Online Course - 4/16/21 to 4/18/21 - How I manage common ocular & cardiac problems - IVS (fee applies)
2021-04-18 08:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Gary & Kathy are going to discuss management of the most common problems that they encounter in their clinical practices. This course will present a practical approach to the diagnosis and management of these common problems using a combination of didactic and case-based teaching. This combination of a Cardiologist and an Ophthalmologist is sure to provide you with some very practical tips on a broad range of topics.
Kathryn Good D.V.M.
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists
Clinical Ophthalmologist
U.C. Davis
Gary Oswald D.V.M.
Diplomate, ACVIM (Cardiology)
Tampa, FL.

Seminar Schedule:
Single day registration available. All times are Eastern time. Seminars start each day at 8.00am Pacific, 9.00am Mtn, 10.00am Central & 11.00am Eastern
Friday April 16 (5.5 CE hrs)
8:00am – 1:30pm Pacific Time
11:00am – 4:30pm Eastern Time
Dr. Oswald:
11:00am – 1:45pm: ET

What’s important after 25 years in the clinic : cardiac examination, murmurs, gallops, arrhythmias, blood pressure, ECG & BNP. and Therapeutic approach to common arrhythmias
How to manage the asymptomatic patient with a murmur. Can congestive heart failure be prevented?

Dr. Good:
2:00pm – 4:30pm ET

This superficial ulcer won’t heal! What do I do now?
How do I treat an infected ulcer?
What prognostic test must I do with a ruptured eye?
Feline conjunctivitis: can I treat it like canine conjunctivitis?

Saturday April 17 (5.5 CE hrs)
11:00am-4:30 pm Eastern time
Dr. Good:
11:00am – 1:45pm: ET

Feline herpesvirus: What anti-viral do I use?
KCS: What do I do when cyclosporine doesn’t work?
When do I refer a patient for cataract surgery and what do I do in the meantime?
How do I differentiate cataracts from nuclear sclerosis?

Dr. Oswald:
2:00pm – 4:30pm ET

Furosemide versus Torsemide.
ACE-inhibitors versus Pimobendan.
ACE-inbitors versus Angiotensin Receptor Blockers (ARBs).
Management of Congestive Heart Failure.

Sunday April 18 (5CE hrs)
11:00am -4:00 pm Eastern time
Dr. Good:
11:00am – 1:30pm: ET

Golden retriever uveitis: What is it and why do I need to know about it?
Cherry eye surgery: Why won’t this gland stay in place?
Entropion: Any options other than the Hotz-Celsus?
How do I make any sense of my fundus examination findings?

Dr. Oswald:
1:40pm – 4:00pm ET

Feline cardiac disease
Update on feline thromboembolism
Managing CardioRenal Syndrome

Seminar Topics:

Practical ophthalmology topics:

This superficial ulcer won’t heal! What do I do now?
How do I treat an infected ulcer?
What prognostic test must I do with a ruptured eye?
Feline conjunctivitis: can I treat it like canine conjunctivitis?
Feline herpesvirus: What anti-viral do I use?
KCS: What do I do when cyclosporine doesn’t work?
When do I refer a patient for cataract surgery and what do I do in the meantime?
How do I differentiate cataracts from nuclear sclerosis?
Golden retriever uveitis: What is it and why do I need to know about it?
Cherry eye surgery: Why won’t this gland stay in place?
Entropion: Any options other than the Hotz-Celsus?
How do I make any sense of my fundus examination findings?

Practical Cardiovascular topics:

Cardiac Physical Exam / Recognizing and characterizing murmurs and arrhythmias
When should I do and how should I interpret blood pressure?
When to request cardiac biomarkers (BNP)

Identifying common arrhythmias
When is an echocardiogram needed?
How to manage the asymptomatic animal with a murmur

Can congestive heart failure be prevented?
ACE-inhibitors versus Pimobendan
ACE-inbitors versus Angiotensin Receptor Blockers (ARBs)

Stabilization of the patient with acute congestive heart failure
Furosemide versus Torsemide
Chronic management of MVD congestive heart failure
Chronic management of DCM congestive heart failure

Feline cardiac disease
Update on feline thromboembolism

Managing CardioRenal Syndrome

WEBSITE LINK: https://www.ivseminars.com/seminars/how-i-manage-common-ocular-cardiac-problems-live-online/

Online Course - 4/22/21 to 4/24/21 - Cancer therapy in practice today - IVS (fee applies)
2021-04-22 08:00 - 13:30, 2021-04-23 08:00 - 13:30, 2021-04-24 08:00 - 13:00
For this seminar I have asked the speakers to discuss practical topics of interest to the general practitioner. Dr. Philip Bergman is one of the leaders in medical oncology and Dr. Catriona MacPhail is one of the founding ACVS Fellows in surgical oncology. This combination is sure to answer your most common cancer management questions in a practical and informative presentation.
Philip Bergman D.V.M., Ph.D
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine-Oncology
Director of Clinical Studies, VCA-Antech
Oncologist, Katonah Bedford Veterinary Center
Bedford Hills, NY
Catriona MacPhail D.V.M., Ph.D.
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Professor of Surgery
Colorado State University
Seminar Schedule:

Single day registration available: Limited to 80 registrants each day to enhance the webinar question and answer experienceAll times are Eastern time. Seminars start each day at 8.00am Pacific, 9.00am Mtn, 10.00am Central & 11.00am Eastern
Thursday April 22 (5.5 CE hrs)
8:00am – 1:30pm Pacific11:00am – 4:30pm Eastern
11:00am – 1:45pm ET
Dr. MacPhail

Skin & Subcutaneous Mass Removal: Part 1 & 2

2:00pm – 4:30pm ET
Dr. Bergman

Mast Cell Tumors: The Latest and Greatest- What are the current recommendations?
TOP 10 Recent Advances in Canine and Feline Veterinary Oncology

Friday April 23 (5.5 CE hrs)
8:00am – 1:30pm Pacific11:00am – 4:30pm Eastern
11:00am – 1:45pm ET
Dr. MacPhail

Abdominal Oncologic Surgery: Explore & Biopsy
Abdominal Oncologic Surgery: Spleen & Liver

2:00pm – 4:30pm ET
Dr. Bergman

Paragynecology: Perianal and Mammary Tumors- what is the best way to manage?
Canine Lymphoma: How do I diagnose and are there effective treatments?
Feline Lymphoma: Cats are NOT Small Dogs- Can this be managed?
Early spay/neuter and cancer connection

Saturday April 24 (5.0CE hrs)
8:00am – 1:00pm Pacific11:00am – 4:00pm Eastern
11:00am – 1:30pm ET
Dr. Bergman

Pain control therapy
Osteosarcoma therapy update

1:40pm – 4:00pm ET
Dr. MacPhail

Abdominal Oncologic Surgery: GI Tract
Full & Partial Limb Amputation- my thoughts

Seminar Topics:

Topics to be included in the discussions:

Why Treat Cancer?
Lumps and Bumps: What can you do? What is the best way to diagnose the problem?
Canine Lymphoma: How do I diagnose and are there effective treatments?
Feline Lymphoma: Cats are NOT Small Dogs- Can this be managed?
Soft Tissue Sarcomas- What should I tell the owner?
Mast Cell Tumors: The Latest and Greatest- What are the current recommendations?
Feline Vaccine Associated Sarcoma- do we know what is the cause & how to treat?
Paragynecology: Perianal and Mammary Tumors- what is the best way to manage?
Oral Tumors: The good, the Bad and the Ugly- What about the Melanoma vaccine?
Feline Head and Neck Tumors- care we making any advances in management?
Paraneoplastic Syndromes- what should we be looking for?
Chemotherapy Associated Nausea/Emesis: What about the newer medications?
Pain control therapy
Early Spay/neuter and cancer?
Oncology Interactive Cases
Small bumps- How wide should the excisional margin be?
Splenectomy
Liver tumors
Resecting intestinal masses
Bladder masses

WEBSITE LINK: https://www.ivseminars.com/seminars/cancer-therapy-in-practice-today-live-online/

Online Workshop - 4/24/21 and 4/25/21 - The Power of Choice And How It Can Decrease Stress in Dogs - Loose Leash Academy (fee applies)
2021-04-24 09:00 - 17:00
Do you work with dogs who have big behavior issues and are stressed to the max?

Do you want to learn more about how giving dogs choices can help decrease their stress and improve behavior?

Do you want to add more to your toolbox for assessing and modifying behavior in stressed dogs?

Join Irith Bloom (CPDT-KSA, CBCC-KA, CDBC, CSAT, KPA CTP, VSPDT, CBATI, TAGteacher, VSDTA Faculty, DWA Faculty) and Kristina Spaulding (PhD, CAAB) for two days of interactive learning with working spots for 6 dogs. Irith and Kristina will present on the power of giving dogs choices and how it can decrease dogs’ stress and modify their behavior in a positive way. This workshop will help you hone your assessment and training/behavior plan development skills so you can work more successfully with dogs who are stressed out and have behavior issues.
This workshop is open to trainers, behavior consultants, veterinarians, shelter staff, and anyone else interested in learning more about the power of choice and how it can help decrease stress and improve behavior.
When: April 24th and 25th, 2021
Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM US Pacific Time Each Day
Where: Via Live Stream

REGISTER NOW

In this workshop the following topics will be covered:
What is stress?
Definitions and function
Physiology of stress
Why is chronic stress bad?
Effects on health, learning/memory, and behavior
Research on stress
How can we reduce stress?
Stress during development
Control (or the lack thereof)
Adding choice to daily life
Improving coping mechanisms
Enrichment
Cooperation from the animal learner
Training
Petting
Husbandry
Walks
“Room of one’s own”
Why don’t we already do this?
Human need for control
Lack of understanding/cultural fog
Delayed reinforcement (for human)
Teaching animals to make better (by human standards) choices
The matching law and why it matters
Foundation skills for a choice-rich life
Setting up the environment for success

The Schedule – subject to change
DAY ONE
Lecture: What is stress?
Definitions and function
Physiology of stress
Activity: How do you and your dog react to stress?
MORNING BREAK
Lecture: Why is chronic stress bad?
Effects on health, learning/memory, and behavior
Research on stress
Activity: Evaluate your dog’s chronic stress load
LUNCH BREAK
Lecture: How can we reduce stress?
Stress during development
Control (or the lack thereof)
Control as a mediator of stress
Activity: Giving your dog more control
BREAK
Lecture: Adding choice to daily life
Improving coping mechanisms
Enrichment
Activity: Evaluating enrichment options
END OF DAY

DAY TWO:
Lecture: Cooperation from the animal learner
Training
Petting
Husbandry
Walks
“Room of one’s own”
Activity: Choose what you want to
BREAK
Lecture: Why don’t we already give animals more choices?
Human need for control
Lack of understanding/cultural fog
Delayed reinforcement (for human)
Activity: Evaluate your own need for control
LUNCH BREAK
Lecture: Teaching animals to make better (by human standards) choices
The matching law and why it matters
Research on sub-optimal choice making
Cognitive bias in non-human animals
Activity: Matching law activity
BREAK
Lecture: Foundation skills for a choice-rich life
Setting up the environment for success
Activity: Foundation skill related activity

Speaker Bios
Irith Bloom, CPDT-KSA, CBCC-KA, CDBC, CSAT, KPA CTP, VSPDT, CBATI, VSDTA Faculty, DWA Faculty
Irith Bloom is the owner of The Sophisticated Dog, a pet training company based in Los Angeles. She has been training animals since the 1980s and has worked with everything from chickens and rabbits to dogs and horses—not to mention humans. A biologist by training, Irith is fascinated by the science of learning and presents at conferences and seminars worldwide. Her writing has been published both online and in print. She is on the board of the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers (CCPDT) and Chair Emeritus of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers (APDT).
In addition to her Certified Professional Dog Trainer-Knowledge & Skills Assessed (CPDT-KSA) and Certified Behavior Consultant Canine-Knowledge Assessed (CBCC-KA) certifications, Irith is a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant (CDBC); a Certified Separation Anxiety Trainer (CSAT); a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner (KPA CTP); a Victoria Stilwell Positively Dog Trainer (VSPDT); a Certified Behavior Adjustment Training Instructor (CBATI); and certified in TAGteach, a positive-reinforcement method for teaching humans. She is on the faculty at Victoria Stilwell Academy for Dog Training and Behavior as well as DogBiz’s Dog Walking Academy.
Irith has a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from the University of Pennsylvania. Her company, The Sophisticated Dog, LLC, offers online virtual training to clients worldwide, as well as in-person training in a limited area of Los Angeles, California. Irith volunteers with National English Shepherd Rescue; the Los Angeles County 2020 Healthy Pets Healthy Families Coalition (a One Health initiative aimed at improving the health and well-being of people and their pets throughout Los Angeles County); and Wallis Annenberg PetSpace

Kristina Spaulding, PhD, CAAB
Dr. Kristina Spaulding owns Smart Dog Training and Behavior LLC. She has a PhD in biopsychology – the study of the biological basis of behavior – and is a Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist through the Animal Behavior Society. Kristina has been in the dog training and behavior profession for 20 years.
In addition to working with behavior clients, Dr. Spaulding teaches a variety of online courses and webinars on the science of behavior. She conducts staff training on dog behavior for local veterinary clinics and animal shelters, and regularly presents on the science of animal behavior at training and behavior conferences.
In addition, Dr. Spaulding is a member of the APDT Education Committee. As a member of this group, she helps the APDT develop and evaluate their educational resources. In 2019, Dr. Spaulding received the Association of Professional Dog Trainer’s (APDT’s) Member of the Year Award. She is also a member of the Fear Free Advisory Group and an authorized Speaker for Fear Free which advocates for minimizing fear, anxiety and stress for pets around the country. She chairs the Quality of Care task force for Meeting of the Minds, a coalition of top dog professionals across the country charged with improving quality of life for our dogs.
Before opening Smart Dog, Dr. Spaulding earned her B.S. in Wildlife Ecology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. In college, she volunteered for a year at the local humane society. She was then hired by the same shelter. During her time at the animal shelter, she and a coworker established a training program for shelter dogs and their volunteer walkers to make the dogs more adoptable. She also served as an assistant trainer at Dog’s Best Friend, which was owned at that time by Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist Dr. Patricia McConnell. In 2000, Dr. Spaulding moved to Minnesota where she worked as a dog trainer at a local dog training school before moving to her permanent home in upstate New York.

WEBSITE LINK: https://thelooseleashacademy.com/seminars-list/power-of-choice
