Shelter Learniverse and Industry-Wide Calendar

Shelters United and Rescue Disinfectants Present: Dr. Sara Pizano has worked with more than 100 shelters all over the country, from small rural facilities to large urban shelters. In this webinar, she’ll walk you through the steps each shelter, whether public or private and regardless of resources, can take to help and save more cats and dogs. Her focus will be on how just a little change in perspective can make a big life-saving difference.​​​​​​​

HSVMA Presents: Due to the growing public opposition to the use of traditional, lethal methods for mitigating human-wildlife conflicts, wildlife managers are now exploring the use of innovative, nonlethal fertility control methods for managing wildlife populations. This presentation will illustrate the important roles that veterinarians are playing in the development and advancement of this emerging field of wildlife management.   

Network for Good Presents: Looking at lessons learned from 2020, and current and projected trends for 2021. People are highly motivated right now, and giving them the opportunity to give back in their communities is effective and important.

Think Anesthesia Presents: Trouble with thermoregulation in patients under anesthesia? Learn the cold, hard facts of hypothermia as well as warmly embraced prevented measures that can easily be implemented into your routine patient management.

FDSA Presents (fee applies): During this one-hour talk Moira will highlight the variety of issues that could be happening when a dog reacts while home alone, and will describe the crucial components of assessing and finding out what is truly going on so it can be successfully addressed.

VETGirl Presents (fee applies): In this VETgirl leadership webinar, Amy Newfield, CVT, VTS (ECC) reviews how to create change at your veterinary clinic and key steps for change management success. Tune in to learn what next steps you need to help your team make a change!

Community Cats Podcast Presents: How do you keep the water from freezing in the middle of winter? Or calm the irate neighbor whose flower bed has been turned into a litter box? Find out how to deal with these and many more colony caretaking challenges from Neighborhood Cats with their 20 years of experience dealing with all things community cat. Come and share your battle-worn secrets too!

VETGirl Presents (fee applies): In this VETgirl veterinary technician webinar, Melissa Evans, LVT, VTS (ECC) reviews how to address neurologic emergencies beyond just seizure control. Tune in to learn what common neuro emergencies may walk through your door, including seizures, vestibular disease, spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injury and how to identify and stabilize them.

Getting 2 Zero Presents: The National Desexing Network developed the Cooperative Desexing Program to enable Councils to easily introduce desexing programs to prevent stray and abandoned cats and dogs. It is currently offered in 11 cities and shires across Australia. This presentation will explain how the program works, and the benefits to Councils and the communities involved.

Attendees will learn how to provide dog owners with general recommendations for the prevention of resource guarding in dogs, specific training exercises helpful for preventing and treating resource guarding in dogs, and behavior modification techniques and medications that can be helpful in treating possessive aggression

VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): In this VETgirl practice management webinar, Dr. Heather Douglas, MBA, CVA reviews personnel management for the veterinary professional. Managing and leading your team depends on the individual team members. Not all team members will benefit from the same style of management, so tune in to identify the best practices for guiding your team and their individual needs!

Fear Free Presents: Resource guarding is a common problem in dogs with a wide variety of behavioral presentations. Resource guarding can negatively affect the human-animal bond and the dog’s social relationship with other animals. In this webinar, Kenneth Martin, DVM, DACVB, will discuss prevention, establishing a diagnosis, and treatment recommendations.

Network for Good Presents: Roughly seven-in-ten Americans use some kind of social media platform and about 30% of nonprofit website traffic comes from social media. And nearly one third (31%) of annual giving occurs in December. That’s why social media must be part of your year-end fundraising strategy. In this webinar, digital fundraising expert Julia Campbell will show you her tried-and-true methods for creating a year-end social media plan that gets results and helps you achieve your year-end fundraising goals!

The AAWA Presents: When it comes to the relationship between wellness care and spay/neuter services, in most instances the answer is AND not OR. This webinar will describe how spay/neuter outreach led to a realization that many pets are going unserved by traditional veterinary models.