Shelter Learniverse and Industry-Wide Calendar

VETGirl Presents: Join us for a complimentary VETgirl–Elanco webinar, where Dr. Tammy Grubb, DACVAA, PhD reviews how to best utilize local anesthetics in our veterinary patients. Learn the importance of using local anesthetics, including the impact on patient behavior. Review all of the local anesthetic drugs and engage in a step-by-step ‘how to’ for some of the most commonly used local anesthetic blocks in our feline and canine patients.

NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: Tammy Thies and Tanya Smith will present valuable information for officers who respond to cases when the presence of wild cats (and other exotic animals) is known and when officers encounter captive wildlife including wild cats unexpectedly. In addition, they will discuss identifying wild cat species/hybrids, relevant laws, proper response procedures when you encounter a wild cat, and resources available to you as first responders including transport, rehoming, and placement with proper facilities after the seizure of wild cats.

VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary VETgirl–Zoetis webinar, Dr. George Moore, DVM, PhD, DACVIM reviews the importance of preventative medicine when it comes to canine leptospirosis. Leptospirosis is a vaccine-preventable disease but remains a common cause of renal and/or hepatic disease in dogs due to the lack of vaccination.

Network for Good Presents: In this webinar, fundraising event experts from Swaim Strategies will talk about the current state of nonprofit events, what’s currently working, and what considerations your organization should weigh when deciding how you can make the biggest impact. We’ll provide you with tools and resources to successfully serve your mission and meet your donors where they are.

NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: This webinar is going to delve into the best investigation techniques on animal abuse and animal fighting cases.  We will explore unique and large-scale animal cases and how to prepare for them.  We will explore how to prosecute in a small or rural jurisdiction and how to convince conservative rural judges to take animal abuse cases seriously.

CalAnimals Presents: Attorney Shelby Clark will review what’s happening with federal laws, our state regulations, touch on local ordinances and share information about court decisions with regard to service animals. This is an important topic and as animal welfare professionals working in shelters or in the field, the public expects us to have answers.

The AAWA Presents: Join a conversation about the importance of planning for a disaster event in your community before you and your agency are thrust into a response.

FDSA Presents (fee applies): Join aggression specialist Michael Shikashio CDBC in part one of this two-part series where he will dispel the myths about resource guarding, discuss common mistakes made that can actually create a “resource guarder,” and highlight key concepts to modify this behavior.

HASS Presents: The old way of animal services is transforming as we speak but change comes with challenges and success. Hear from innovative shelter directors why they want to change the way they run their shelters, how their perceptions have changed, and so much more.

Fear Free Presents: In this session, Robin Downing, DVM, MS, DAAPM, DACVSMR, CVPP, CCRP, will explore ways to “unwind” the peripheral and central sensitization that occurs in the wake of P3 amputation, both in the feet, and downstream from altered biomechanics.

VETGirl Presents (fee applies): Join us for this 2-hour, VETgirl ophthalmology CE track webinar where Dr. Shelby Reinstein, DACVO presents various eyelid disorders in cats with clinical photos and amazing exam tips! Tune in to learn all about symblepharon, eyelid agenesis, entropion, and eyelid neoplasia in cats.

FDSA Presents (fee applies): This webinar will build on the information from “Resource Guarding – Part One” and will detail the behavior modification in resource guarding cases and showcase successful case resolutions. It is highly recommended to watch part one in this series as the fundamentals of the behavior change strategies are explained and discussed.

PPG Presents (fee applies): Through a case series, this session will explore how the partnership between veterinary behaviorist, dog training professional and pet parent improves the lives of the dogs they collectively treat.