All Day

In-Person Workshop – 1/13/25 to 1/16/25 – Shelter Behavior & Enrichment Workshop – Shelter Playgroup Alliance (fee applies)

Virtual

Shelter Playgroup Alliance Presents (fee applies): Don’t miss out on this hands-on workshop to build essential skills for safely working with dogs in the shelter over four days at Berkeley Animal Care Services. You will work in small groups along side experienced, certified coaches to build your skills in a supportive and constructive environment. Join us January 13-16, 2026, and you will earn a Certificate of Completion, as well as the confidence and skills to improve the lives of the animals in your care.

$800

Webinar – 1/14/26 – Capacity for Care: Setting the Right Target & Finding Tools to Stay There – CalAnimals

Virtual

CalAnimals Presents: In this practical webinar, Dr. Kate Hurley from the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program will cover the specifics of how to calculate the right target number to maximize life-saving while optimizing animal health and welfare – and staff sanity. Annette Ramirez, Interim General Manager from LAAS, along with members of her team, will share their agency’s experience of going from severe crowding to attaining, and more importantly maintaining, a population pretty close to their Capacity for Care. It’s a pretty inspiring example and we hope it will be a useful one for many shelters facing similar challenges.

Free

Online Event – Monthly – Journey You Own Meditation Gathering – JYO

Virtual

JYO Presents: The guided meditations happen every month and typically run 30-45 minutes. All are welcome to these very low-key sessions, with videos on or off, whatever feels most comfortable to you. No speaking is necessary unless you’d like to share at the end of the session.

Free