Shelter Learniverse

Virtual Seminar - Thursdays in June - Shelter Behavior with Kelley Bollen - CalAnimals (open to non-members also)
2022-07-14 11:00 - 12:30, 2022-07-21 11:00 - 12:30, 2022-07-28 11:00 - 12:30, 2022-08-04 11:00 - 12:30, 2022-08-11 11:00 - 12:30, 2022-08-18 11:00 - 12:30, 2022-08-25 11:00 - 12:30, 2022-09-01 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) and 6 more dates
This 4 session VIRTUAL workshop designed for all levels of shelter staff will cover advice to resolve common dog and cat behavior problems to prevent surrender, a behavior perspective on intake and adoptions, canine behavior evaluations and decisions-making, and behavior modification in the shelter.
Each session is 90 minutes, from 11am to 12:30pm Pacific Time every Thursday in June, beginning June 4th.
The topics are:

Advice to Resolve Common Behavior Problems in Dogs and Cats to Prevent Surrender – June 4th

Intake and Adoptions – A Behavior Perspective – June 11th

Canine Behavior Evaluations and Disposition Decision Making – June 18th

Behavior Modification in the Shelter – June 25th

Tuition for entire series:
$40 Staff & Volunteers of CalAnimals Member Organizations – Remember to sign into the Member Portal to receive member discount.
$55 non-members
Complete your registration today. You will be automatically enrolled in ALL 4 sessions. A unique code and password will be emailed to you. The link may not be shared.

6/4/2020 to 6/25/2020

When:
All Thursdays in June
11am-12:30pm

Where:
VIRTUAL – 4 ZOOM WEBINARS

Presenter:
Kelley Bollen, MS, CABC

Contact:
Kathy Anderson
Kathy@CalAnimals.org

REGISTER HERE: https://calanimals.site-ym.com/event/KelleyBollenWorkshopJune

Online Event – 7/16/22 – Online Feline Leukemia Day – Community Cats Podcast (fee applies)
2022-07-16 07:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
The Community Cats Podcast is thrilled to announce that we will once again be holding our Online Feline Leukemia Day this year. Speakers from a wide range of fields from veterinarians to shelter specialists will bring you the latest information on Feline Leukemia studies, improvements in care, and suggestions to help you start and maintain policies and programs that will help you find homes for these special kitties.
The cost for registration is $25 but when you register before 12 p.m. EST on 6/16/22 the cost is just $20 for the full day of specialized learning opportunities!
WEBSITE LINK: https://www.communitycatspodcast.com/events/2022-online-feline-leukemia-day/

Online Event - 7/25/22 to 8/1/22 - Return to Home Challenge Registration Period - Maddie's Fund
2022-07-25 - 2022-08-01 | Virtual
At its core, the Return to Home Challenge is simple. Find a pet? Get it home. That home might be a cozy apartment, a house with a big yard or, if you’re a community cat, an abandoned lot.
For the month of October, 17 national organizations are inviting animal shelters and rescue organizations who handle lost/stray/at-large dogs and cats to elevate Return to Home (RTH) by creating a culture of return to home within their organization and community. In just 31 days, your organization can create or expand inclusive and diverse new programs or practices to make it easier for your community to help a lost pet or find a pet they have lost, and ultimately keep families together. Simple practices like microchipping, making information about lost pets easily accessible on your website and letting the community know what they should do if they find a cat can go a long way in keeping pets out of the shelter and getting them back into their homes.
Along with saving time, resources and shelter space to help those pets who really need it, you’ll have a chance at the $300,000 in grant prizes, thanks to Maddie’s Fund, Michelson Found Animals Foundation and Petco Love.
As with the previous Challenges, there will be plenty of help along the way. Resources from town halls, standard operating protocols, partnering with local businesses, creating flyers, photography tips and website best practices will be available. Additionally, four Zoom Huddles will be held with a diverse line-up of RTH experts. These Zoom events will bring you together with your peers who are successfully implementing RTH practices to share how they do it.
Note: This year we’ve expanded Return to Home to include the Return to Field/Shelter-neuter release (RTF/SNR) category in addition to the Return to Owner category on the Basic Data Matrix. Traditional trap-neuter-return, while invaluable to your community, is not included in this Challenge.
So, what do you say? Are you in? We hope so!
Learn more or register.
WEBSITE LINK: https://forum.maddiesfund.org/discussion/about-the-return-to-home-challenge#bme5a438b3-3d61-49e8-bb85-6ff62d1c6bcf

Online Event – 8/4/22 – Live from the Ranch: Changes in the Clicker Training Community – Karen Pryor Academy
2022-08-04 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Join Ken Ramirez, KPCT’s Chief Training Officer, for a free virtual event on Thursday, August 4, at 12:00 pm (PT). Ken will be joined by Alexandra Kurland, Emma Parsons, and Kathy Sdao to reflect on what we’ve learned and what’s changed in the clicker training community in the nearly twenty years since ClickerExpo began. The episode will include real-time training demos, audience Q&A, and more!
WEBSITE LINK: https://theranch.clickertraining.com/live/#next

VIN/NAVAS Rounds - 8/11/22 - Pain Scales in Small Animals: Options and How to Use Them - VIN/VSPN
2022-08-11 16:00 - 17:00 | Virtual
Verónica Salazar, LV, MS, PhD, DACVAA, DECVAA, presents, “Pain Scales in Small Animals: Options and How to Use Them.”
Invite your staff to attend via VSPN.
Attend this session to earn 1 hour free CE credit.
WEBSITE LINK: https://www.vin.com/doc/?id=11028155

Online Event - 8/24/22 - Maddie's Candid Conversation with Elijah Brice-Middleton - Maddie's Fund
2022-08-24 12:00 - 12:30 | Virtual
Join us for a brand-new season of open, informal 30-minute conversations and Q+A with influential BIPOC leaders in our field. You will be inspired by each speaker’s pathway to promoting equity, inclusion and diversity in their daily work.
In our Season 2 premiere, Elijah Brice-Middleton, Director at Plainfield Area Humane Society (PAHS) in New Jersey, reveals the values and skills he uses to face challenges of being, in his words, “a brown face in a white world.” Maddie’s Fund Executive Leadership Team member Mary Ippoliti-Smith hosts the discussion and Q+A.
Growing up in a household that cared for a menagerie of dogs, cats, snakes, monkeys, tarantulas and a bird named Diablo, Elijah learned early on to love all living creatures. That passion drove him to undergraduate degrees in behavioral ecology and evolutionary biology. On his way to a PhD in ecology, he realized something was missing. After a stint in the financial technologies sector on Wall Street, a happy, accidental interview led him into the field of animal well-being – and straight into the kennels of Animal Care Centers of New York. Now, as a leader at PAHS, he advocates cultivating the talents of his team so they have what they need to excel as professionals.
Afterwards, continue the conversation with Elijah on Maddie’s Pet Forum: https://maddies.fund/candidconvoElijahBriceMiddleton
The program will be recorded and made available on Maddie’s University for continuing education credit for both CAWA and NACA.
#Diversity,Equity,InclusionandJustice
WEBSITE LINK: https://maddiesfund-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYudeyrrz0rEtDN1lxqOKJTMdzXAbcF11gA

Online Event - 8/24/22 - Ending The Puppy Mill Battle - The Bridge Club
2022-08-24 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual
Today, 2+ million puppies are bred in puppy mills/year. This has caused a fierce battle, including among veterinary professionals. It is the practices who see firsthand both inhumane and humane mill operations. This conversation is about finding true solutions for puppy mills.

WEBSITE LINK: https://www.thebridgeclub.com/events/ending-the-puppy-mill-battle

Online Event - 9/1/22 – Live from the Ranch with Teoti Anderson and Clarissa Black - Karen Pryor Academy
2022-09-01 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Join Ken Ramirez, KPCT’s Chief Training Officer, for a free virtual event on Thursday, September 1, at 12:00 pm (PT) with special guests Teoti Anderson and Clarissa Black. The episode will include real-time training demos, audience Q&A, and more!
WEBSITE LINK: https://theranch.clickertraining.com/live/#this

Online Event - 9/7/22 - Return to Home Challenge Huddle 1 - Maddie's Fund
2022-09-07 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Please join us for 4 info-packed meetings with time for your questions. You need only register once and you’ll get a confirmation email with a single link you can use to log on each time.
All huddles start at 12n Pacific. They will be 20-minute presentations followed by 30 minutes for Q+A.
Wednesday, September 7
All animals in the community have identification / Animals are returned in the field rather than at the shelter
With Bobby Mann (Humane Rescue Alliance) and Adan Parra (El Paso Animal Services)
Bobby Mann Chief Programs Officer at Humane Rescue Alliance and adan parra Research & Management Assistant at El Paso Animal Services will be presenting on the first two Return to Home practices .
1. All animals in the community have identification

All animals leave the shelter microchipped and registered to both the chip manufacturer and Found Animals Registry whether adopted or Returned to Home
All animals are registered to Petco Love Lost
All animals leave the shelter wearing an ID tag and collar
All animals are given free or low-cost ID tags and collars when needed at the shelter or in the field
Organization offers microchipping to the public in a variety of ways (microchipping during open hours, community chipping/registration events and clinics, “Check-a-Chip” Event, individual outreach via Pets for Life-type programs)

2. Animals are returned in the field rather than at the shelter

Microchips are scanned in the field and searches are run in field (by officer or through dispatch, etc.)
Lost and found animals are posted on social media when staff receives call or finds animal
Neighbors and community are engaged immediately to help find owner
Ear-tipped cats are left in the field and not brought to the shelter (unless sick or injured) e. Signs are posted and door hangers are left for found animals​​

Upcoming:
Wednesday, September 14
Return to Home polices and lost/found techniques are marketed to the community / Technology is used to help reunite pets and owners
With Holly Reycraft (Castle of Dreams Animal Rescue Inc.), Aldwin Roman, CAWA (Charleston Animal Society) and Stefani Buzzard (Contra Costa County Animal Services)
Wednesday, September 21
Organization embraces a culture of Return to Home / Organization works with community to help facilitate Return to Homes
With Dyanna Uchiek (Portsmouth Humane) and Sandra Solis (Best Friends for Life (cats))
Wednesday, September 28
Regulations and laws encourage Return to Home / Other
With Glenda Davis (Animal Rez-Q, Inc.) and Mike Wheeler (Cabot Animal Support Services)
WEBSITE LINK: https://maddies.fund/RTHChallengeRegistration

VIN/IVAPM Rounds - 9/8/22 - Is It Pain or Behavioral: Using Digital Thermography to Aid in a Diagnosis - VIN/VSPN
2022-09-08 18:00 - 19:00 | Virtual
Join Emily Levine, DVM, DACVB, as she presents “Is It Pain or Behavioral: Using Digital Thermography to Aid in a Diagnosis.”
WEBSITE LINK: https://www.vin.com/doc/?id=11073047

Online Event – 9/11/22 – Online Return to Home Day – Community Cats Podcast (fee applies)
2022-09-11 07:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
Join the CCP Community and an incredible group of expert presenters to explore what “home” means to a kitty, as well as the ways the animal welfare community can help cats find homes, stay in homes, and get back to their homes when they’ve wandered too far from the caretakers that love them.
The cost to attend this event is $25 and early bird pricing will be available.
WEBSITE LINK: https://www.communitycatspodcast.com/events/2022-return-to-home-day/

Online Event – 9/14/22 – Return to Home Challenge Huddle 2 – Maddie’s Fund
2022-09-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Please join us for 4 info-packed meetings with time for your questions. You need only register once and you’ll get a confirmation email with a single link you can use to log on each time.
All huddles start at 12n Pacific. They will be 20-minute presentations followed by 30 minutes for Q+A.
Wednesday, September 14
Join us for the second huddle of the Return to Home challenge on Wednesday, September 14 at 12pm PT/3pm ET. The huddle will consist of a 20-minute presentation followed by a 30 minute Q&A.
Holly Reycraft (Castle of Dreams Animal Rescue Inc.), Aldwin Roman CAWA (Charleston Animal Society) and Stefani Buzzard (Contra Costa County Animal Services) will be presenting on the following Return to Home practices:
3. Return to Home polices and lost/found techniques are marketed to the community

Website contains content about importance of microchipping and registration,
including information about checking registration bi-annually
Website contains content about how to find lost animals
Website contains content about how to report lost and found animals
Website contains report/list of lost and found animals (or posted to social media
if unable to do so on website)
Magnets and business cards with info for lost animals are distributed to the
community
Animals used in organization’s marketing and communications have visible
identification (collar/tags)
Marketing campaigns are launched around Return to Home as the best outcome
for the animal

6. Technology is used to help reunite pets and owners

. Skip-tracing subscriptions help locate people who have moved or changed phone
numbers
Social media is searched for lost pet posts
Owners are called, texted, emailed, contacted via social media or visited in
person
Adoptimize software is used to create clear, accurate photos of lost pets to
increase chances of reunions
Administrators of the local lost and found pet pages are partners in reunification
Maximize use of Petco Love Lost to help reunite pets and owners​​

Upcoming:
Wednesday, September 21
Organization embraces a culture of Return to Home / Organization works with community to help facilitate Return to Homes
With Dyanna Uchiek (Portsmouth Humane) and Sandra Solis (Best Friends for Life (cats))
Wednesday, September 28
Regulations and laws encourage Return to Home / Other
With Glenda Davis (Animal Rez-Q, Inc.) and Mike Wheeler (Cabot Animal Support Services)
WEBSITE LINK: https://maddies.fund/RTHChallengeRegistration

Online Event – 9/21/22 – Return to Home Challenge Huddle 3 – Maddie’s Fund
2022-09-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Please join us for 4 info-packed meetings with time for your questions. You need only register once and you’ll get a confirmation email with a single link you can use to log on each time.
All huddles start at 12n Pacific. They will be 20-minute presentations followed by 30 minutes for Q+A.
On September 21, Dyanna Uchiek (Portsmouth Humane) and Sandra Solis (Best Friends for Life) will be presenting on the following Return to Home practices:
4. Organization embraces a culture of Return to Home

Staff/volunteer position dedicated to pet reunification is created or expanded
Organizations create internal SOPs, tracking system and Return to Home goals
Staff/volunteers are recognized/rewarded for successful reunifications
LOS and cost of care for strays vs. cost of returning in field is recorded, analyzed
and shared
Stories of successful reunions are shared with team, stakeholders and
community members
Every member of organization is trained in lost and found practices (e.g.,
Maddie’s University Lost Pet Reunification course)
Lost and found practices are discussed at time of adoption or Return to Home,
including species-specific information
Return to Home policies include keeping/returning Community Cats to their
environment

5. Organization works with community to help facilitate Return to Homes

Partnerships exist with local businesses (e.g., veterinarians, pet supply stores),
community centers and churches and other partners
Volunteers in high stray intake areas foster lost animals and help look for owners
“Finder to Foster” programs are implemented and used before animals are
brought to shelter
Utilities companies help find contact information for owners

Upcoming:
Wednesday, September 28
Regulations and laws encourage Return to Home / Other
With Glenda Davis (Animal Rez-Q, Inc.) and Mike Wheeler (Cabot Animal Support Services)
WEBSITE LINK: https://maddies.fund/RTHChallengeRegistration

Online Event – 9/27/22 – Maddie’s Candid Conversation with José Ocaño – Maddie’s Fund
2022-09-27 12:00 - 12:30 | Virtual
From a very early age, José Ocaño learned to care for animals thanks to his mom who instilled a love of living things and helping people. Growing up in Barrio Anita gave Jose the grit, tenacity and life skills he would later need to work in some of the most challenging ecosystems. But just like the people from his community, José’s resilience and heart carry him forward.
On the eve of National Hispanic Heritage Month, join us for a conversation with José and Maddie’s Fund Executive Leadership Team member Mary Ippoliti-Smith. Afterwards, continue the conversation with José right here on Maddie’s Pet Forum: https://maddies.fund/candidconvoJoseOcano
Register for the call here: https://maddies.fund/JoseOcanoRegister
The program will be recorded and made available on Maddie’s University for continuing education credit for both CAWA and NACA.
WEBSITE LINK: https://maddies.fund/JoseOcanoRegister

Online Event – 9/28/22 – Return to Home Challenge Huddle 4 – Maddie’s Fund
2022-09-28 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Join us for the final huddle of the Return to Home challenge on Wednesday, September 28 at 12pm PT/3pm ET. The huddle will consist of a 20-minute presentation followed by a 30 minute Q&A.
Glenda Davis (Animal Rez-Q, Inc.) and Mike Wheeler (Cabot Animal Support Services) will be presenting on the following Return to Home practices:
7. Regulations and laws encourage Return to Home

Redemption fees can be waived or reduced; if not possible, offer affordable
payment plans; donation-based fund for redemption; mandatory s/n for
redemption can be waived
Review state and local ordinances against internal policies to ensure what is truly
required by law and what is aiding or hampering Return to Home
Organization works with owners to fix problems that lead to lost animals (e.g.,
mending doors and fences )
Encourage microchipping over mandatory licensing
Ordinances allow for Community Cats to remain in their environment

8. Other

Something not on this list. Use your imagination!

WEBSITE LINK: https://maddies.fund/RTHChallengeRegistration

Online Event - 10/4/22 - YouTube Live: Chronic Vomiting Cats: What Can We Do? - VETGirl
2022-10-04 09:00 - 09:30 | Virtual
Oh, that vomiting cat!
In this complimentary, 30-minute, VETgirl–Blue Buffalo YouTube LIVE event, Dr. Adam Rudinsky, MS, DACVIM reviews the problem of vomiting in cats. He will discuss how prevalent, concerning, and important chronic vomiting is to the health and well-being of our feline patient population. Help debunk the myth of ‘normal vomiting’ in cats! Tune in to get a clinical update on appropriate strategies to screen, diagnose and treat your chronic vomiting feline patients.
NOTE: There is no registration required for this CE opportunity. Simply go to our YouTube Page where the webinar will be held LIVE at the time of the event!
Thanks to sponsorship from Blue Buffalo, this YouTube LIVE event is FREE to all! Earn RACE-approved CE when you watch it LIVE!
Not a VETgirl ELITE member? Get your learning on with the #1 veterinary CE resource – clinically relevant, practical, and accessible 24/7 on your own time! Don’t miss out – click HERE to join now!
*Note: Viewing this webinar is for individual use only; VETgirl webinars are not designed nor meant to be viewed in a group setting due to RACE-CE audit purposes. Inappropriate sharing or viewing of the webinar may result in revoking of membership.
WEBSITE LINK: https://vetgirlontherun.com/webinars/october-4-2022-youtube-live-chronic-vomiting-cats-what-can-we-do/

Online Event – 10/6/22 – Live from the Ranch with Dr. Erica Feuerbacher, Allison Kao, and Dustin Longstreet – Karen Pryor Academy
2022-10-06 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Join Ken Ramirez, KPCT’s Chief Training Officer, for a free virtual event on Thursday, October 6, at 12:00 pm (PT) with special guests Dr. Erica Feuerbacher, Allison Kao, and Dustin Longstreet. The episode will include real-time training demos, audience Q&A, and more!
WEBSITE LINK: https://theranch.clickertraining.com/live/#next
