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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This 4 session VIRTUAL workshop designed for all levels of shelter staff will cover advice to resolve common dog and cat behavior problems to prevent…
Getting 2 Zero Presents: How do we ensure good matches with our shelter animals, without making people feel unwelcome? Conversation-based adoption! Come and learn how to increase adoptions, decrease length of stay, and have our adopters feel even better about your organization with Trish McMillan!
Think Anesthesia Presents: Join Amanda Shelby and Dr. Elizabeth Martinez for Think Anesthesia’s live, interactive presentation using an evidence-based approach to assess some of the common myths or misconceptions surround the peri-anesthetic procedural period. This presentation is worth 1 hour of RACE approved CE for veterinarians and veterinary technicians.
GoodPup Presents: This is the second installment of GoodPup's new webinar series: Surrender Prevention; Addressing Common Behavioral Challenges. This month's topic is: Crate Challenges. What to do when the crate isn't an option?
IAABC Presents (fee applies): This course will help you think scientifically about animal training and behavior consulting for all species, understand and break training into component principles, understand environmental events that maintain behavior, increase your ability to be humane and effective, and more.
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.
VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): In this 1.5-hour, VETgirl small animal webinar, Dr. Pete Mantis, DipECVDI, FHEA, FRCV reviews abdominal radiology of the dog and cat. Tune in as Dr. Mantis goes through a practical abdominal radiographic anatomy, outlines a systematic approach to reading abdominal radiographs and discusses examples of abnormalities identified in abdominal radiographs.
PPG Presents (fee applies): Separation anxiety clients are geographically diverse, and dog-training consumers are more willing to work virtually and with technology, to deliver higher-quality personalized services. This session will review the direction in which this fascinating training issue is headed, including the effective use of technology that aids the training team for successful resolution of separation anxiety.
HASS Presents: This webinar will go over key highlights from 2022 sheltering data, better data practices, ways data can help us improve, what's to come moving forward, and more. Don't miss this opportunity to unleash the power of data in 2023 and beyond!
PPG Presents (fee applies): Animal trainers and behavior consultants sometimes overlook or undervalue Level 2 (Antecedent Arrangements) of the Humane Hierarchy. Level 2 is much broader than simply “managing the environment” to prevent problem behaviors from occurring. We’ll look at specific examples of antecedent arrangements drawn from Kathy’s work with behavior-consultation clients.
CalAnimals Presents: Learn how you can manage compassion fatigue and make your passion for helping animals sustainable! Presented by professional counselor, former animal shelter worker/ACO, and author of To Save a Starfish: A Compassion Fatigue Workbook for the Animal Welfare Warrior, Jen Blough, this interactive webinar will help participants learn about compassion fatigue, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress.
This 4 session VIRTUAL workshop designed for all levels of shelter staff will cover advice to resolve common dog and cat behavior problems to prevent…
Karen Pryor Academy Presents: Tune into the next episode of Live from The Ranch to learn the ground-breaking Click to Calm method, tools, and techniques that award-winning author and behavior specialist Emma Parsons has used to help hundreds of her clients and their dogs.
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.
VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary, 1-hour VETgirl–Blue Buffalo webinar, Dr. Erik Zager, DACVECC reviews diagnostics, prognostics, and treatments for heatstroke. Heatstroke is a life-threatening disease that can result in multi-organ dysfunction and death. Tune in to learn how early intervention, appropriate ICU care, and sufficient supportive care can improve outcomes in these critically ill patients.
Best Friends and Southern Utah University Present (fee applies): The Cat Lifesaving Course, run by Best Friends Animal Society in collaboration with Southern Utah University, will offer practitioners, community members, advocates, and volunteers an opportunity to learn about the proven policies, programs and procedures necessary to meet the community’s expectations of cat lifesaving.
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.
Dogs Playing for Life Presents: In this 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.
The AAWA Presents: This session will define what it means to be an ally and why allyship is important to the animal welfare profession. Together, we will explore actions to support diverse communities and become better allies.
VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): In this 1-hour, VETgirl veterinary technician webinar, Barbie Papajeski, MS, LVT, RLATG, VTS (Clinical Pathology) reviews blood chemistries, including understanding and minimizing factors in the collection of samples which is vital in optimizing test results. Tune in to learn the veterinary technician’s role of ensuring adequate collection methods and minimizing outside interferences, as well as a review of common and specialized tests.
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