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SUMMARY:Online Event - 8/18/20 - Veterinary Virtual Care Summit - NAVC
DESCRIPTION:Veterinary Virtual Care Summit \nBrought to you by: VVCA\, VIS\, NAVC \nThe Future Is Now.\nDiscover the world of veterinary virtual care \nIntroducing the Veterinary Virtual Care Summit\nAugust 18\, 2020 | 11:00 AM EDT \nGet inspired with this FREE high-impact\, one-day virtual experience that will leave you energized and excited to enter the new age of veterinary medicine. Whether you work in a clinical or corporate setting\, or if you’re still in school\, the Veterinary Virtual Care Summit invites you to take your understanding of virtual care to the next level. \nWe’ll help you create more efficient workflows\, enhance your staff training\, and increase your profitability with virtual care. With better tools to help more animals\, veterinary virtual care can elevate your practice and enhance your daily life. \nElevate your standard of care.  \nWith 5.5 hours of education\, networking\, and experiential growth\, the Veterinary Virtual Care Summit is free of charge to veterinarians\, technicians\, and anyone else interested in elevating the level of care they provide to animals. \nTopics to include:  \n\n\n\nBuilding a Virtual Care Ecosystem\nEconomics of Virtual Care\n\n\nEnhancing the Customer Experience\nExpanding Access to Care\n\n\nHospice and End of Life Care\nHuman Telemedicine Lessons\n\n\nMaking your Website Work for You\nVet Techs in Virtual Care\n\n\nQ&A With Dr. Lori Teller\nVirtual Communication\n\n\nWearables/Remote Monitoring\nWorkflow Implementation\n\n\n\nThis FREE event is brought to by our generous sponsors: \nVVCA Charter Sponsors: \n \n  \nVVCA Executive Sponsors: \n\n\n\nAirvet\nAnimal Policy Group\n\n\nAVMA\nBrief Media\n\n\nCompassion First\nElanco\n\n\nEthos\nHill’s Pet Nutrition\n\n\nMars Veterinary Health\nMedici\n\n\nMerck\nMWI\n\n\nPathway Partners\nPetDesk\n\n\nPetsApp\nSmart.vet\n\n\nWellHaven\nwhiskerDocs\n\n\nVetsource\nVeterinary Innovation Summit\n\n\nTelevet\nNAVC\n\n\nNationwide\n\n\n\n\nVVCA General Sponsor:\nAMB Wealth \nVVCA Digital Sponsors\nMedi-Productions \nWEBSITE LINK:  https://navc.com/events/veterinary-virtual-care-summit/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Seminar - Thursdays in June - Shelter Behavior with Kelley Bollen - CalAnimals (open to non-members also)
DESCRIPTION: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. \nEach session is 90 minutes\, from 11am to 12:30pm Pacific Time every Thursday in June\, beginning June 4th. \nThe topics are: \n\n\nAdvice to Resolve Common Behavior Problems in Dogs and Cats to Prevent Surrender – June 4th \n\n\nIntake and Adoptions – A Behavior Perspective  – June 11th \n\n\nCanine Behavior Evaluations and Disposition Decision Making – June 18th \n\n\nBehavior Modification in the Shelter – June 25th \n\n\nTuition for entire series: \n$40 Staff & Volunteers of CalAnimals Member Organizations – Remember to sign into the Member Portal to receive member discount. \n$55 non-members \nComplete 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. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n6/4/2020 to 6/25/2020\n\n\nWhen:\nAll Thursdays in June\n11am-12:30pm\n\n\nWhere:\nVIRTUAL – 4 ZOOM WEBINARS\n\n\nPresenter:\nKelley Bollen\, MS\, CABC\n\n\nContact:\nKathy Anderson\nKathy@CalAnimals.org\n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE:  https://calanimals.site-ym.com/event/KelleyBollenWorkshopJune
URL:https://www.sheltermedportal.com/event/virtual-seminar-thursdays-in-june-shelter-behavior-with-kelley-bollen-calanimals-open-to-non-members-also/2020-08-20/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200820T120000
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SUMMARY:Online Event - 8/20/20 - Ken Ramirez\, Malena DeMartinin-Price and Terrie Hayward - Helping Animals Overcome Separation Anxiety - Karen Pryor Academy
DESCRIPTION:LIVE FROM THE RANCH\n\nJoin Ken Ramirez\, KPCT’s Chief Training Officer\, for a free hour-long virtual event live from The Ranch on Thursday\, August 20 at 12:00 pm (PT). Ken will be joined by Malena DeMartini-Price and Terrie Hayward to talk about ways to help our animals overcome separation anxiety. \nKen Ramirez is the EVP and Chief Training Officer at Karen Pryor Clicker Training\, co-leading the company with Aaron Clayton. Ken oversees the vision for\, and development of\, training education programs. You will usually find Ken teaching at a ClickerExpo conference\, leading a course at the Karen Pryor National Training Center (The Ranch)\, or teaching one of the Karen Pryor Academy courses.A 40+ year veteran of animal care and training\, Ken is a biologist and behaviorist who has supervised the development care and training of more than 40\,000 species. He has worked with organizations across the globe to improve animal training\, program effectiveness\, and animal health and welfare. Ken’s diverse body of contributions includes designing and implementing conservation projects for elephant protection and spearheading projects to train everything from komodo dragons to butterflies. Ken’s extensive canine work includes working with trainers\, organizations\, and federal and state agencies on training procedures for topics including aggression\, search-and-rescue\, and scent detection. \nKen has written/edited two successful books\, taught at a major university\, hosted two successful seasons of the television series Talk to the Animals\, and was EVP of animal care and training at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium. When he’s not doing cool stuff with animals and people\, you might find Ken at a NY theater or at any movie screening. \nMalena DeMartini\, CTC\, is renowned in the dog training world for her work on canine separation anxiety (SA) disorder. Her book\, Treating Separation Anxiety in Dogs\, has helped countless numbers of dogs and her recent online course for guardians called Mission: POSSIBLE is proving to be an invaluable resource in the industry. In addition to writing and lecturing worldwide\, Malena oversees a team of top SA trainers and runs an internationally accessible certification program for accomplished dog professionals looking to hone their skills. Malena is passionate about furthering education in this field through science-based methods – her next book will be coming out in October of 2020. \nTerrie Hayward is a certified professional animal trainer and the owner of PAW-Positive Animal Wellness\, LLC\, in Rincon\, Puerto Rico. She specializes in working with deaf dogs and with dogs suffering from canine separation anxiety. \nTerrie holds a master’s degree in education. She is a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner (KPA CTP) and a KPA faculty member. Terrie is certified by the Council for Professional Dog Trainers and is a Certified Member of the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants. \nTerrie works with families and their animal companions\, presents workshops\, travels\, and consults—always focusing on positive reinforcement interactions and modifying behavior through applications in behavior analysis. She is the author of A Deaf Dog Joins the Family: Training\, Education\, and Communication for a Smooth Transition and the co-author of the new book Grooming Without Stress: Safer\, Quicker\, Happier as well as the now-available Your 10 Minute a Day Dog. Terrie has published behavior and training articles in Bark Magazine\, Grooming Business\, Pet Business\, Deaf Dogs Rock\, and on the Karen Pryor Clicker Training website. \nLearn more about Terrie on her website or on Facebook or LinkedIn. \nWEBSITE LINK:  https://theranch.clickertraining.com/live/#next
URL:https://www.sheltermedportal.com/event/online-event-8-20-20-ken-ramirez-malena-demartinin-price-and-terrie-hayward-helping-animals-overcome-separation-anxiety-karen-pryor-academy/
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SUMMARY:Town Hall - 3 Part Mini-Series - 8/13/20\, 8/20/20\, 8/27/20 - 2020: the Times They Are A-Changin' - Best Friends
DESCRIPTION:Town Hall Mini-Series\nAugust 13\, 20\, 27 @ 6:00 PM EST \n2020: the times they are a-changin’ \nThe impacts of COVID-19 on every aspect of life are immeasurable and animal welfare is no exception. However\, one of the greatest realizations to emerge from the pandemic is that real change is possible in our field. \nJoin us for a three-part series as we dive into navigating the landscape of change\, especially as it pertains to leveraging our communities and removing barriers to support lifesaving work. \nWe will hear from Best Friends staff members who underwent personal transformations in previous roles and network partners who worked through shifting organizational operations. In the final town hall of the series\, we will come together for an open discussion where no question is off limits. \nRegister here. \nYou can view previous Town Halls here. \nWEBSITE LINK:  https://network.bestfriends.org/lifesaving-library/covid-19/upcoming-virtual-events
URL:https://www.sheltermedportal.com/event/town-hall-3-part-mini-series-8-13-20-8-20-20-8-27-20-2020-the-times-they-are-a-changin-best-friends/2020-08-20/
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SUMMARY:Webinar - 8/20/20 - Veterinary Medicine in the COVID-19 Era: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going? J. Scott Weese\, DVM\, DVSc\, DACVIM (LAIM) - VIN/VSPN
DESCRIPTION:In this rounds… \nIt’s been over 6 months since SARS-CoV-2 arrived in North America. This session will take a look at where we stand on the epidemic curve\, highlight proven and unproven mitigation measures\, update what we know about animals\, and focus on how we continue to function. \nWEBSITE LINK:  https://www.vin.com/vinmembers/rounds?id=9760247
URL:https://www.sheltermedportal.com/event/webinar-8-20-20-veterinary-medicine-in-the-covid-19-era-where-are-we-now-and-where-are-we-going-j-scott-weese-dvm-dvsc-dacvim-laim-vin-vspn/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200821T130000
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SUMMARY:Online Event - Wednesdays - Maddie's Instructor Summit - AmPa!
DESCRIPTION:The AmPA! weekly Maddie’s Instructor Summit offers shelters and rescues a chance to talk through the most current animal sheltering challenges! Topics will change each week. \nYou’ll join Dr. Ellen Jefferson and the instructors from Maddie’s Lifesaving Academy\, as well as other industry leaders\, but\, more importantly\, you’ll be able to engage face to face (digitally!) with people like you. Because not feeling alone makes this work a lot easier. \nClick this link to join at 3pm CT: https://bit.ly/3cjHM5I \nWEBSITE LINK:  Facebook Page With Info – Click Here
URL:https://www.sheltermedportal.com/event/online-event-6-19-20-maddies-instructor-summit-ampa-2020-08-28-2020-09-30-2020-10-02/2020-08-21/
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SUMMARY:Online Event - Fridays - Maddie's Instructor Summit - AmPa!
DESCRIPTION:The AmPA! weekly Maddie’s Instructor Summit offers shelters and rescues a chance to talk through the most current animal sheltering challenges! Topics will change each week. \nYou’ll join Dr. Ellen Jefferson and the instructors from Maddie’s Lifesaving Academy\, as well as other industry leaders\, but\, more importantly\, you’ll be able to engage face to face (digitally!) with people like you. Because not feeling alone makes this work a lot easier. \nClick this link to join at 3pm CT: https://bit.ly/3cjHM5I \nWEBSITE LINK:  Facebook Page With Info – Click Here
URL:https://www.sheltermedportal.com/event/online-event-6-19-20-maddies-instructor-summit-ampa/2020-08-21/
CATEGORIES:Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200821T130000
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SUMMARY:Online Event - Fridays - Maddie's Instructor Summit - AmPa!
DESCRIPTION:The AmPA! weekly Maddie’s Instructor Summit offers shelters and rescues a chance to talk through the most current animal sheltering challenges! Topics will change each week. \nYou’ll join Dr. Ellen Jefferson and the instructors from Maddie’s Lifesaving Academy\, as well as other industry leaders\, but\, more importantly\, you’ll be able to engage face to face (digitally!) with people like you. Because not feeling alone makes this work a lot easier. \nClick this link to join at 3pm CT: https://bit.ly/3cjHM5I \nWEBSITE LINK:  Facebook Page With Info – Click Here
URL:https://www.sheltermedportal.com/event/online-event-6-19-20-maddies-instructor-summit-ampa-2020-08-28/2020-08-21/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200822T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200822T110000
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SUMMARY:Webinar Series - Saturdays August 2020 - Managing Dog-Dog Interactions and Avoiding Dog-Play Dangers - Sue Sternberg - PuppyWorks
DESCRIPTION:This is a 4 part series of live online webinars – 2 hours each Saturday in August.  The seminar will include Assessing Dog-Dog Reactivity and Interactions\, Dog Play Dangers:  What to watch for at dog parks\, daycare\, shelters and among dogs at home\, Managing in the Real World with a Reactive or Non-Reactive Dog\, and Socialization Techniques for Puppies and Adolescents to Prevent Reactivity Before it Starts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n SEMINAR PROGRAM \n​All Segments are streamed live & online at the following U.S./ Canada times: 12:00 Noon (East coast); 11:00 AM (Central); 10:00 AM (Mountain); 9:00 AM (West Coast) \n\nEach segment starts with Sue’s presentation of about 1 1/4 hrs. (75 min.)\, followed by a 15 minute “coffee break” and ends with 45 minute Q/A session during which Sue will respond to on-line attendee questions.\nAttendees may submit videos (1 min. or less) of dog-dog encounters for Sue to comment on.\nAttendees will be able to access a complete recording of each session they attend\, for 1 year.\n\n​​ Saturday\, August 1: Assessing Dog-Dog Reactivity & Interactions   \n\n\nHow to use the Assess-A- Pet four-step\, on-leash procedures to look for low risk\, moderate risk\, and high risk responses in dogs \n\n\n​ Saturday\, August 8: Avoiding Dog-Play Dangers   \n\nHow to assess dog-dog engagements to look for compatible playmates\nObserving low risk behaviors\, moderate risk\, and high risk behaviors\nWhen to interrupt\nHow to interrupt\nHow much play is healthy or necessary?\n\n​ Saturday\, August 15: Managing in the Real World with a Reactive or Non-Reactive Dog   \n\nIs there more reactivity today than ever?\nReactivity is contagious\nPossible contributing factors for reactivity\nWhat if EVERY dog owner managed his or her dog AS IF he were reactive?\nHow to manage a dog in public or in private spaces\nSensitive events for triggering reactivity\nTraining tips for reactivity\n\n  Saturday\, August 22: Socializing Techniques for Puppies & Adolescents   \n\nPrevent Reactivity Before it Starts\nAre current puppy classes designed for today’s world? What kind of socialization is best for puppies\, so they grow up into dogs that\, while out in public\, are able to ignore most other dogs\, while remaining connected with their owners.\nWhat if instead of a puppy\, someone gets an older dog? Is it still possible to provide socialization?\n\nAugust 1\, 2020 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAssessing Dog-Dog Reactivity & Interactions\n2-Hour Webinar\n2 CEU’s\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAugust 8\, 2020\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDog Play Dangers:\nWhat to watch for at Dog Parks\, Daycare\, Shelters & among Dogs at Home\n2-Hour Webinar\n2 CEU’s\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAugust 15\, 2020\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nManaging in the Real World with a Reactive or Non-Reactive Dog\n2-Hour Webinar\n2 CEU’s\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAugust 22\, 2020\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSocialization Techniques for Puppies & Adolescents to Prevent Reactivity Before it Starts\n2-Hour Webinar\n2 CEU’s\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n SPEAKER PROFILE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSUE STERNBERG (www.suesternberg.com)\, is the  winner of APDT’s  2016 Lifetime Achievement Award. \nShe founded the shelter featured in an  HBO documentary: Shelter Dogs (www.shelterdogs.org).  She has developed national programs\, such as Training Wheels® for community shelter outreach and dedicated herself to ensuring the quality of life of animals in their communities\, at animal shelters and in safe adoptions. Her 30 years of canine behavior experience\, includes as an animal control officer\, behavior consultant  at the ASPCA\, shelter owner\,  successful competitor in dog sports\, and a teacher of dog trainers world-wide. \nShe is the author of Great Dog Adoptions: A Guide for Shelters (Latham Foundation publication) and Successful Dog Adoption published by Wiley. Her most recent publications (all published by Dogwise) include Out and About With Your Dog\, Dog-Dog Interactions\,  Assessing Aggression Thresholds in Dogs and  Understanding Sociability (DVD). \nClick here for Sue’s website. \n\nWEBINAR LINK:  https://www.puppyworks.com/sternbergwebinar
URL:https://www.sheltermedportal.com/event/webinar-series-august-2020-managing-dog-dog-interactions-and-avoiding-dog-play-dangers-sue-sternberg-puppyworks/2020-08-22/
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