Life of Riley Presents: A talented dog-trainer and natural leader with a deep love for his community members and their pets, Tim will discuss the drivers of dog breeding in economically disenfranchised urban communities and the best ways to engage communities in solutions to unchecked dog breeding.
Hatching Presents: Join us for a fun and inspiring hangout with our wonderful friend and wellness guru, Janna Hicks. Discover the hidden wellness in your daily routine and soak up her refreshing wisdom to make your days even better.
PPG Presents (fee applies): Intermittent reinforcement is a common method used in positive dog training. Intermittent reinforcement can be a great method but we also need to look at the other side of intermittent reinforcement.
FDSA Presents (fee applies): In this webinar we discuss the myriad of reasons why our dog may not respond to our first cue when cued to perform a behavior, including; lack of understanding, enjoying an alternative behavior, lack of adequate motivation, arousal in excess of optimal levels, physical discomfort (present or anticipated), mental / emotional discomfort (present or anticipated), fatigue (physical / mental), and situations when the behavior is perceived as too “high effort”.
ASPCA and Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program Present: Now in its 21st year, this year’s conference features our largest offering ever of educational opportunities! Experience more than 30 hours of world-class continuing education from dozens of sessions covering the latest in medical, behavior and shelter operations.
Best Friends Presents (fee applies): This year’s exciting speaker lineup ensures you’ll hear about the latest and most thought-provoking innovations for your organization to reach or sustain a no-kill status in 2025.
CVMA Presents (fee applies): You might leave your heart in San Francisco, but you’ll return with useful information by attending the 2024 Pacific Veterinary Conference! In-person and virtual attendance options available.
Best Friends Presents (fee applies): This year’s exciting speaker lineup ensures you’ll hear about the latest and most thought-provoking innovations for your organization to reach or sustain a no-kill status in 2025.
ASPCA and Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program Present: Now in its 21st year, this year’s conference features our largest offering ever of educational opportunities! Experience more than 30 hours of world-class continuing education from dozens of sessions covering the latest in medical, behavior and shelter operations.
Community Cat Podcast Presents (fee applies): Speakers from a wide range of fields from veterinarians to shelter specialists will bring you the latest information on Feline Leukemia studies, improvements in care, and suggestions to help you start and maintain policies and programs that will help you find homes for these special kitties.
CVMA Presents (fee applies): You might leave your heart in San Francisco, but you’ll return with useful information by attending the 2024 Pacific Veterinary Conference! In-person and virtual attendance options available.
ASPCA and Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program Present: Now in its 21st year, this year’s conference features our largest offering ever of educational opportunities! Experience more than 30 hours of world-class continuing education from dozens of sessions covering the latest in medical, behavior and shelter operations.
CVMA Presents (fee applies): You might leave your heart in San Francisco, but you’ll return with useful information by attending the 2024 Pacific Veterinary Conference! In-person and virtual attendance options available.
Community Cats Podcast Presents (small fee applies): Are you ready to be part of the solution for feral and stray cats in your neighborhood? Our expert instructors will teach you best practices for Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) and colony management. Learn what TNR is and why it works.
PPG Presents (fee applies): This webinar will walk attendees through the current scientific thinking on the most effective ways to evaluate well-being, or positive welfare, in animals. These models are based directly on the latest research on well-being and will be applicable to anyone that works with animals.
California for All Animals Presents: The one-hour call is a dedicated space to share and learn from each other. Popular topics include initiatives that create a more inclusive culture for both staff and community, programs that keep pets with their people, industry trends, research studies, as well as the hard stuff, like what’s not working or what is particularly difficult during times of scarcity.
California for All Animals Presents: Effective shelter operations rely on a smooth integration between the impound process, the care animals receive while in the shelter and the adoption/placement process. Successful integration of these areas of the shelter relies on functional working relationships among the leadership. Pasadena Humane’s Chief Program Officer Chris Ramon and Chief Veterinarian and Animal Care Officer Dr. Maria Pyrdek have worked together for over two years to integrate these areas and look forward to sharing the challenges, successes and the on-going “experiments” to further streamline these areas resulting in happier, more productive teams, decreased length of stay and improved care for animals in the shelter.
NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: This webinar will identify six reasons why social workers should be aware of human-animal relationships and nine career opportunities, with action steps, to reduce the ”PAWS” Gap, improve the delivery of services, identify clients’ risk and resiliency factors, enhance social and environmental justice, and improve responses to all vulnerable members of families and communities.
Puppyworks Presents (fee applies): A hands-on training webinar in 4 sessions! Suzanne Clothier’s client-friendly techniques harness the voluntary actions of dogs that handlers can reinforce to minimize reactivity.
CalAnimals Presents (fee applies): With overflowing kennels and longer lengths of stay, most shelters are seeing no shortage of behavioral challenges among dogs. The most concerning, of course, is aggression, and behavior expert Kelley Bollen will lead this session to take a deep dive into why dogs exhibit aggressive behavior, the different types of aggression we see in dogs, and what situations can trigger aggressive behavior.
