• Webinar – 6/18/20 – COVID-19 & Companion Animal Settings: Practical measures for protecting your team and your clients in returning back to business – Virox

    Virox Presents: This webinar is aimed at veterinarians, animal technicians, office managers, employees and volunteers in clinical or group animal settings. A series of practical measures are discussed with regards to addressing critical control points in terms of infection and how to minimize risk, and protect yourself, your team and your clients. Consideration is given to minimizing disruption while phasing into the new normal in day-to-day operations.

  • Webinar – 6/18/20 – Dr. Ellen Lindell – Separation Anxiety: Breakthrough Research (registration fee for webinar) – FDSA

    FDSA Presents: The term “separation anxiety” is familiar to most people who share their lives with dogs. It has been defined as a condition in which a behavior is exhibited when a dog is not able to access a preferred person. Regardless of the specific behavior — urination, destruction of furniture, or demolition of doorways — the “diagnosis” would be the same. New research suggests that these behaviors are not the same at all, and might therefore need to be treated differently. This webinar will discuss some current perspectives on this disturbing condition and introduce new concepts for management.

    $19.95
  • Webinar – 6/18/20 – Supporting and Engaging Foster Caregivers During COVID-19 – Maddie’s Fund

    Maddie’s Fund Presents: During this 60-minute webcast, you’ll learn what the research says about the best ways to support and retain foster caregivers, and what successful strategies shelters and rescues are using to do just this. From training to communication to getting feedback on what your foster caregivers need, this webcast will teach you how to support your fosters and keep them coming back for more!

  • Webinar – 6/18/20 – Beating the “Bugs” – Sterilization and High Level Disinfection Overview – VETGirl (Available for Purchase by Non-VETGirl Members)

    VETGirl Presents: ($50 for Non-VETGirl Members) – High level disinfection (HLD) and sterilization processes are performed routinely in veterinary hospitals around the world, as one of many strategies to prevent hospital acquired infections. The responsibility of carrying out these procedures is often thrust upon veterinary technicians. In this lecture, learn the science behind and importance of proper surgical instrument cleaning and processing, as well as how to verify the efficacy of each step in the disinfection and/or sterilization process by exploring some of the tools and products used to assure cleanliness and sterility in the human market.

    $50
  • Webinar – 6/23/20 – Revolutionizing Your Data Entry Game to Save More Lives, Money, & More! – PetPoint

    PetPoint Presents: In this webinar, members from our Pethealth Team and animal welfare leaders will highlight how technological efficiencies and updates increase staff morale, customer satisfaction, and lifesaving impact. You will also learn how paper-lite operations are investments in emergency preparedness and environmental responsibility and how to foster team buy-in. In this post Covid-19 world of economic and social distancing challenges, efficiency matters now more than ever.

  • Webinar – 6/24/20 – Adopter Search Trends – Best Practices Session – ShelterLuv and AdoptAPet.com

    ShelterLuv and AdoptAPet.com Present: Guest speaker, April Harris—Director of Animal Welfare Insights from Adopt-a-Pet.com—will be presenting potential adopter search trends and associated insights. The Shelterluv team will then discuss how to set up an automated integration with Adopt-a-Pet.com and other third-party animal aggregators. You don’t have to be a Shelterluv user to join this session!

  • Webinar – 6/24/20 – How to Help and Ultimately Adopt Out Undersocialized Kittens – ASPCAPro

    ASPCAPro Presents: As a result of COVID-19, your shelter or rescue may be expecting to receive an influx of undersocialized kittens in the coming months.  Want to know how to help these undersocialized kittens get adopted? Join us as we cover how the ASPCA Adoption Center and Kitten Nursery have leveraged their foster volunteer pool and trained them to work with fearful kittens using scientifically proven techniques. This webinar will take a deep dive into the “Lion Tamers” program with a spotlight on behavior best practices. We will also provide tools and resources for how to provide training, support and guidance to foster volunteers.

  • Webinar – 6/24/20 – De-Escalation: Dealing with Difficult People – The AAWA

    The AAWA Presents: People are difficult for a variety of reasons. Some of those reasons are universal and apply to all people (like the responses of those who feel threatened or injured – remember: hurt people hurt other people).  Some reasons are particular to a group of people, like those who externalize the causes of their misfortune onto others, or people who have a mental illness like paranoia.  Some reasons for being difficult are particular to a person, like an individual who has a difficult personality style.

  • Webinar – 6/24/20 – Million Cat Challenge: COVID Control Strategies – Maintaining Safety During Re-Opening and Beyond – Maddie’s Fund

    Maddie’s Fund/Million Cat Challenge Present: “Opening up does not mean the outbreak is winding down. It means there is space for you in the ICU.” – Dr. Scott Weese. Re-opening shelters and services brings the risk of COVID-19 resurgence. A holistic strategy is needed to implement new measures and change the internal culture so that staff understand and buy in to this prolonged “new normal.” The Toronto Humane Society’s new strategy, designed to keep staff and public safe, provide a roadmap for reopening that can be customized for shelters and clinics everywhere.

  • Webinar – 6/24/20 – Foster on Deck – It Really Works! – AmPa!

    AmPa! Presents: Foster On Deck is a tool that allows foster parents to indicate when they are able to foster and provide information about the age and populations of animals they are able to care for. Foster parents are in complete control of all of their information and are able to edit as necessary. Giving foster staff up-to-date information on who is able to be matched with what animal.

  • Webinar – 6/24/20 – Thought Therapy: Managing Stress and Maximizing Health through Positive Thinking – VETGirl

    VETGirl Presents: Free to Members ($50 for non-members) – In this VETgirl leadership webinar, Dr. Sally Ryan, DVM will review positive thinking. In this webinar, Dr. Ryan will review the neuroscience behind stress development and review how our thoughts and emotions affect the process. Learn how to build a positive thought life to help us manage stress and achieve both physical and mental health.

    $50
  • Webinar – 6/25/20 – Chameleon Shelter Software – Tag/Link Window – Chameleon

    Chameleon Shelter Software Presents: Join us for a 90-minute overview of the tag window where we discuss the concepts of linking owners to animals, the nuts and bolts of using the Tag/Link Window, and the basics of storing pet licenses. This is the first class in a 3-part licensing series intended to help you become more efficient at licensing and generate revenue.

  • Webinar – 6/25/20 – Pandemics and the Preparedness in the Anthropocene – Virox

    Virox Presents: This talk will explore how global changes, including climate change, globalization and urbanization will affect zoonotic diseases risks and management and propose general strategies to prepare for unanticipated zoonotic disease events. The talk will discuss how knowledge partnerships are critical to better anticipate and prepare for changes in zoonotic disease epidemiology and risks.

  • Online Event – 6/25/20 – Live From the Ranch – Ken Ramirez with Theresa McKeon – TAGteach – Using Positive Reinforcement with Humans to Influence Behavior – Karen Pryor Academy

    Karen Pryor Academy Presents: Join Ken Ramirez, KPCT’s Chief Training Officer, for a free hour-long virtual event live from The Ranch on Thursday, June 25 at 12:00 pm (PT). Ken will be joined by Theresa McKeon to talk TAGteach and the myriad of applications of this invaluable teaching tool. Your TAG point is… tune in!

  • Webinar – 6/25/20 – Prescriber’s Guide for Veterinary Behavioral Medications – VETGirl

    VETGirl Presents: (Free to VETGirl members $50 for non-members) – In this lecture, learn how to make the best choices for your veterinary behavior patients. In this webinar, attendees will understand how to make practical, outcome based decisions when prescribing medications, understand the outcomes associated with the most commonly used psychotropic medications, and understand how to apply these concepts in clinical practice through case based learning.

    $50
  • Webinar – 6/27/20 – The Drop Trapper: A Trapper’s Best Friend – The Community Cats Podcast

    The Community Cats Podcast Presents: Trying to catch the last cat in your colony who isn’t fixed? Got a wily feral who just won’t go into a box trap, no matter how much you spend on roasted chicken? How about catching a litter of kittens all at once—with their mom? All these tough trapping situations and more can be solved if you know how to use a drop trap! Join Neighborhood Cats, co-designers of the first commercially available drop trap, as they discuss how to use this invaluable tool. Plus tips and tricks for advanced drop trappers, too.

  • Webinar – 6/28/20 – Coughing Dogs Might Not Be “Just Coughing” – What You Need to Know About Canine Influenza Virus – VETGirl and Zoetis

    VetGirl and Zoetis Present: (Free to all) – Join us for a free VETgirl–Zoetis webinar by Dr. Stephan Carey, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM), as he reviews the coughing dog and what you need to know. This lecture will review clinical signs, etiology, treatment and identification/diagnosis of etiological agents such as Canine Influenza Virus and Bordetella . We will also discuss potential public health implications associated with influenza infection in dogs. Preventative care will also be briefly reviewed.