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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Zoom Meeting – 3/30/23 to 5/18/23 – Summit Fast Track: Are You Staying Within Your Capacity for Care? – Maddie’s Million Pet Challenge

Virtual

Maddie's Million Pet Challenge Presents: Capacity for Care (C4C) is such a wonderful place to be, yet it can feel so out of reach. What is your shelter’s capacity for care, what is it based on, and are you staying within it? Even just understanding what C4C is can feel overwhelming, much less getting there. Need a refresher or don’t know where to start? Answer — right here!

Free

Webinar – 4/20/23 – Mushroom Mystique: Which Ones Are Magic and Which Ones Are Tragic – ASPCAPro

Virtual

ASPCAPro Presents: Join Dr. Jesse Strong, DVM, DABT to learn all about mushroom exposures in cats and dogs! Most mushrooms cause stomach upset, but some can be deadly, making it difficult to know how aggressive treatment should be. While there are too many mushroom species to cover them all, this presentation will discuss the main categories of toxic mushrooms that can be found in the United States and Canada. 

Free

Webinar – 4/20/23 – Bottle-Feeding Kittens 101 – National Kitten Coalition

Virtual

National Kitten Coalition Presents: How much do I feed a kitten? How often? How much? How do I mix the formula? There are so many things to learn when it comes to feeding a tiny kitten. In this webinar, we will teach you the basics of how to safely bottle-feed a neonatal kitten and help it grow!

Free

Zoom Meeting – 3/30/23 to 5/18/23 – Summit Fast Track – Coordinated Care: Ensuring Animals & People Get the Right Care in Right Place – Maddie’s Million Pet Challenge

Virtual

Maddie's Million Pet Challenge Presents: Learn progressive and collaborative ways of respecting all of the members of your community, especially those who come to us for supportive services. We’ll focus on ways to help pets stay in their current homes when possible and effectively reserve shelter intake for animals who really need to be in our care. We’ll discuss not only how these techniques can reduce shelter intakes, but also how this approach will set everyone up for success, including families, animals, and shelter team members.

Free

Webinar – 4/21/23 – Surrender Prevention Series: Jumping – GoodPup

Virtual

GoodPup Presents: In this webinar GoodPup will focus on how best to address our dogs that love to jump. We’ll identify different reasons why our dogs jump. Then we’ll explore how to prevent the jumping from becoming a problem and we’ll build some plans together as a group to help us solve when jumping is already a problem. This is one team discussion you won’t want to miss.

Free

Webinar – 4/23/23 – Milkshakes, Mindsets & Medicine: The Power and Potential of Mindsets in Veterinary Medicine – VETGirl

Virtual

VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary, 1-hour, VETgirl–Elanco webinar, Dr. Jacqueline Neilson, DVM, DACVB tackles some common mindsets that may sabotage our health, happiness, and work in the veterinary setting. Tune in and learn how we can shift those mindsets to improve our personal well-being, the well-being of the profession, and the care we deliver to our patients.

Free

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

Webinar – 4/26/23 – Emails That Get Results: The ultimate welcome series for your donors – Network for Good

Virtual

Network for Good Presents: In this session, Rachel Bearbower will walk you through the 5 emails to construct an engaging (and effective) welcome series for your new donors. You’ll learn the key ingredients that go into each email to help your donor feel valued and appreciated and start turning your new donors into recurring, long-term donors.

Free

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

Webinar – 5/1/23 – YouTube LIVE: Expanding our Minds with Lyme – VETGirl

Virtual

VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary, 30-minute VETgirl – Merck Animal Health YouTube LIVE event, Dr. Kathryn Duncan, DVM, PhD, DACVM (Parasitology) reviews canine Lyme disease as it relates to the tick vector, clinical signs, and available diagnostics. Tune in for case discussions to learn about the latest recommendations on treatment and prevention!

Free

Conference – 5/2/23 to 5/4/23 – Humane Canada’s Summit for Animals – Humane Canada (fee applies)

Virtual

Humane Canada Presents (fee applies): Humane Canada is hosting the 10th anniversary of the largest animal welfare event in Canada. This annual event brings together animal welfare professionals, advocates and volunteers to learn cutting-edge information from thought leaders in the sector, while building long-lasting professional connections that will help advance attendees’ advocacy efforts in benefit of animals and their welfare.

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Zoom Meeting – 3/28/23 to 5/16/23 – Summit Fast Track: How to Make Your Shelter Software Help You Work Smarter, Not Harder – Maddie’s Million Pet Challenge

Virtual

Maddie's Million Pet Challenge Presents: Is what your shelter software has to say getting lost in translation? Start transforming numbers and patterns in your intake and outcome reports into concrete benefits for animals and staff. Discover how to increase live release and lower length of stay based on information you already have at your fingertips.

Free

Webinar – 5/2/23 – Survey Results: Access to Vet Care in California Shelters – CalAnimals

Virtual

CalAnimals Presents: An important statewide survey was conducted in the fall of 2022 to help assess and quantify the veterinary shortage in California shelters and the impact it is having on our operations. Spoiler alert: The impact is significant and is affecting hundreds of thousands of shelter pets! Join us for a review of the data and a discussion about possible solutions. Where do we go from here?

Free

Online Course – Starts 5/3/23 – Animal Behavior Consulting: Principles & Practice – IAABC (fee applies)

Virtual

IAABC Presents (fee applies): The IAABC Animal Behavior Consulting Principles & Practice Course is a unique twelve-week, a multi-module course providing a comprehensive overview of the many facets of animal behavior consulting for all species. The course is appropriate for experienced behavior consultants and practitioners as well as those newer to the field with a strong interest in animal behavior.

$1980 – $2500