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 – 5/13/21 – Preparing for Disasters: Review of the new CalAnimals Organizational Disaster Prep Checklist – CalAnimals

Virtual

CalAnimals Presents: The CalAnimals Emergency Management Committee has created an organizational checklist to help your agency prepare for disasters that affect your community. Disaster preparedness experts Ryan Soulsby from Butte County Animal Control and John Peaveler from San Diego Humane Society are offering this webinar to walk us through it and answer your questions.

Free

Webinar – 5/13/21 – Tools, Tips and Tricks for the ACO: Lessons Learned from the Field – NACA/Justice Clearinghouse

Virtual

NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: In this course, we will explore the common tools utilized by ACO’s in the field today along with the not so common uses of everyday items the ACO should never leave home without. This session with also explore the use of these tools in real-life cases responded to by today’s Animal Control Officer. Officers Alicia Dease and Madisen Taylor will share the tips and tricks they have learned in their more than a decade of experience in the field.

Free

Webinar – 5/13/21 – Digital Revenue: Small Changes Can Make A Big Impact – The AAWA

Virtual

The AAWA Presents: COVID-19 has made digital communication a necessity, not a trend, in 2021. And while not everyone can afford a super-sophisticated digital program, there are plenty of small tweaks organizations can make to improve the performance of what you’re doing now. In this RKD-sponsored webinar, we will show you how to improve your digital results.

Free

Webinar – 4/29/21, 5/6/21, and 5/13/21 – Community-Centered Veterinary Care: 3 Part Webinar Series – American Pets Alive!

Virtual

American Pets Alive! Presents: Many animals are surrendered to shelters due to medical issues that families cannot afford. Most communities lack options for low cost, no-cost, or incremental full service medicine due to laws, vet associations, and lack of willing veterinary providers. Join members of the HASS External Facing Medical Care Working Group to reinvent financially based intake for medical cases, and to keep more people and pets together.

Free

Webinar – 5/13/21 – Using Fear Free Principles to Improve Anesthetic Safety in Complicated Patients – Fear Free

Virtual

Fear Free Presents: Decreasing fear, anxiety, stress (FAS), and pain leads to safer anesthesia by allowing a lower dose of sedative and anesthetic drugs needed for anesthesia premedication, induction, maintenance, and recovery. Lower drug dosages are especially critical in complicated patients with underlying disease and physiologic compromise. In this discussion Dr. Tamara Grubb will explore the role of Fear Free principles in anesthetic safety, especially in the compromised/complicated patient.

Free

Webinar – 5/13/21 – Six Weeks in a Crate? Perioperative Behavior Strategies to Improve Patient Well-being – ACVB (fee applies)

Virtual

ACVB Presents (fee applies): Imagine the frustration for you and the owner of the dog who re-broke its leg after an expensive surgery to repair it. In this webinar, stress and its effects on healing will be reviewed. Additionally, specific, concrete suggestions on how to prepare dogs and cats pre- and post-hospitalization will be presented, including ideas for management, behavior modification, and medications.

$40

Online Course – 5/14/21 to 5/16/21 – Ophthalmology in general practice – IVS (fee applies)

Virtual

IVS Presents (fee applies): This seminar series is designed to provide you with updates on how the speakers actually do things in practice- how they actually manage a patient with a particular ocular disease or disorder, how they do certain techniques, how they combine certain drugs for treatment etc. Actual cases will be presented to emphasize the clinical indications for the techniques.

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Online Course – 5/14/21 to 5/16/21 – Ophthalmology in general practice – IVS (fee applies)

Virtual

IVS Presents (fee applies): This seminar series is designed to provide you with updates on how the speakers actually do things in practice- how they actually manage a patient with a particular ocular disease or disorder, how they do certain techniques, how they combine certain drugs for treatment etc. Actual cases will be presented to emphasize the clinical indications for the techniques.

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Webinar – 5/15/21 – Dental Cleaning and Periodontal Therapy – VDOS (fee applies)

Virtual

VDOS Presents (fee applies): This VDOS webinar will discuss power tools and hand instruments (scalers and curettes) needed to perform a professional dental cleaning (scaling and polishing). Closed periodontal therapy (root planing and gingival curettage) and perioceutic treatment (local administration of medications) will be reviewed. Instrument sharpening will be briefly explained.

$34.99

Online Course – 5/14/21 to 5/16/21 – Ophthalmology in general practice – IVS (fee applies)

Virtual

IVS Presents (fee applies): This seminar series is designed to provide you with updates on how the speakers actually do things in practice- how they actually manage a patient with a particular ocular disease or disorder, how they do certain techniques, how they combine certain drugs for treatment etc. Actual cases will be presented to emphasize the clinical indications for the techniques.

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Webinar – 5/16/21 – Playgroups Part 2: The What – Dogs Playing for Life

Virtual

Dogs Playing for Life Presents: Learn about all the ways in which DPFL Playgroups are transforming shelters all across the country! In Part 2, we dive into what DPFL-style Playgroups look like! During this webinar, we will view and discuss dog-to-dog communication and body language, as well as some of the operational aspects of a successful playgroup program.

Free

Online Meeting – Mondays – Shelter and Rescue Support Call – Hosted by Maddie’s Fund

Maddie's Fund Presents: Maddie’s Fund, in concert with American Pets Alive!, hosts a weekly hour-long Zoom call for animal welfare workers and volunteers. While these calls started out as a response to COVID-19, it’s grown into so much more. These calls are a safe place to discuss uncomfortable topics, all while sharing a common goal of preserving the human-animal bond.

Free

Webinar – 5/17/21 – Make the Shift! Tips To Safely Move Animals to Various Locations with a Team Approach – Dog iBox (fee applies)

Virtual

Dog iBox Presents (fee applies): What if we can put the odds in our favor and work with animals in our care? Rather than watch the clock tick away along with our patience, let’s start from a point of success. This new webinar with Laura Monaco Torelli will help you to build a productive plan that keeps caregivers’ and animals’ working together.

$19.90 – $29.90

CASCAR Zoom Call for California Shelters – 5/18/21 – Dave Hachey & Dr. Lucas Pantaleon – CASCAR – UC Davis KSMP

Virtual

KSMP Presents: This week at CASCAR we will be hearing from our friends Dave Hachey and Dr. Lucas Pantaleon, part of the team that brought us Rescue, aka accelerated hydrogen peroxide, about a new air purifier they are helping bring to the market. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and understand better the science and potential of a novel approach to pathogen inactivation in the air.

Free

Online Conference – 5/19/21 to 5/21/21 – Texas Unites for Animals Conference Virtual Learning Series – Texas Unites for Animals (fee applies)

Virtual

Texas Unites for Animals Presents (fee applies):The Virtual Learning Series will offer the same quality professional development workshops you have come to expect from Texas Unites, opportunities for attendees to connect with one another, and introductions to the many wonderful animal welfare related products and services that can assist you in your work.

$49

Webinar – 5/19/21 – Bringing Your New Dog Home – How to Promote a Successful Transition to Family Life! – PPG (fee applies)

Virtual

PPG Presents (fee applies): In this presentation we are going to cover DogNostics’ recommendations for successfully introducing a new dog into your family, helping ensure that the transition into your home is as stress-free as possible for both you and your new family member. Although the presentation is aimed at pet dog owners, it will also help pet professionals provide guidance to their clients, and shelters provide guidance to new adoptees.

$10 – $15