Best Friends Presents: In this free webinar, participants will learn practical strategies everyone can implement to reduce work-related stress, build resilience, and increase job satisfaction by understanding compassion fatigue (definitions, symptoms, contributing factors), along with other common occupational stressors. This is a comprehensive introduction to the key healthy changes individuals and leadership can make in order to better support staff wellbeing, so they can thrive in the challenging work they do.   

NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Present: Please join us for this webinar, in which we will discuss the relationship between cats and wildlife, the value of trap-neuter-vaccinate-return (TNVR) programs, protecting community cats from wildlife, protecting wildlife from domestic cats, and tips for keeping cats happily indoors.

FDSA Presents (fee applies): Prey drive is an instinctive behavior that many dogs have been selectively bred for. It’s a fascinating subject that can also cause difficulties between dogs and humans. In fact, it’s often seen as a behavior problem that needs to be resolved. Join me for this exciting webinar where we’ll explore prey drive in depth.

VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary, 1-hour, VETgirl–Elanco webinar, Natalie Gruchow, CVPM, SHRM-CP will provide a basic overview of Lyme, leptospirosis, and feline leukemia vaccines with the focus on how to clearly explain the benefits to pet owners. There are many lifestyle factors that influence the decision to vaccinate or not vaccinate, and we must learn to be proactive about addressing potential concerns that may arise.

HASS Presents: What does animal intake look like in the Human Animal Support Services model? Join us for an eye-opening webinar as we delve into the vision, the nitty-gritty, and common misconceptions about this model’s transformative and lifesaving impact.

ACVB Presents: In this webinar, Drs. Gruen and Messenger will discuss the balance of behavioral medications and anesthetic events, particularly with elective procedures. They will review the mechanisms of action of psychopharmacologic and anesthetic medications and which are safe to be used in combination, and which combinations to avoid.

NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: This live presentation is designed specifically for animal shelter representatives who want to learn more about the basics of social media marketing and how to find solutions to the top social media and communications challenges that we face on a daily basis.

PPG Presents (fee applies): The Pet Rescue Resource is available to animal shelters, foster-based rescues, and pet guardians as a resource for this issue. In this webinar, we will focus on training and caring for rambunctious, jumpy, & mouthy dogs in the home context. Whether you are a recent adopter of a shelter dog, a foster person who is generously donating their time and home to help the dog before adoption, or a current guardian of a dog with these behavior challenges, this webinar is for you

Best Friends Presents: Join us for this live webinar where we will discuss common misconceptions about distemper, how to approach and interpret diagnostic testing, treatment options, transporting dogs from CDV-endemic areas, and more.

NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: This webinar will provide measured steps and benefits for animal welfare organizations and field service agencies to begin engaging in wildlife work and transform the way you respond to these types of situations as they arise all while upholding your humane mission. The benefits for taking the time to engage in these systematic changes are innumerable and include- humane outcomes for wildlife in your community, a reduced workload for officers in the field, increased disease tracking and mitigation techniques, and a greater understanding of how to solve problems that arise with native wildlife.

PPG Presents (fee applies): This webinar is the second in the Your End of the Leash series, which focuses on helping handlers become the best possible partners for their dogs. You’ll learn practical techniques to help yourself (and your students) create greater awareness about breathing, along with ways to practice here, there and everywhere.

Dogs Playing for Life Presents: In this webinar, we will teach the fundamentals of our “Fancy Footwork” techniques that focus on achieving good leash manners through the use of your FEET instead of your hands. Come learn this unique and highly effective approach that promotes dogs happily walking softly by your side, offering tons of eye contact, and wowing adopters!

The AAWA Presents: Animal welfare data experts are excited to unveil the results of their latest research on animal sheltering and peer-to-peer rehoming (including demographics) from the first half of 2023.

From animal care attendants to RVTs and beyond, everyone in the shelter has the power to have a big impact on animal health. Does it seem like animals keep getting sick no matter what you do, especially right now with intake numbers climbing in many shelters? Does URI have to be status quo for summer? Is parvo inevitable? Have you wondered what else you can do to get ahead of these vicious cycles? This webinar is for you!

ASPCAPro Presents: This course will cover toxins that cause more severe poisonings in pets, including those that are fast acting, cause significant or life-threatening clinical signs, or are complicated to manage. Agents discussed will include ethylene glycol, baclofen, cholecalciferol, 5-fluoruracil, 5-HTP, and amlodipine. Mechanisms of toxicity, clinical signs, diagnosis, and treatment will be discussed.  

CalAnimals Presents: Whether you are struggling to make behavioral euthanasia decisions for dogs with documented histories of aggression, or you are managing a population of long stay dogs experiencing behavioral decline, this webinar will help you more effectively and efficiently manage your dog population, give your dogs a fair chance at a live outcome, and reduce your overall length of stay.

Best Friends Presents: Join director of Enterprise Analytics Michelle Dunivan and data scientist Maureen Gillespie for our three-part series, which will cover how to navigate your data, identify opportunities for improvement, make decisions about resource allocation, monitor progress toward even the most ambitious lifesaving goals, and talk about what’s on the horizon with Shelter Pet Data Alliance (SPDA).

HASS Presents: Field services roles are changing, expanding into community-centered practices to support people and pets through community outreach, supplies and food, helping pet owners access vet care, and getting lost pets home. What can these changes mean for your organization and community? Join us with experts for insights into the transformation of field services.