This calendar is a listing of webinars, other learning opportunities, online meetings and other upcoming national events related to animal sheltering and related areas of interest.

Only some of these events are produced by the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program. Most are being created and sponsored by other groups and agencies.  Being listed here does not mean that we have reviewed the material contained.  We are trying to provide a variety of resources to hopefully help make your life a little easier.  For additional information on any of these items before or after the event please contact the organizer directly (listed in the item description).

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Webinar – 4/11/24 – Maddie’s Insights: Beyond Animal Shelter Walls: Using Community Data to Understand Intake Diversion – Maddie’s Fund

Virtual

Maddie's Fund Presents: This presentation will outline research into animal shelters, pet owning communities, self-rehoming platforms, and pet owners to demonstrate the complex system of pet surrender. By the end of this presentation, participants will learn how community data can complement animal shelter data to help divert animals from shelters.

Free

Webinar – 4/11/24 – Elevator Behavior: Skills for Existing in Polite Society! – FDSA (fee applies)

Virtual

FDSA Presents (fee applies): We all want our dogs to be comfortable around other dogs and people and we often work very hard to socialize them. But do we take it too far and create an even bigger problem? Deb will discuss her concept of teaching dogs good “elevator behavior” and the importance of a dog who can simply mind his own business in public places.

$19.95

Hybrid Conference – 4/13/24 and 4/14/24 – Feline Health Symposium: Being PURRfectly Clear on Feline Pain – EveryCat Health Foundation (fee applies)

Virtual

EveryCat Health Foundation Presents (fee applies): This year’s theme, feline pain, is particularly meaningful to veterinary professionals as well as cat parents, and we’re holding this event at the institution where many of the top researchers on this topic call home.

$100 – $300

Hybrid Conference – 4/13/24 and 4/14/24 – Feline Health Symposium: Being PURRfectly Clear on Feline Pain – EveryCat Health Foundation (fee applies)

Virtual

EveryCat Health Foundation Presents (fee applies): This year’s theme, feline pain, is particularly meaningful to veterinary professionals as well as cat parents, and we’re holding this event at the institution where many of the top researchers on this topic call home.

$100 – $300

Online Meeting – Mondays – Weekly Community Conversations #ThanksToMaddie – Maddie’s Fund

Virtual

Maddie's Fund Presents: Maddie’s Fund hosts a weekly 50-minute Zoom call for animal well-being professionals. These calls are a collaborative space to share exciting new programs and research, discuss uncomfortable topics, connect with peers in the industry, and more, all while sharing a common goal of preserving the human-animal bond.

Free

Online Event – 1st and 3rd Tuesdays – All Call – Beyond Words: Navigating Accent Discrimination in the Workplace – California for All Animals

Virtual

California for All Animals Presents: Whether it's unconscious or unconscious, accent bias can fuel stereotyping, judgment, racism, and distrust within our teams and communities. Dr. Wesley Cheung (Shelter Medicine Resident, Ontario Veterinary College) will explore this topic with examples from the veterinary and shelter sector. He’ll offer steps we can take to reduce accent biases and build trust so we can accomplish more together.

Free

Webinar – 4/17/24 – Practical Calicivirus: All You Need to Know from Diagnosis to Adoption – Maddie’s Fund

Virtual

Maddie's Fund Presents: Feline calicivirus is a contagious, often severe virus in cats that can be difficult, time-consuming, and expensive to treat. However, standardized protocols help treat these cats efficiently, reduce transmission within the shelter, and get cats moving toward live outcomes. This webcast will cover diagnosing calicivirus without the use of expensive testing; treating the virus and caring for sick cats in the shelter; and clearing and adopting the cats after illness.

Free

Webinar – 4/19/24 – For Dog’s sake, can you stop that? Canine-Friendly Body Language Improvements for Humans – Dogs Playing for Life (fee applies)

Virtual

Dogs Playing for Life Presents (fee applies): In this session, we will focus on the HUMAN handling that contributes to unwanted behavior, even “aggression”. Get ready to rethink your approach as we reveal the common and widely accepted and taught handling errors that set dogs up for failure. Through extensive video examples, we will demonstrate alternative handling techniques that help dogs to trust and thrive!

$20

Online Event – 4/20/24 – Online Behavior Day – Community Cats Podcast (fee applies)

Virtual

Community Cats Podcast Presents (fee applies): Online Behavior Day will feature four of the animal welfare industry’s most-trusted authorities on feline behavior. Workshops will focus on an array of subjects, from managing multi-cat households to creating a fear free shelter environment. Sessions will include a live Q&A to address attendees burning questions and concerns. 

$25

The Roundtable: Make a PACT with Your Community

Virtual

Compassion, transparency, leadership. These are the drivers of People and Animals in Community Together (PACT), a new movement in sheltering that recognizes the power of working…

Webinar – 4/24/24 – APCC: Springtime Hazards – ASPCAPro

Virtual

ASPCAPro Presents: Springtime comes with its own lineup of potential hazards to our pets. This course will cover several springtime hazards for veterinarians and their teams to keep a watch out for, including plants, fertilizers, insecticides, composting dangers, and more.

Free

Webinar – 4/24/24 – The Healthy Animal-Healthy Community Initiative – The AAWA

Virtual

The AAWA Presents: This case study explores the journey of the Animal Rescue League of Boston's Wellness Waggin' program, from its conception to implementation, including steps like determining a target area, building community relationships, securing funding, and launching a pilot program. The Wellness Waggin' is now a successful mobile veterinary unit that has completed over 14,000 wellness care appointments since 2018.

Free

Webinar – 4/25/24 – Cyber Security: A Leadership Perspective – CalAnimals

Virtual

CalAnimals Presents: Cyber security pros will discuss current topics and stories about cyber security including examples and tactics that leaders can employ to enhance awareness and implement practices for organizational security. Lastly they will share a few resources for ongoing training and awareness.

Free

Webinar – 4/25/24 – Invisible Advocates: How the Social Justice Movement Influences Animal Advocacy – Life of Riley

Virtual

Life of Riley at Spring Point Presents: Using real-life examples, presenters will explore ways in which individuals, communities, and groups have made transformative contributions (often unknowingly) to the success of animal advocacy through the framework of social justice.  This webinar is intended to bring awareness and appreciation to the many forms of hidden contributions that contribute to victories in animal advocacy.

Free

Online Event – 4/25/24 – Maddie’s Monthly Behavior Connection: Hyperarousal in Dogs – Maddie’s Fund

Virtual

Maddie's Fund Presents: This month, Dr. Jill Sackman will review what is currently known about hyperarousal/ hypersensitivity syndrome in dogs and report on a treatment approach used by the author that has led to significant improvement in behaviors and most of the dogs being able to stay safely in their adopted homes. 

Free