Shelter Playgroup Alliance Presents (fee applies): This series of educational modules will prepare participants to manage playgroups using the LIMA ethical standard and use conspecific interactions for behavior modification.
IAABC Presents (fee applies): The IAABC Animal Behavior Consulting Principles & Practice Course is a unique twelve-week, a multi-module course providing a comprehensive overview of the many facets of animal behavior consulting for all species. The course is appropriate for experienced behavior consultants and practitioners as well as those newer to the field with a strong interest in animal behavior.
Community Cats Podcast Presents (small fee applies): Are you ready to be part of the solution for feral and stray cats in your neighborhood? Our expert instructors will teach you best practices for Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) and colony management. Learn what TNR is and why it works.
Humane Network/UoP Presents (fee applies): This award-winning online certificate program provides practical information and valuable networking for current sheltering professionals, those looking to advance their career, or move into the field of animal sheltering. The program’s courses include leadership, shelter operations, community program development, animal health/clinic operations, and marketing/development.
IAABC Presents (fee applies): This course will teach you about canine communication, play, greetings, conflict resolution behaviors, and puppy social development. Dig into the science of canine social behavior, with an emphasis on dog-to-dog social interactions.
CVMA Presents (fee applies to non-members): With several new laws taking effect in 2023, it is important for veterinary practices to have a clear view of the legal landscape to ensure continuing compliance. This talk will cover new and important laws that all employers and employees should be aware of moving forward.
IAABC Presents (fee applies): True expertise requires going beyond instrumental and classical conditioning, and understanding everything possible about each individual animal and species we’re training. This course will forever change how you think about the animals we live and work with.
IAABC Presents (fee applies): Introducing our new Canine Ethology Online Training Bundle! Combining Dr. Kristina Spaulding’s Fundamentals of Ethology and What Is a Dog? The Ethology of Our Best Friend courses, this package will provide an in-depth view of ethology and how it pertains to the canine species.
Shelter Behavior Hub Presents (fee applies): This 13 week deep dive into all things shelter behavior will help you create evidence-based policy and procedures for your shelter behavior department. Weekly live mentorship meetings and a discussion community allows us all to help one another!
Community Cats Podcast Presents (small fee applies): Dr. Rachel Geller of All Cats All the Time shares her wisdom on preventing cat surrender as yet another tactic to ease the burden on shelters AND keep cats where they belong, with their family. Join this session to learn what surrender prevention is and why it works.
Shelter Playgroup Alliance Presents (fee applies): This series of educational modules will prepare participants to manage playgroups using the LIMA ethical standard and use conspecific interactions for behavior modification.
CVMA Presents (fee applies to non-members): With several new laws taking effect in 2023, it is important for veterinary practices to have a clear view of the legal landscape to ensure continuing compliance. This talk will cover new and important laws that all employers and employees should be aware of moving forward.
Humane Network/UoP Presents (fee applies): Comprehensive behavior programs are essential to keep the animals behaviorally and emotionally healthy during their stay. This eight-week course will give you the knowledge and skills to develop an effective behavior program aimed at improving the welfare of the animals in your care.
University of Florida – Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program Presents (fee applies): Compassion Fatigue Strategies is a unique online course designed to support people who work with animals. The course will help you recognize signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue, learn to manage your stress levels and increase your self-care practices, connect with the rewards of your work, build your resiliency, and commit to making successful changes in your life and in your organization.
IAABC Presents (fee applies): Training is simple, but it’s not easy! There’s canine learning to understand, practical skills and timing to master, and of course, the human part of the equation to consider. Professional Dog Training: Science & Application is a comprehensive 20-week program designed to provide you with the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to succeed as a dog trainer.
IAABC Presents (fee applies): Michele Pouliot demonstrates and explains how to train reliable behaviors around surprises, temptations, and all those daily events that present challenges for dogs. Trainers working with companion and sports dogs, as well as guide dogs, will benefit from this!
IAABC Presents (fee applies): This course takes a deep dive into our understanding of dogs as a species, and therefore how we live with them and train them, how they learn, and how we can best solve behavioral issues if they arise.
Humane Network/UoP Presents (fee applies): This award-winning online certificate program provides practical information and valuable networking for current sheltering professionals, those looking to advance their career, or move into the field of animal sheltering. The program’s courses include leadership, shelter operations, community program development, animal health/clinic operations, and marketing/development.
IAABC Presents (fee applies): Jim Crosby is widely recognized as an expert in the field of dog bites, dog aggression, and fatal dog attacks. In this four-part course, Jim is sharing his hard-won knowledge and experience about dog aggression, bites, communication, and what we can do with all of this as we go through our personal and professional journeys through the canine world.
IAABC Presents (fee applies): This course will help you think scientifically about animal training and behavior consulting for all species, understand and break training into component principles, understand environmental events that maintain behavior, increase your ability to be humane and effective, and more.
