Week of Events
Sunday, November 29, 2020
No events on this day.
Monday, November 30, 2020
No events on this day.
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
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December 1, 2020 –Webinar – 12/1/20 and 1/10/21 – Playgroups Part I: The Why – Dogs Playing for Life
Webinar – 12/1/20 and 1/10/21 – Playgroups Part I: The Why – Dogs Playing for Life
Dogs Playing for Life Presents: In the first of three webinars, we will present powerful examples of how playgroups can not only enhance the quality of life for your shelter dogs but how focusing on their quality of life through enrichment can lead to game-changing benefits to your shelter’s everyday operations.
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
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December 2, 2020 –Webinar – 12/2/20 – Assessing Dog Behaviour in Shelter Settings – NACA/Justice Clearinghouse
Webinar – 12/2/20 – Assessing Dog Behaviour in Shelter Settings – NACA/Justice Clearinghouse
NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Present: Assessment processes for dogs in shelters have changed dramatically in recent years, with research findings driving a fundamental shift away from short, provocative battery-style behaviour tests to holistic, information-gathering assessment processes. Come join Trish and Di to find out more about the research underpinning this seismic shift in procedure, and how you can move towards a more modern and holistic model for assessing dog behaviour in shelters.
Thursday, December 3, 2020
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December 3, 2020 –Webinar – 12/3/20 – Preventing Separation Anxiety? Home Alone Time for Puppies and Newly Acquired Dogs – Dog-iBox (fee applies)
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December 3, 2020 –Webinar – 12/3/20 – UF VETS – Emergency and Disaster Response in a Pandemic – Virox
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December 3, 2020 –Webinar – 12/3/20 – Starting Your Community Clinic – Dr. Jena Valdez – UC Davis KSMP
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December 3, 2020 –Webinar – 12/3/20 – Animals In Disaster–How to Help Your Community – NACA/Justice Clearinghouse
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December 3, 2020 –Webinar – 12/3/20 – Is it fear, anxiety, or something else? – Sharon Carroll – FDSA (fee applies)
Webinar – 12/3/20 – Preventing Separation Anxiety? Home Alone Time for Puppies and Newly Acquired Dogs – Dog-iBox (fee applies)
Dog iBox Presents (fee applies): We will discuss the validity of prevention, etiology, protocols, and general methodologies that are required for separation anxiety in dogs. If your puppy or dog is already experiencing separation anxiety, there will be take aways for you, however, if you are simply interested in learning how to optimize a dog for alone time success, we hope to see you in the webinar.
Webinar – 12/3/20 – UF VETS – Emergency and Disaster Response in a Pandemic – Virox
Virox Presents: During this session, members from the University of Florida’s Veterinary Emergency Treatment Service will share how their unit has responded to state disasters and local emergencies in the past, and what has changed since COVID-19. This discussion will include how to prepare for a disaster impacting your community, as well as how to get involved in emergency and disaster response.
Webinar – 12/3/20 – Starting Your Community Clinic – Dr. Jena Valdez – UC Davis KSMP
KSMP Presents: Dr. Jena Valdez, SF SPCA Director of Community Medicine, will share how the SF SPCA expanded their access to care by creating a community clinic, now celebrating its first birthday, to support historically underserved communities within their city. Learn how the staff made the case to open the clinic to their senior leadership and board, what services they offer, how many patients they are serving, staffing levels, clinic design, pricing, client flow, clinic hours, advertising, and Covid considerations.
Webinar – 12/3/20 – Animals In Disaster–How to Help Your Community – NACA/Justice Clearinghouse
NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Present: This webinar will help you learn how to be ready to emergency shelter animals by identifying the supplies you’ll need and valuable partnerships to make. You will also learn how to get the outside help you might need if local resources become overwhelmed. Finally, this webinar will teach you some basic practices that will help you keep animals and their families together during the challenge and chaos of the natural disaster.
Webinar – 12/3/20 – Is it fear, anxiety, or something else? – Sharon Carroll – FDSA (fee applies)
FDSA Presents (fee applies): In this webinar we will discuss fear, anxiety, frustration and over-arousal. We will look at common genetic traits that can lead to behavioral issues, and discuss various behavior-modifying techniques for reactivity, and the performance of aggressive behaviors toward people and dogs. We will also identify key behaviors that indicate it is time to seek out help from a veterinary behavior specialist.
Friday, December 4, 2020
No events on this day.
Saturday, December 5, 2020
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December 5, 2020 –Webinar – 12/5/20 – Cat Friendly Solutions for Unowned Cats – International Cat Care
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December 5, 2020 –Webinar Series – 12/5/20, 12/12/20, & 12/19/20 – Resource Guarding – PuppyWorks (fee applies)
Webinar – 12/5/20 – Cat Friendly Solutions for Unowned Cats – International Cat Care
International Cat Care Presents: Host Vicky Halls will guide you through a new online toolkit aiming to improve the lives of unowned cats by supporting those who work with them. Includes interviews with special guests, a tour of new website content, a look at the new free online course, and more.
Webinar Series – 12/5/20, 12/12/20, & 12/19/20 – Resource Guarding – PuppyWorks (fee applies)
PuppyWorks Presents (fee applies): This three-part webinar on resource guarding (RG) by Sue Sternberg & Trish King will cover
Assess-A-Pet Protocols & Ethogram of subtle RG behaviors, thresholds for resource guarding, and management and behavior modification.