Shelter Learniverse and Industry-Wide Calendar

The AAWA Presents: In this session, we will explore some of the nuances between safe spaces and brave spaces, and identify skills and actions for leaders to create thriving environments that are both safe and brave. Leaders who wish to establish an inclusive work environment will especially benefit from this webinar.

Petfinder Presents: Discover how easy it is to apply for and secure funding to support your organization’s mission of helping pets in need. Join us for a webinar highlighting the impact of Petfinder Foundation grants on member organizations.

HASS Presents: Join us for a live webinar that promises a celebration of the work done by the HASS community and valuable insights into tools, resources, and the work shaping the future of supporting people and pets!

VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary, 1-hour VETgirl – Ceva Animal Health webinar, Dr. Harry Cridge, MVB, MS, PG Cert Vet Ed, DACVIM (SAIM), DECVIM-CA, FHEA, MRCVS reviews emesis and management of vomiting in dogs and cats. Tune in as he reviews differentials, recognition of dehydration and treatment!

Best Friends Presents: Join us for a practical session on making daily population rounds in shelters! Daily rounds are a vital practice that help shelters reduce length of stay, keep animals moving through the shelter system, and ensures that every pet gets what they need to arrive happy and healthy at a live outcome.

ASPCAPro Presents: In this webinar, we will present results from an ASPCA-funded study that investigated the impact of dental cleaning on the quality of life of canine patients. This project aimed to answer the question of whether or not providing some care was better than providing no care for patients with end-stage canine dental disease.

Maddie’s Fund Presents: The Family Bondedness Scale (FBS) was designed to measure scores which represent the degree to which a person is emotionally and affectionately bonded to a pet as a member of their family. This presentation will cover the development and use of, and research to date on, the FBS when measuring equivalence between cat and dog owners.

Fear Free Presents: During this webinar, Dr. Maryse Osborn-Doser, DVM, Insights Discovery Client Practitioner with IDEXX, and Rebeka Graham, a Licensed Practitioner with Insights Discovery, will walk through the value of a deeper understanding of psychology preferences in communications, along with tools to adapt and connect more effectively in conversations with your colleagues and clients.

Dogs Playing for Life Presents: At Dogs Playing for Life’s Stranger Danger webinar, hosted by Aimee Sadler, CEO and Founder of DPFL, you will learn how to work with dogs that are wary of strangers by building their confidence and helping them develop new skills which will enable them to meet new people (and potential adopters) happily and successfully! Even for the private dog trainer or dog owner, the skills taught in this webinar will help support your stranger danger dog to expand their comfort level when meeting new people at home!

Maddie’s Fund Presents: Hear about the three most important things you can ask and do to help a person with a pet who is facing housing insecurity or unable to find housing because of their pet. This will be a highly interactive discussion, so bring your questions for Dianne Prado (Founder and President of the Housing Equity & Advocacy Resource Team – HEART LA) to answer as well as any issues or topics related to pets and housing that you have for her.