Shelter Learniverse

Online Conference - 6/11/21 to 6/13/21 - Online Kitten Conference - CCP and National Kitten Coalition (fee applies)
2021-06-11 | Virtual
The Online Kitten Conference will be back in 2021 for the third consecutive year! The conference is jointly hosted by The Community Cat Podcast and The National Kitten Coalition and will again feature amazing speakers and a wide range of information all about kittens. Check back soon for registration information and more details!

WEBSITE LINK: https://kittencoalition.org/event/2021-online-kitten-conference/

Webinar - 6/10/21 - Data, Data, Every Where, Nor Any Stat to Keep: Collecting and Analyzing Data That Makes a Difference - Texas Unites (fee applies)
2021-06-10 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Data is everywhere, and lots of it. There is so much data, of one form or another, collected in animal service organizations that it can become a bad thing, if not used wisely. Too much data, ineffective analysis or poor data management can make gathering information for decision making almost impossible. Worse it can prove deceptive and cause you to make the wrong decisions.
In this session we will discuss the aspects of data collection, management and analysis. We will explore making sense of the data available to us, how we put information in context and the value of keeping things simple. We will also discuss the potential for, and benefit of, automating data collection and analysis.
Presenter
Jason Smith MBA, CAWA, Technology Integration Consultant, HLP Inc., Makers of Chameleon Software
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Your $49 registration fee provides access to all webinars May 19 through July 1.
All sessions are CE approved through DSHS and AAWA with selected sessions approved through TBVME.
Registration will remain open throughout the Virtual Learning Series. Register early to participate live in your chosen sessions or enjoy the recorded sessions at your convenience.
For a complete listing of the series’ webinars with descriptions and speaker information, please see our Virtual Learning Series Brochure.
WEBSITE LINK: https://www.texasunites.com/training/

Webinar - 6/10/21 - Fetch Followers with Scalable Social Media Strategies for Any Animal Organization - Texas Unites (fee applies)
2021-06-10 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Does your organization have a limited (or non-existent) marketing budget? Are you tasked with managing multiple social platforms but aren’t sure what to post? Do you have limited manpower and feel unsure where to invest your time to get content that achieves engagement? Every animal welfare organization struggles with implementing and maintaining social media best practices, especially with always evolving social media platforms and algorithms. Whether you’re a small rescue group or a huge municipal shelter, this session will provide you with tangible strategies to improve your social media and animal promotional efforts in a time when virtual communications could not be more important. Speakers have experience in non-profit and municipal shelters with intakes ranging from 2,000 to 40,000 pets a year, in addition to serving on the boards of non-shelter animal welfare organizations.
Presenters
Leah Backo, Public Information Coordinator, Dallas Animal Services
Kelsey Keys, Marketing and Communications Manager, Operation Kindness
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Your $49 registration fee provides access to all webinars May 19 through July 1.
All sessions are CE approved through DSHS and AAWA with selected sessions approved through TBVME.
Registration will remain open throughout the Virtual Learning Series. Register early to participate live in your chosen sessions or enjoy the recorded sessions at your convenience.
For a complete listing of the series’ webinars with descriptions and speaker information, please see our Virtual Learning Series Brochure.
WEBSITE LINK: https://www.texasunites.com/training/

Virtual Seminar - Thursdays in June - Shelter Behavior with Kelley Bollen - CalAnimals (open to non-members also)
2021-06-10 11:00 - 12:30, 2021-06-03 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
This 4 session VIRTUAL workshop designed for all levels of shelter staff will cover advice to resolve common dog and cat behavior problems to prevent surrender, a behavior perspective on intake and adoptions, canine behavior evaluations and decisions-making, and behavior modification in the shelter.
Each session is 90 minutes, from 11am to 12:30pm Pacific Time every Thursday in June, beginning June 4th.
The topics are:

Advice to Resolve Common Behavior Problems in Dogs and Cats to Prevent Surrender – June 4th

Intake and Adoptions – A Behavior Perspective – June 11th

Canine Behavior Evaluations and Disposition Decision Making – June 18th

Behavior Modification in the Shelter – June 25th

Tuition for entire series:
$40 Staff & Volunteers of CalAnimals Member Organizations – Remember to sign into the Member Portal to receive member discount.
$55 non-members
Complete your registration today. You will be automatically enrolled in ALL 4 sessions. A unique code and password will be emailed to you. The link may not be shared.

6/4/2020 to 6/25/2020

When:
All Thursdays in June
11am-12:30pm

Where:
VIRTUAL – 4 ZOOM WEBINARS

Presenter:
Kelley Bollen, MS, CABC

Contact:
Kathy Anderson
Kathy@CalAnimals.org

REGISTER HERE: https://calanimals.site-ym.com/event/KelleyBollenWorkshopJune

Webinar - 6/10/21 - Put the “smart” back into your smartphone and your PC too! - Texas Unites (fee applies)
2021-06-10 08:30 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Passionate animal advocates (like yourself!) are always pressed for time. When trying to save animals’ lives, it’s important to do more in less time. If building a time machine isn’t an option for you, why not take advantage of the greatest apps and tools out there? With so many to choose from, finding the ones that work in animal welfare can be a daunting task. In this session, you’ll get to see the best options available that are extremely low cost or free. Using technology to your advantage will not only help you save time, streamline communication, increase staff and volunteer productivity and reduce redundant workflows but can also help you have a greater impact on both the animals and humans that you interact with every day.
Presenter
April Huntsman, CAWA, Director of Animal Welfare Insights, Adopt-a-pet.com
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Your $49 registration fee provides access to all webinars May 19 through July 1.
All sessions are CE approved through DSHS and AAWA with selected sessions approved through TBVME.
Registration will remain open throughout the Virtual Learning Series. Register early to participate live in your chosen sessions or enjoy the recorded sessions at your convenience.
For a complete listing of the series’ webinars with descriptions and speaker information, please see our Virtual Learning Series Brochure.
WEBSITE LINK: https://www.texasunites.com/training/

Online Conference - 6/8/21 to 6/10/21 - The Spring Virtual Conference for Animal Welfare Advancement - The AAWA (fee applies)
2021-06-10, 2021-06-09, 2021-06-08 | Virtual
Registration is open for The Spring Conference for Animal Welfare Advancement! Join us for these four tracks of virtual learning opportunities:

Field Services (NACA approved)
Finance & Strategy (CFRE approved)
Fundraising (CFRE approved)
Shelter Medicine (pending RACE approval)
Plus, general sessions about important DEI updates in our industry and a discussion on what we can do about the veterinary shortage

WEBSITE LINK: https://theaawa.org/event/2021Spring

Online Event - 6/9/21 - Let's Talk About the New Career Options for Vet Nurses/Techs - The Bridge Club
2021-06-09 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
The opportunities available to veterinary nurses and technicians is vast! In this conversation, we will highlight the newest career opportunities in companion animal and food animal practices, industry opportunities and showcase how these professionals are changing the future of veterinary medicine. More details to come, but grab your spot now.
A huge thank you to Wellhaven Pet Health and Hills Pet Nutrition for bringing this conversation forward.
WEBSITE LINK: https://www.thebridgeclub.com/events/lets-talk-about-the-new-career-options-for-vet-nurses-techs

Online Event - Wednesdays - The Wednesday Summit #ThankstoMaddie - AmPa!
2021-06-09 13:00 - 14:00, 2021-06-02 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
The AmPA! weekly Wednesday Summit offers shelters and rescues a chance to talk through the most current animal sheltering challenges! Topics will change each week. #ThankstoMaddie
You’ll join AmPA! and HASS Staff and industry leaders, but, more importantly, you’ll be able to engage face to face (digitally!) with people like you. Because not feeling alone makes this work a lot easier.
#ThankstoMaddie for making education like this possible.
Registration now required! You only need to register once for 2021.
WEBSITE LINK: https://bit.ly/3nkHsZT

Webinar - 6/9/21 - Thinking Outside the Snot: Shelter Medicine Approaches to Upper Respiratory Infections in Cats - EveryCat Health Foundation
2021-06-09 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Cats in animal shelters are uniquely prone to upper respiratory infections, aka URI or “the cat common cold”. These infections are complicated. They are inextricably tied to stress and crowding in cats. They can be caused by a number of viruses and bacteria. You can’t vaccinate or treat your way out of an established URI problem. Affected cats are often treated with antibiotics, even though infections are often viral, and this can result in poor appetite, vomiting, diarrhea and resistant infections. Chronic URI can be a nightmare for shelters and adopters, and can sometimes cause severe health issues.
This presentation will focus on newer shelter medicine approaches to URI – prevention strategies that have succeeded to the point that many shelters no longer have a “URI problem”; when to isolate affected cats and when that’s not needed; when diagnostic tests are needed and which ones are useful; when to treat and with what; and how to manage a newly adopted cat that is sneezing. RACE Approved!
Dr. Linda Jacobson obtained her veterinary degree in Pretoria, South Africa, in 1986, and went on to specialize in companion animal internal medicine. She has been at the Toronto Humane Society since 2010, where she is currently Senior Manager, Shelter Medicine Advancement.
In 2015 she completed a Graduate Certificate in Shelter Medicine through the University of Florida. Linda is co-founder and President and Treasurer of the Ontario Shelter Medicine Association. She serves on the Standard of Care Working Group of the College of Veterinarians of Ontario and Toronto Humane Society’s Unsocial Cat Working Group. Her professional passions and interests include accessible veterinary care, infectious diseases, animal hoarding, and evidence-based medicine.
WEBSITE LINK: https://everycat.org/thinking-outside-the-snot-shelter-medicine-approaches-to-upper-respiratory-infections-in-cats/

Online Training - 6/8/21 - Lifesaving Dispatch - Best Friends
2021-06-08 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Traditional dispatch programs focus on collecting information and sending out an officer. Today’s modern dispatch program focuses on lifesaving and proactive problem-solving, and acts as the agency’s gate keeper for officer call volume and shelter intake. This approach accesses the potential for increased lifesaving and community engagement that the traditional mindset leaves behind. During this training Anna Walton, Municipal and shelter support coordinator at Best Friends, and will cover:

Customer service
Radio use and priorities
Information collection and problem solving over the phone
Tips and tricks on handling some of the commonly received complaint calls

Learn how to challenge the traditional model of animal control dispatch and encourage a more proactive, engaged, and community-focused approach to the call-takers of the field service industry.
WEBSITE LINK: https://network.bestfriends.org/tools-and-information/e-learning/live-online-training

Webinar – 6/7/21 – MAC 2021 Webinar Series – The Future of Sheltering: Human Animal Support Services – Massachusetts Animal Coalition
2021-06-07 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual
What if there was a way animal welfare organizations could meaningfully address and solve the root causes of why animals enter shelters in the first place? The Human Animal Support Services (HASS) project is a collaborative effort of more than 500 animal welfare experts, 40 shelters and 36 working groups that are aiming to do just that. In the process, big lessons are being learned, revolutionary changes are happening, barriers in the community are broken down as the community becomes more involved – all allowing animals and people to stay together.
Learn about:

The different components of HASS, how these components work to break down barriers making adoption, fostering, vet care etc accessible to all communities and how you can easily implement them in your organization.
Proven strategies for reducing intake and housing more pets outside of the shelter.
Embracing technology, repurposing staff, and accomplishing the HASS model without a lot of extra funding.
Utilizing Volunteers in ways you never imagined to make all of this possible.

Speaker Information
Kristen Hassen is the Director of Maddie’s American Pets Alive!, overseeing the Maddie’s Academy, Human Animal Support Services, and other lifesaving initiatives. Kristen formerly served as the Director of Pima Animal Care Center, an open admission, government animal shelter in Tucson, Arizona with an intake of 20,000 animals annually and a live release rate of 93%. While at PACC, Kristen launched many of the Human Animal Support Services initiatives, including building the nation’s largest municipal shelter foster program, with 5,500 pets going to foster care annually. Before that, Kristen served as the Deputy Director at Austin Animal Center, in Austin, Texas and the Assistant Director at Fairfax County Animal Shelter in Fairfax, Virginia.

WEBSITE LINK: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=dmv5lydab&oeidk=a07ehw9aaoj0f484258

Online Meeting - Mondays - Shelter and Rescue Support Call - Hosted by Maddie's Fund
2021-06-07 08:00 - 09:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
MONDAYS: 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM PT
Register for 2021: https://bit.ly/2MwQkz4
You need only register once to attend each recurring meeting throughout the year.
WATCH REPLAYS: https://forum.maddiesfund.org/communityconversations
These calls are for all shelter personnel, paid and unpaid. If you want to connect with colleagues from the US and Canada about how they’re navigating sheltering in a post COVID world, grab a coffee and start your week out with 300 people who have the same questions, ideas and worries as you.
Have someone in mind who would make a great speaker for HASS? Submit this form: https://www.humananimalsupportservices.org/connections-form/
Meeting Link: https://bit.ly/2MwQkz4

Webinar - 6/6/21 - Updates in clinical nutrition - VETGirl
2021-06-06 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Join us for a complimentary VETgirl–Hill’s Pet Nutrition webinar, where Dr. Nicole Smee, MS, DACVIM reviews a case-based approach to nutrition using the AAHA nutritional assessment guidelines. Learn how to apply clinically relevant, practical nutrition guidelines on your day-to-day veterinary patients. This webinar will bring to light some of the more recent issues concerning nutrition and disease in our companion animal. Learn how to incorporate nutrition recommendations appropriately in daily practice!
Thanks to sponsorship from Hill’s Pet Nutrition, this webinar is free to all!

Thanks to generous support from Hill’s Pet Nutrition, attend all 12 VETgirl nutrition webinars in 2020-2021 for a nutrition certification. To learn more about our nutrition certificate program as well as other VETgirl certificate programs, please click HERE.
WEBSITE LINK: https://vetgirlontherun.com/webinars/june-6-2021-updates-in-clinical-nutrition/

Online Course - 6/5/21 to 6/6/21 - Aggression in Dogs Workshop - Loose Leash Academy (fee applies)
2021-06-06 09:00 - 17:00, 2021-06-05 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Michael Shikashio, CDBC and Trish McMillan MSc, CPDT-KA, ACCBC, CDBC will be presenting a two-day workshop on safety, defensive handling, and the behavior modification techniques used with aggressive dogs. Attendees will learn what is needed before working with aggressive dogs, gain hands-on experience in defensive handling and leash skills, and see videos of behavior change in aggression cases.
Defensive Handling and Training
Michael Shikashio, CDBC and Trish McMillan MSc, CPDT-KA, ACCBC, CDBC

Are you currently working with aggressive dogs or have an interest in learning more about how to safely work with aggressive dogs?
Would you like to learn hands-on defensive handling skills?
Do you want to add more to your toolbox for modifying aggressive behavior in dogs?

Registration

Cost: $195

Via Live Stream and the events WILL BE RECORDED
June 5-6, 2021 – US Pacific Time

Cancellation Policy

Refunds up to 30 days before the event. After that date, no refunds will be given.

CEU’s

CCPDT, IAABC and KPA – 14 CEUs, RACE 15 CE
RACE Attendees will have two weeks to view the recordings and submit for CE, all others will have one year to do so.

WEBSITE LINK: https://thelooseleashacademy.com/seminars-list/aggression-in-dogs-seminar

Webinar - 6/5/21 - Neighborhood Cats TNR Certification Workshop - Community Cats Podcast (small fee applies)
2021-06-05 11:00 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Are you ready to be part of the solution for feral and stray cats in your neighborhood? Learn what TNR is, why it works, and how to get started. Our expert instructors will teach you the best practices for Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) and colony management. Plus, you’ll receive a certificate of completion** after you attend.
*If you are a volunteer with All About Rescue in Michigan, you will be asked to stay on after the workshop for a special session for your program.

**New York City-area attendees who earn their certificate will also qualify for free local TNR services, including spay/neuter, trap rentals, and expert hands-on assistance. If you are an NYC-area resident, you will receive access to a recorded session on how to access these NYC resources.
WEBSITE LINK: https://www.communitycatspodcast.com/product/neighborhood-cats-tnr-certification-workshop-june-5-2021/

Webinar - 6/5/21, 6/12/21, and 6/19/21 - Suzanne Clothier - Goodness of Fit - PuppyWorks (fee applies)
2021-06-05 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Interaction of Dog Temperament, Intrinsic/Extrinsic Motivation, Needs & Training Capabilities!
Earn up to 6 CEU’s
A New Framework for Understanding Temperament & the Individual Dog!

Deeper understanding how temperament effects whether training is or is not successful, depending on the individual dog, handler & task.
A dog’s intrinsic/extrinsic motivation, how it affects what it wants to do, can do, struggles to do & how this effects training and homing.
A structure for thinking about what to want, need & expect from a dog and how to identify a best match-home for a dog.
Fees: Participate in all 3 sessions for a total of $95 ($80 for groups of 4+) or choose any combination of 2 sessions at $35 per session.
Each session is at 12:00 Noon Eastern, 11:00 AM Central, 10:00 AM Mountain and 9:00 AM West Coast times.
Each segment starts with a presentation of about 1 1/2 hours, followed by a 15 minute “coffee break” and ends with a 45 minute Q/A session during which the speaker will respond to questions posed by attendees of the live sessions.
Whether you make the live sessions or not, you will be able to access a complete recording of each session for 1 year.
Links to the recordings will be emailed to all participants the day after each live session.
CEU credits will be provided at the end of series. You have the option of providing your CCPDT number during the ticket purchase. IAABC Certificates will be emailed upon request after the final session in the series.
Invites & Reminders to the zoom live sessions are being sent from . We recommend you add this email address to your email program’s address book to assure they are not being filtered out by your spam/junk filters.

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WEBINAR OBJECTIVES
There are 4 primary objectives to give attendees:

A new framework for understanding temperament & the individual dog.
A deeper understanding of why training is or is not successful (partially or wholly), depending on the individual dog and how to identify the best match.
A structure for thinking about what they want/need/expect from dog and how to identify the best match.
A structure for finding the best match home for a dog.

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SESSION 1: Saturday, June 5, 2021
Basics of Temperament – what it is, what it is not!
Some CARAT aspects (Clothier’s Animal Response Assessment Tool) come into play so attendees have a new framework for thinking about the individual dog; develop understanding of intrinsic/extrinsic motivation and how that affects what the dog wants to do, can do, struggles to do, and the genetically selected behaviors vs. trained behaviors.
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SESSION 2: Saturday, June 12, 2021
​Aspects of the Relationship Assessment Tool!
Some aspects for assessing the dog-human dynamics; identifying best candidates and “non-negotiable” qualities for successful candidates.

SESSION 3: Saturday, June 19, 2021
Looking at 3 Different Expectations!
Three different dog candidates, how to line up their needs and preferences for best placement and what that might look like in a dog:

Family Dogs
Sports Competitors
Service Dogs

WEBSITE LINK: https://www.puppyworks.com/clothier

Webinar - 6/3/21 - Working with Dogs That Lack Enthusiasm - FDSA (fee applies)
2021-06-03 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Some dogs just don’t appear to be enthusiastic about training. This may present as a lack of enthusiasm for all training related activities, or it may be specific to a certain sport or individual task (e.g. dumbbell retrieve). In some cases, the dog may even appear to lose interest in training after a period of what appeared to be enthusiastic, engaged work.
The observable behaviors may include:

Responding slowly to cues, needing repeated cues, or stopping responding altogether.
Leaving you or the training area during a session.
Avoiding eye contact with you or the task.
Engaging in displacement behaviors such as sniffing the ground during an active training session.
Developing a reluctance to join you at the start of a training session.

In this webinar we discuss common reasons why these behaviors may occur, including:

Feeling fearful, anxious, frustrated, or conflicted.
Physical limitations.
Low levels of mental stamina.
Sensitivity to making mistakes.
Sensitivity to changes in the environment.
Impact of prior learning history.

Most importantly, we also discuss simple strategies to put the enthusiasm back into the training process, for both the dog and the human!
WEBSITE LINK: https://www.fenzidogsportsacademy.com/index.php/self-study/webinars

Online Event - 6/3/21 - Unpacking External Facing Medical Care with the Experts Virtual Face-to-Face - American Pets Alive!
2021-06-03 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Join this virtual, face-to-face event featuring some of the preeminent leaders in shelter medicine to unpack how you can use these resources, talk through your biggest questions, and discuss what is next for the future of external medical support.
The External Facing Medical Care Toolkits are the result of a collaboration with many of the most innovative leaders in shelter medicine to support the prevention of animal surrender due to medical issues. These toolkits support you to build low or no-cost services, or incremental full service medicine to support communities and keep more people with their pets.
Topics and breakout rooms will include conversations around fundraising, funding and inventory, partnerships, legal questions, and marketing. Don’t miss your opportunity to join this special event, reserve your seat at the table today!
Before this live event please watch the webinar series and review the toolkits to be fully prepared for this amazing event.
WEBSITE LINK: https://bit.ly/3fISgiJ

Webinar - 6/3/21 - Cat Enrichment Toolkit - Texas Unites (fee applies)
2021-06-03 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Feline enrichment is more than just a series of “nice if you can do it” activities. It’s a critical component of feline shelter care. But why…and how? In this session, you’ll find out! We’ll talk about what feline enrichment is and how it enhances cat welfare and adoptability. You will also learn to evaluate how well your organization is doing at meeting the behavioral needs of the cats in your care and to create an enrichment program that is easy to implement and impactful, even with limited time and financial resources.
Presenter
Pamela Hill, Cat Behaviorist, thatcatgirl.com
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Your $49 registration fee provides access to all webinars May 19 through July 1.
All sessions are CE approved through DSHS and AAWA with selected sessions approved through TBVME.
Registration will remain open throughout the Virtual Learning Series. Register early to participate live in your chosen sessions or enjoy the recorded sessions at your convenience.
For a complete listing of the series’ webinars with descriptions and speaker information, please see our Virtual Learning Series Brochure.
WEBSITE LINK: https://www.texasunites.com/training/

Webinar - 6/3/21 - Getting Stuck? How to maximize lifesaving with the right animal flow - Texas Unites (fee applies)
2021-06-03 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Are you interested in learning how to maximize lifesaving at your shelter by improving your flow to ensure animals don’t get “stuck”? This workshop is led by two members of the leadership team of Dallas Animal Services (DAS), currently the 3rd highest intake municipal shelter in the country with an intake of nearly 40,000 cats and dogs this past year. This workshop will discuss how DAS manages this high-volume intake by being strategic. You will learn how the team changed the process from beginning to end to improve efficiencies and reduce cross-contamination as well as how they utilize opportunities to automate the process to avoid sticking points.
Presenters
Jordan Craig, General Manager, Dallas Animal Services
Marian Cannell, Manager II, Dallas Animal Services
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All sessions are CE approved through DSHS and AAWA with selected sessions approved through TBVME.
Registration will remain open throughout the Virtual Learning Series. Register early to participate live in your chosen sessions or enjoy the recorded sessions at your convenience.
For a complete listing of the series’ webinars with descriptions and speaker information, please see our Virtual Learning Series Brochure.
WEBSITE LINK: https://www.texasunites.com/training/

Online Event - 6/3/21 - Live from the Ranch - Ken Ramirez with Emma Parsons and Clive D.L. Wynne, Ph.D. - Karen Pryor Academy
2021-06-03 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Join Ken Ramirez, KPCT’s Chief Training Officer, for a free virtual event live from The Ranch on Thursday, June 3, at 12:00 pm (PT). Ken will be joined by Emma Parsons to demonstrate new techniques from the Click to Calm protocol and show how they can be applied to all dogs, whether they are reactive, shy, or just easily excited. Then, Ken and Clive D.L. Wynne, Ph.D. will explore his latest book and papers, including the efficacy of the clicker and dominance theory. The episode will include live training demos, audience Q & A, and so much more!
WEBSITE LINK: https://theranch.clickertraining.com/live/

Online Event - 6/3/21 - Maddie's Candid Conversation Series - Gabrielle Chapman & Justin Marceau - Maddie's Fund
2021-06-03 12:00 - 12:45 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Join us for a special edition of Maddie’s Candid Conversation where we will be talking with Justin Marceau, author of Beyond Cages: Animal Law and Criminal Punishment. The discussion will center around the role of fines and fees, civil penalties, conviction and punishment in achieving positive outcomes for animals – and how current enforcement models can in fact produce negative consequences for companion animals which can hinder the goal of lifesaving. Gabrielle Chapman, a social justice analyst, will facilitate the conversation, moderate your questions about how systemic racism plays a role, and share ways we can more effectively support companion animals and their families.
About the speakers:
Gabrielle Chapman is a Social Justice Analyst at The Woodrow Consulting Firm. She formerly worked as a Senior Social Justice Analyst with The Humane Society of the United States’ Pets for Life program where she lent her expertise about how systemic racism is perpetuated within animal welfare. She helps bring forth an increased consciousness about systemic racism and other forms of oppression which can hinder growth and well-being for communities and their companion animals. Her consulting work is informed by her knowledge across racial justice, food/land justice, and animal rights/welfare, using a One Health model that strives to develop solutions and build relationships from a socio-ecological perspective.
Justin F. Marceau is a Professor of Law and the Animal Legal Defense Fund Professor at the University of Denver. He is also the Brooks Institute Faculty Research Scholar of Animal Law and Policy, and an affiliated faculty member with the Institute for Human Animal Connections at the Graduate School of Social Work. Professor Marceau also serves as the reporter for the pattern criminal jury instruction committee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and he is a Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics.

WEBSITE LINK: https://maddiesfund-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAodOyorjstG9QY17u6vkbLU49uVSD6tI59

Webinar - 6/3/21 - Choice in the Shelter Setting - Texas Unites (fee applies)
2021-06-03 08:30 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
The shelter can inherently limit an animal’s ability to make choices. How an animal performs in the shelter-setting can be greatly influenced by their collective experiences while in your care, beginning as soon as they walk through your doors. How can we change our behavior to enable more choice for the animals in our care? Join Allison Hartlage, KPA-CTP, CBCC-KA, CTC, CNWI and Manager of Animal Training and Behavior at the Humane Society of Boulder Valley to explore this important topic.
Presenter
Allison Hartlage, KPA-CTP, CBCC-KA, CTC, CNWI and Manager of Animal Training and Behavior, Humane Society of Boulder Valley
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Your $49 registration fee provides access to all webinars May 19 through July 1.
All sessions are CE approved through DSHS and AAWA with selected sessions approved through TBVME.
Registration will remain open throughout the Virtual Learning Series. Register early to participate live in your chosen sessions or enjoy the recorded sessions at your convenience.
For a complete listing of the series’ webinars with descriptions and speaker information, please see our Virtual Learning Series Brochure.
WEBSITE LINK: https://www.texasunites.com/training/

Webinar - 6/3/21 - Building an Animal Shelter: Work behind the walls - Texas Unites (fee applies)
2021-06-03 07:00 - 09:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Begin with the End in mind. This is the crucial thinking you need to begin your Shelter build. What are the main goals you are trying to accomplish with this new facility? We will walk you through this process starting with the architect and design phase through the construction phase. Taking into consideration the critical areas and decisions you need to make before you even start your build. The careful planning of your facility and the details that become an integral part of your building. Shor-line has collaborated with many professionals in the Shelter Design and Construction phases of new facility builds or remodel project. We will get some advice from a few of these experts to help you begin your project knowing that the end in mind is exactly what you want for your Business Success.
Presenter
Adam Hermesch, International Sales and Business Development Manager, Shor-Line
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Webinar - 6/2/21 - Noise Phobia update. The newest, greatest and latest in the diagnosis and treatment of noise phobia - VETGirl
2021-06-02 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
“It’s not just all about fireworks and thunderstorms!”
In this VETgirl–Zoetis veterinary CE webinar, where Dr. Lisa Radosta, DACVB reviews what’s new with noise phobia. Noise phobia affects almost 50% of the dogs in the United States. Noise phobia is the behavioral chameleon masquerading as generalized anxiety, inappropriate elimination and global fear. Join us to learn the latest research, treatments and patient presentations.
Thanks to sponsorship from Zoetis, this webinar is free to all!

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