Shelter Learniverse and Industry-Wide Calendar

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.

NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Present: This webinar will talk about the history of the Community Cat Program at the Animal Welfare League of Arlington (AWLA) in Arlington, Virginia including where we were, where we are now, and how we got there. We will discuss how to garner successful support and buy-in for a jurisdiction-wide program, how to resolve the most common community cat conflicts, and what supportive needs arise during a TNR program.

VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): In this VETgirl practice management webinar, Amy Newfield, CVT, VTS (ECC) discusses how to effectively manage through difficult client conversations. In this lecture, learn how to deal with the types of difficult clients and how to handle each one.

Fear Free Presents: In this webinar, Tony Buffington, DVM, PhD Clinical Professor UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, will remind participants “who cats are” and why they are particularly prone to fear in confined situations (i.e., hospitals, shelters, homes, etc.).

VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): In this VETgirl leadership webinar, Dr. Peter Weinstein, MBA reviews how to be a leader and build your veterinary team to promote veterinary practice success. In this lecture, learn the differences between leaders and managers and how to identify your personal strengths and weaknesses. Find out why a team is the key to success, and how leaders can bring that team together to ultimate success.

Dog iBox Presents (fee applies): This presentation will dive deep into which aspects of this human-directed aggression pattern may be considered “normal” and which may have underlying influences of medical diagnoses or emotional disorders, before taking an even closer look at management and behavior modification strategies that can be used for the prevention of this pattern as well as for intervention.

Dogs Playing for Life Presents: While this webinar can be attended as a standalone course, we will build on our Fancy Footwork approach to handling and training to offer practical training, handling, and safety solutions to on-leash reactivity for dogs living in shelters.

FDSA Presents (fee applies): We will be looking at the differences between relaxation and anticipation. Understanding where these are helpful and where they can be counter productive. The webinar will contain both theory and video on training different release cues.

Best Friends Presents: Register to receive access via email to this exclusive Best Friends National Conference session on December 9. In this session, we discuss how to revamp your organization’s operations to safely reduce a pet’s stay, whether that pet is highly adoptable, has medical or behavioral challenges, or is returned to the field.

VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): Join us for this 2-hour, VETgirl ophthalmology CE track webinar where Dr. Shelby Reinstein, DACVO will provide an update on the current management of cataracts in dogs. In this lecture, she’ll review how to accurately diagnose cataracts, the devastating secondary complications, and appropriate therapy, including both medical and surgical treatment options.

Think Anesthesia Presents: Michele Barletta, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVAA will discuss the physiological processes of transduction, transmission, modulation, and perception, as well as the process and consequences of peripheral and central sensitization. The importance of the use of available pain scoring systems to aid in the recognition of pain and assessment of response to therapy will be discussed.

UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Presents (fee applies): In this session the instructors will discuss the recent developments regarding the pathophysiology and management of canine epilepsy, including classifications of seizures, appropriate drugs for seizure management, and more.

VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary VETgirl–PetDx webinar, Dr. Andi Flory, DACVIM (Oncology) reviews how a blood test can detect cancer in dogs. The term “liquid biopsy” broadly refers to the sampling and analysis of analytes from biological fluids, including blood. Tune in to find out more about this cutting-edge diagnostic approach that can be added to your arsenal for the detection and characterization of cancer.

Fear Free Presents: After the webinar, attendees will understand the concept of caregiver burden and the impact that has on our clients, our patients, and our own mental health. Specific examples will be given on ways to help pet parents and veterinary teams guide reduction of fear, anxiety, and stress at home to lessen the strain on the human-animal bond.

Network for Good Presents: Writing emails can be difficult. Writing emails that stand out in the sea of your donors’ inboxes is even harder, especially when you’re deep in the trenches of year-end! In this webinar, you’ll learn 9 steps to craft a highly effective email appeal.