CalAnimals Presents: Please join us for an opportunity to learn about GoodPup, an online and app-based training program over video chat that aims to make positive reinforcement training more accessible and increase the training completion rates for dogs coming out of rescues and shelters.
VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): In this VETgirl practice management webinar, Dr. Heather Douglas, MBA, CVA reviews how to empower your veterinary team by helping your staff members reach their own personal career potential. Avoid the trap of squelching your team potential and recognize the true value to your practice.
PPG Presents (fee applies): This session will present an understanding the influence of thyroid disease on canine emotional disorders. Enjoy an evidenced-based journey through the research on thyroid disease and its effect on canine behavior.
VETGirl Presents: Join us for a complimentary VETgirl–Elanco webinar, where Dr. Andrew Jackson, DACVS reviews how we can use multimodal pain therapy during surgical procedures. This webinar will review surgical pain control, discuss how to implement local anesthesia in your veterinary practice, and what the expected effects and cost management of medications are.
HSVMA Presents: During this behavior webinar we will explore the process of diagnosing common behavior problems in dogs and cats and outline the steps needed when creating and implementing a behavior plan. We will discuss the difference between a primary behavioral problem and a training issue and which cases we should handle and which we should refer to a behaviorist.
EveryCat Health Foundation Presents: The lecture will review the common forms of feline heart disease with a concentration on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the most common form of heart disease in cats. Common clinical signs and diagnostic tests will be reviewed. There will also be a presentation of commonly used drugs to treat feline heart disease.
FDSA Presents (fee applies): We all know that medical issues can influence behavior. Dogs who don’t feel well can be cranky, or more anxious than normal – just like humans! But what about less obvious “red flags” for a physical problem that you might not be aware of?
ACVB Presents (fee applies): This lecture will give an overview of the main classes of drugs used for daily and as needed treatment of emotional disorders in dogs and cats – how they work, what the therapeutic expectations are for each, and what side effects may be expected. Drug interactions, adverse effects, and weaning protocols will also be discussed.
FDSA Presents (fee applies): A follow-up to Sarah’s Happy Crating program, this webinar dives deeper into next steps, common crating missteps, and the solutions for such issues as barking, FOMO, and refusal to enter the crate. Happy Crating gives you the foundation, and Happier Crating takes it all that much further!
VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary VETgirl–Zoetis webinar, Dr. Michael R. Lappin, DACVIM, PhD will discuss current issues related to the prevention of infectious diseases in cats. Tune in to learn current thoughts on injection side sarcomas and vaccine-associated side effects, while maximizing the benefits of feline vaccinations. Find out how to avoid real or perceived adverse events or if there are alternative protocols to consider!
VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary VETgirl–Merck Animal Health YouTube LIVE event, Dr. Michael Canfield, DACVD reviews ear anatomy, equipment, clinical procedures, and treatment of otitis externa to promote quality patient outcomes.
Network for Good Presents: It is imperative that your organization participates in the end of year giving season. But during such a busy time, how do you ensure your year-end giving plan is going to work? How do you ensure your precious time is well spent? Join Professional Fundraising Coach, Robin Cabral, to kick your year-end off the right way.
HeARTs Speak Presents: This 1-hour workshop examines the easy-to-implement, often subtle shifts we can make to reach new audiences and the power of positivity in building relationships and changing minds. With a focus on imagery, the language we use, and transparency, we’ll also explore how the concept of positive marketing contributes to life-saving goals.
VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): In this 1-hour, VETgirl anesthesia webinar, Dr. Mike Barletta, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVAA reviews how the anesthesia machine works, different oxygen sources, oxygen flowmeters, vaporizers, CO2 absorbent, and scavenging systems. Dr. Barletta will also describe different breathing systems available on the market and will review how to choose the appropriate breathing system for different patients.
PPG Presents (fee applies): Given how behaviorists, ethologists, neuroscientists and veterinarians often get into conflict, this talk discusses how our cognitive biases impact knowledge acquisition. Cognitive biases makes us reject information that we should accept, and accept information that we should reject.
The AAWA Presents: Learn about eye injury treatment and disease management both in the shelter and in foster care. This presentation will discuss common eye diseases in the shelter environment, including causes of corneal ulceration, conjunctivitis, and eye loss. Attendees will gain an understanding of the challenges of providing proper eye care to shelter animals, including staff training, equipment, and costs.
Fear Free Presents: In part due to the excellent veterinary care that we deliver to our patients, we are presented with more geriatric cats and dogs now than we were 10 years ago. Most of us didn’t learn much about how to recognize and treat cognitive dysfunction syndrome (CDS) in dogs and cats. In this session, attendees will learn the most up to date prevention strategies and treatments of CDS in dogs and cats.
VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): Join us for a 2-hour, VETgirl ophthalmology CE track webinar where Dr. Shelby Reinstein, DACVO reviews the eye conditions related to Feline Herpes Virus. In this lecture, she’ll review the basic pathogenesis and various clinical syndromes of FHV-1 including conjunctivitis, corneal ulceration, corneal sequestra, and eosinophilic keratoconjunctivitis.
FDSA Presents (fee applies): This webinar will explore what the research has to say about the process of counter conditioning. Find out how counter conditioning works, how it’s related to extinction, what limitations it has, how it’s impacted by stress and what additional strategies we can use to enhance the treatment of fear.
Think Anesthesia Presents: Are you a career technician thinking of making a change? In this webinar we will highlight leaders in the veterinary technician/nursing community and learn about how to diversity your resume and what career choices are available to veterinary technicians and nurses.
