Shelter Learniverse and Industry-Wide Calendar

HSVMA and AVS Present: Dr. DeTar will explore this multifactorial issue, looking at the role of shelters, private practitioners, animal control, law enforcement, social services and animal welfare organizations. This presentation will include a case study of a shelter in Hawaii that was involved in a hoarding situation.

National Kitten Coalition Presents: Kitten Season may be quieting down where you live, or it never ends! In this free webinar, we want you to feel confident in caring for neonates, including how to bottle-feed. We will discuss how to determine if a kitten is truly orphaned and needs to be bottle-fed, how to set up a living environment, basic husbandry, isolation protocols and more! This session is for beginners.

Pet Professional Guild Presents (fee applies): In this webinar, Jessica Hekman, DVM, PhD, will talk about the stress response in dogs. She will explain the original evolutionary purpose of the stress response; what the hormones involved in it (like cortisol) do in the body; the difference between acute and chronic stress and the different effects they have on dogs’ health; and what we know about how long it takes the body to clear those hormones. You will definitely learn some cool stuff about how the brain works and what that means for your stressed-out dog!

Maddie’s Fund Presents: Learn how a private veterinary practice is partnering with human health care and social workers in unique ways to support people and their pets. We’ll explore how two non-profits are reaching out to their community to help keep pets and their people together using a wide range of services ranging from veterinary care, food assistance, behavior support, pet support guides, outreach events, and more.

The AAWA Presents: The experience of meaningfulness is a critical ingredient to thriving at work.  While animal welfare work is naturally imbued with a sense of meaning, especially in times of crisis, we often lose sight of it or fail to enable it.  Research finds those who work for purposeful leaders – leaders who routinely enable the experience of meaningfulness throughout their teams – are more fulfilled, resilient, higher performing, and significantly less likely to burn out, even in the most challenging times.