Name: Online Course – Starts 2/6/24 – Medical Aspects of Community Cat and Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Release Programs – VIN (fee applies)
Start: 2024-02-06T00:00:00-08:00
End: 2024-02-06T23:59:59-08:00
Location: Virtual

January 2024
January 17, 2024 @ 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM PST Online Event – 1/17/24 and 1/18/24 – Discovering a New Path: Positive Training for Aggressive & Reactive Dogs! – Puppworks (fee applies)

Online Event – 1/17/24 and 1/18/24 – Discovering a New Path: Positive Training for Aggressive & Reactive Dogs! – Puppyworks (fee applies)

Virtual

Puppyworks Presents (fee applies): When traditional methods fail in addressing aggressive or reactive behavior in dogs, what’s the next step? Walking away from clients or suggesting drastic measures like euthanasia or punitive measures? Join us in this groundbreaking webinar where we explore a new innovative approach—strictly positive training—for handling aggressive and reactive dogs.

$39 – $49
January 17, 2024 @ 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PST

Webinar – 1/17/24 – Aligning DEI Programming with Strategy – The AAWA

Virtual

The AAWA Presents: Learn how Marin Humane partnered with a consultant to align their DEI programming with their strategic plan and priorities. Marin Humane found by connecting the dots, they began thinking more creatively about addressing critical needs in their community.

Free
January 17, 2024 @ 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PST

Online Course – 1/17/24 – Surrender Prevention Certification Workshop – Community Cats Podcast (small fee applies)

Virtual

Community Cats Podcast Presents (small fee applies): Join this session to learn what surrender prevention is and why it works. Instructed by Dr. Rachel Geller, she will share real examples, with proven results, setting the potential surrenderer and cat on the road to a happy relationship together and keeping the cat in her home.

Free – $10
January 18, 2024 @ 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM PST

Online Event – 1/18/24 – Open Arms 2024 Pre-Challenge Huddle – Maddie’s Fund

Virtual

Maddie’s Fund Presents: We’ll be discussing the Grants Portal, Registration Process, Participation Reports and past grant winners as well as answering your Open Arms Challenge questions. Joining this huddle is not required to participate in the Challenge, but recommended if this is your first time joining one.

Free
January 18, 2024 @ 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM PST Online Event – 1/17/24 and 1/18/24 – Discovering a New Path: Positive Training for Aggressive & Reactive Dogs! – Puppworks (fee applies)

Online Event – 1/17/24 and 1/18/24 – Discovering a New Path: Positive Training for Aggressive & Reactive Dogs! – Puppyworks (fee applies)

Virtual

Puppyworks Presents (fee applies): When traditional methods fail in addressing aggressive or reactive behavior in dogs, what’s the next step? Walking away from clients or suggesting drastic measures like euthanasia or punitive measures? Join us in this groundbreaking webinar where we explore a new innovative approach—strictly positive training—for handling aggressive and reactive dogs.

$39 – $49
January 21, 2024 @ 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PST

Webinar – 1/21/24 – Antimicrobial Use in the Clinic: What’s My Perfect Drug Match? Swipe Right on Microbe Killers – VETGirl

Virtual

VETGirl Presents: Tune in to learn about practical management of common & emerging antimicrobial and stewardship topics, along with freely available evidence- and expert-based resources to help with veterinary antimicrobial use, preventive care, and pet-owner communication!

Free
January 22, 2024 @ 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST Online Meeting – Mondays – Weekly Community Conversations #ThanksToMaddie – Maddie’s Fund

Online Meeting – Mondays – Weekly Community Conversations #ThanksToMaddie – Maddie’s Fund

Virtual

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.

Free
Featured January 24, 2024 @ 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM PST

Webinar – 1/24/24 – Telemedicine and Vaccine Clinics in California: What Shelters Need to Know About Legislative Updates for 2024 – Maddie’s® Million Pet Challenge

Virtual

Maddie’s® Million Pet Challenge Presents: Thanks to groundbreaking veterinary telemedicine and vaccine legislation, your California shelter can ring in the new year with fewer restrictions around who can provide essential care and how, freeing up your team to more easily meet medical needs in the shelter or community. Register today and invite your field officers, veterinary staff and community partners, so you can turn the page to better care together!

Free
January 24, 2024 @ 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PST

Webinar – 1/24/24 – Grief & Loss in Veterinary Medicine – BlackDVM Network

Virtual

BlackDVM Network Presents: Euthanasia is an experience, not a procedure. This webinar will equip you with skills to challenge assumptions about patients, clients, and the end of life; become comfortable allowing animals to show their emotional needs; and engage better with clients, patients, and colleagues.

Free
January 25, 2024 @ 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM PST

Webinar – 1/25/24 – In It for the Long Haul: Combatting Compassion Fatigue and Enhancing Resiliency for Animal Welfare Professionals – NACA/Justice Clearinghouse

Virtual

NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: The animal protection field is both incredibly rewarding and challenging. This webinar will discuss the causes and symptoms of compassion fatigue and provide a suite of skills for building and maintaining a healthy and intentional culture of skillful communication, openness, and personal responsibility.

Free
January 25, 2024 @ 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM PST

Webinar – 1/25/24 – In Whose Best Interest? with Karen Deeds – FDSA (fee applies)

Virtual

FDSA Presents (fee applies): This webinar will not outline any training or behavior modification. What it will do is present your options for dogs with serious behavior problems and give you a framework about how to make an educated decision regarding those options

$19.95
January 27, 2024 @ 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM PST Online Conference – 1/27/24 to 1/28/24 – 2024 Online Cat Conference – Community Cats Podcast (fee applies)

Online Conference – 1/27/24 to 1/28/24 – 2024 Online Cat Conference – Community Cats Podcast (fee applies)

Virtual

Community Cats Podcast Presents (fee applies): During three comprehensive days of cat-centric content, speakers from a wide variety of roles in animal welfare will give you their perspective on the industry and valuable information that will help you or your organization create a more humane world for community cats.

$50 – $75
January 28, 2024 @ 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM PST Online Conference – 1/27/24 to 1/28/24 – 2024 Online Cat Conference – Community Cats Podcast (fee applies)

Online Conference – 1/27/24 to 1/28/24 – 2024 Online Cat Conference – Community Cats Podcast (fee applies)

Virtual

Community Cats Podcast Presents (fee applies): During three comprehensive days of cat-centric content, speakers from a wide variety of roles in animal welfare will give you their perspective on the industry and valuable information that will help you or your organization create a more humane world for community cats.

$50 – $75
January 29, 2024

Online Certificate Program – Starts 1/29/24 – Animal Shelter Management Certificate Program – Animal Health and Clinic Operations – Humane Network/UoP (fee applies)

Virtual

Humane Network/UoP Presents (fee applies): This award-winning online certificate program provides practical information and valuable networking for current sheltering professionals, those looking to advance their career, or move into the field of animal sheltering. The program’s courses include leadership, shelter operations, community program development, animal health/clinic operations, and marketing/development.

$399
January 29, 2024 @ 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST Online Meeting – Mondays – Weekly Community Conversations #ThanksToMaddie – Maddie’s Fund

Online Meeting – Mondays – Weekly Community Conversations #ThanksToMaddie – Maddie’s Fund

Virtual

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.

Free
January 31, 2024 @ 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDT

Webinar – 1/31/24 – The Vomiting Dog – VETGirl

Virtual

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!

Free
February 2024
February 1, 2024

Hybrid Course – Sign-up deadline 2/1/24 – Behavior and Enrichment Academy & Resources (BEAR) – San Diego Humane Soicety

Virtual

San Diego Humane Society and Shelter Playgroup Alliance Present (fee applies): Sign up today for the Spring 2024 cohort beginning Feb. 1! At the end of this rigorous, multi-phase educational program, participants will be prepared to perform the key tasks of a shelter behavior professional.

$500
February 3, 2024 @ 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM PST

Online Event –2/3/24 – Neighborhood Cats TNR Certification Workshop – Community Cats Podcast (small fee applies)

Virtual

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. Learn what TNR is and why it works.

$10
February 5, 2024 @ 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST Online Meeting – Mondays – Weekly Community Conversations #ThanksToMaddie – Maddie’s Fund

Online Meeting – Mondays – Weekly Community Conversations #ThanksToMaddie – Maddie’s Fund

Virtual

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.

Free
February 6, 2024

Online Course – Starts 2/6/24 – Medical Aspects of Community Cat and Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Release Programs – VIN (fee applies)

Virtual

VIN Presents (fee applies): Learn techniques to safely handle community cats in the high-quality, high-volume, spay/neuter clinic or private practice setting, preventive care protocols for TNVR/SNR cats, how to design a multi-modal anesthetic protocol appropriate for TNVR/SNR cats, and more!

$32 – $95

January 2024

February 2024