisc.edu.

    Shared documents/links info:

    As this group size and information shared grows we are working to get things as organized and streamlined as possible. Each rounds session I will be saving any documents and links that are shared in the chat in a folder called ‘COVID-19 shared documents’ that can be accessed at the Box link found at the end of each email in all rounds emails. You should be able to access the box folder as a guest at any time without a sign in necessary.

    https://uwmadison.box.com/s/lh21g6odt0ab569qbdm2r2b0h4glg8gk

    Web Conference System Details:

    If you have not used Zoom before I’d recommend you join at the zoom link in advance to give it a test run on your computer as you’ll likely need to do a quick download. For audio, you can use either your computer if you have microphone capabilities or you can dial in from your phone. Here is a link to test your audio in advance if you would like to: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362283-Testing-computer-or-device-audio  In order to see the visuals that may be shared you must join either through your computer or download the app if joining from a mobile device.

    Thank you,

    Stephanie Koester, CVT

    Assistant Director, Shelter Medicine Program

    University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine

    nationalsheltermedicinerounds@vetmed.wisc.edu

    Rounds related documents, recordings, and details can be accessed here at any time.

     

    National Shelter Medicine Rounds is held on the same Zoom link for every session:

    https://zoom.us/j/520278731

    Meeting ID: 520 278 731

     

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    +19292056099,,520278731# US (New York)

    +16699006833,,520278731# US (San Jose)

  • National Shelter Medicine Rounds – 5/14/20 – Thursday Edition during COVID-19

    National Shelter Medicine Rounds – 5/14/20 – Thursday Edition during COVID-19

    Thursday May 14th from 2-3pm CST (12 – 1 PM Pacific, 3 – 4 PM EST), we will be holding National Rounds with the plan to continue any discussions that may come up after Amanda Arrington’s presentation this past Tuesday. Please note Amanda will not be in attendance so it will be amongst the normal rounds group. If time allows we will also discuss the new study coming out of UW-Madison published today, details found here: https://www.vetmed.wisc.edu/study-cats-covid-19/

    If you have any questions or topic requests you’d like us to discuss as time allows please email them to us in advance if possible. Rounds will not be recorded tomorrow so join us live if you can.

    Thank you,

    Stephanie Koester, CVT

    Assistant Director, Shelter Medicine Program

    University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine

    nationalsheltermedicinerounds@vetmed.wisc.edu

    Rounds related documents, recordings, and details can be accessed here at any time.

     

    COVID-19 Rounds info:

    We will be more regularly offering National Shelter Medicine Rounds short term to discuss COVID-19 impacts on shelter medicine on Tuesdays from 3-4pm CT (1pmPT/2pmMT/4pmET)  and Thursdays from 2-3pm CT (12pmPT/1pmMT/3pmET). You are welcome to email questions or topics you hope to be discussed during rounds in advance to nationalsheltermedicinerounds@vetmed.wisc.edu and you are always encouraged to come prepared to unmute to ask questions and participate in discussion at any point. I will be sending email reminders of upcoming rounds in advance. Note: Rounds is typically held the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month and will return to that format once the need for regular COVID-19 discussion passes. Recordings will not be available during COVID-19 discussions but can be accessed from previous regular rounds and will again be available once we return to the usual format.

     

    This group is made up of shelter veterinarians, shelter vet trainees, and upper level shelter leadership. If you know anyone that would like to be added to the national shelter medicine rounds email list to regularly receive scheduling updates moving forward, please have them email a request to be added to the email group to nationalsheltermedicinerounds@vetmed.wisc.edu.

     

    National Shelter Medicine Rounds is held on the same Zoom link for every session:

    https://zoom.us/j/520278731

    Meeting ID: 520 278 731

     

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    +16699006833,,520278731# US (San Jose)

     

  • National Shelter Medicine Rounds – 5/21/20 – Thursday Edition during COVID-19 – University of Wisconsin and UC Davis Shelter Medicine Programs

    National Shelter Medicine Rounds – 5/21/20 – Thursday Edition during COVID-19 – University of Wisconsin and UC Davis Shelter Medicine Programs

    Plan for 5/21/20:

    First Half-Discussion/Q&A/Follow up discussion from Tuesday

    2nd half: Erica Schumacher on RHDV

    The first half will be Q&A and any follow up discussion from Tuesday’s presentation by Dr. Karen Ward. If you have questions or topics you’d like us to try to cover please feel free to email them in advance. The second half UW Shelter Medicine Program Outreach Veterinarian Dr. Erica Schumacher will be presenting on Rabbit Hemorrahagic Disease Virus that has been making it into the news recently. You can learn a bit more in advance by taking a look at this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/18/science/virus-outbreak-rabbits.html

    COVID-19 Rounds info:

    We will be more regularly offering National Shelter Medicine Rounds short term to discuss COVID-19 impacts on shelter medicine on Tuesdays from 3-4pm CT (1pmPT/2pmMT/4pmET)  and Thursdays from 2-3pm CT (12pmPT/1pmMT/3pmET). You are welcome to email questions or topics you hope to be discussed during rounds in advance to nationalsheltermedicinerounds@vetmed.wisc.edu and you are always encouraged to come prepared to unmute to ask questions and participate in discussion at any point. I will be sending email reminders of upcoming rounds in advance as well as sharing recordings after the fact.

    This group is made up of shelter veterinarians, shelter vet trainees, and upper level shelter leadership. If you know anyone that would like to be added to the national shelter medicine rounds email list to regularly receive scheduling updates and recordings moving forward, please have them email a request to be added to the email group to nationalsheltermedicinerounds@vetmed.wisc.edu.

    National Shelter Medicine Rounds is held on Zoom:

    https://zoom.us/j/520278731

    Meeting ID: 520 278 731

    One tap mobile

    +19292056099,,520278731# US (New York)

    +16699006833,,520278731# US (San Jose)

    Information shared during rounds, links to view rounds recordings and more information on National Shelter Medicine Rounds can be accessed in this public box folder: https://uwmadison.box.com/s/lh21g6odt0ab569qbdm2r2b0h4glg8gk

    National Shelter Medicine Rounds generally take place every 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month from 3:00-4:00pm CST with some cancellations for holidays and special events.

    Web Conference System Details:

    If you have not used Zoom before I’d recommend you join at the zoom link in advance to give it a test run on your computer as you’ll likely need to do a quick download. For audio, you can use either your computer if you have microphone capabilities or you can dial in from your phone. Here is a link to test your audio in advance if you would like to:https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362283-Testing-computer-or-device-audio In order to see the visuals that may be shared you must join either through your computer or download the app if joining from a mobile device.