California for All Animals Presents: At the February 6 All Call, dog behavior experts Shonyae Johnson, Maria DeLeon, and Kayla Wade will provide practical solutions for working with large dogs in shelters and share strategies for supporting fosters and adopters who have large dogs. They’ll also answer your most pressing dog behavior conundrums.
PPG Presents (fee applies): This is a case report of Opie who presented for generalized anxiety, aggression towards unfamiliar people, aggression towards familiar people, and aggression at the veterinary hospital. Medical conditions that contributed to his behavior and medication intervention along with training and behavior modification.
Life of Riley Presents: Speakers from Companions and Animals for Reform & Equity (CARE) will present on the positive impact of Racial Equity Diversity and Inclusion (REDI) training on vets, shelters and people.
Maddie’s Fund Presents: In this webcast, Dr. Gunter will discuss multiple studies she and her team have carried out as part of the Arizona State University/Virginia Tech Maddie’s Nationwide Fostering Study in which we studied the effects of field trip and sleepover programs on the welfare of dogs living in shelters.
CARE Presents: The animal well-being industry lacks representation of BIPOC people, especially Black men, despite the role of important figures from the past and present who help animals every day. Join host Sterling “Trap King” Davis as he speaks with panelists Daryl Fletcher from SOOFA Ranch and Donell Randolph from Oakland Animal Services.
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.
NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: Join Deputy District Attorney Jill Hollander and Animal Legal Defense Fund Managing Attorney David B. Rosengard for a discussion of programs that pair defendants (either via diversion or as part of a sentence) with high euthanasia-risk animals in need of socialization and behavioral support.
The UW Shelter Medicine Program Presents: The media attention around severe canine respiratory disease has started to dwindle, but disease in shelters remains a concern. Our program has consulted with several shelters in the previous six months experiencing cases of Strep zoo. The number of cases is unusual, but the contributing factors seem to be growing more common. We’d love to talk with you about some cases, conditions of dogs in shelters, and risk factors for infectious disease.
HSVMA Presents: This discussion will equip the veterinary team with information and tools to educate pet parents on alternatives to declawing. With a plethora of information out there, this discussion will streamline what you need to know today to set your pet parents up for success tomorrow.
Maddie’s Fund Presents: In our Season 3 premiere on February 15, 2024 at 12pm PT, meet Dianne Prado, Founder and President of the Housing Equity & Advocacy Resource Team (HEART LA), a unique non-profit that was truly born from the heart.
CARE Presents: Throughout history, we have seen and heard of the stories of powerful figures who, one way or another, influenced the society we live in today. In this segment, we will discuss significant historical figures you may not know about due to our historic and modern-day inequities. As we know, there is still much work to do, especially considering the Human and Animal Wellbeing space.
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.
Community Cats Podcast Presents: Learn from the folks who started the community TNR program in New York City and helped other municipalities organize their programs as well. We’ll go over training the public, providing support services, tracking success, gaining publicity and more.
Hearts Speak Presents: In this webinar, you’ll learn how to effectively identify and segment your audience to create personalized communications that connect with your community. We’ll show you how to refine your core messages to align with your audiences for greater impact. Expect to gain insights into essential tools and practical steps to successfully implement your audience-engaged marketing plan.
California for All Animals Presents: The one-hour call is a dedicated space to share and learn from each other. On February 20, the City of Sacramento Front Street Animal Shelter will showcase a few of their initiatives designed to remove barriers between pets and people and keep families together in a city where over 4,000 people face chronic homelessness, second to only Los Angeles and New York City.
VIN Presents (fee applies): This course will cover strategies to reduce length of stay include daily population rounds, tracking animal flow through the shelter and removing bottlenecks, pathway planning, open selection, managed admissions, and fast-tracking of highly adoptable pets, and more.
Maddie’s® Million Pet Challenge Presents: Join your colleagues nationwide for two half-days of actionable programs that you can begin to implement today to slow the number of animals coming into the shelter and get the ones that do back home faster, easier, better.
CARE Presents: Get curious with representatives from CARE’s Environmental Justice, Community Animal CARE, and CARE Center teams. Aline Silva interviews Akisha Townsend Eaton, Rae Williams, and Tre Law to share important historical information for Black land owners and farmers, how it intersects with Environmental Justice, and why we should all care about this to benefit humans and animals.
Maddie’s Million Pet Challenge Presents: Submit your photos, videos and stories of dogs and cats heading back to the people, places, and animal pals they know and love by February 22 at 5 pm PT. We’ll draw two $100 gift card winners who will be announced at the closing session of the Back Where They Belong summit on February 28.
University of Florida – Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program Presents (fee applies): Compassion Fatigue Strategies is a unique online course designed to support people who work with animals. The course will help you recognize signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue, learn to manage your stress levels and increase your self-care practices, connect with the rewards of your work, build your resiliency, and commit to making successful changes in your life and in your organization.
