IAABC Presents (fee applies): This course will teach you about canine communication, play, greetings, conflict resolution behaviors, and puppy social development. Dig into the science of canine social behavior, with an emphasis on dog-to-dog social interactions.
NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: Are you ready to take a deeper dive and learn how to create a program to help domestic violence survivors and their pets find safety and healing together? This webinar will focus on overcoming barriers to creating pet-friendly programs by focusing on collaboration and thoughtful program planning.
VETGirl Presents: Good infection control practices are central to providing a safe environment and optimizing patient care. During this talk, Dr. Stull will unpack the top 5 infection control ‘musts’ for every veterinary clinic and discuss how to ensure infectious disease prevention efforts result in actionable, measurable success.
HSUS Presents: This webinar expands upon our “Top 10 Tips for Taking Wildlife Calls” training by providing natural history profiles on our most common Wild Neighbors, as well as species-specific advice for humanely solving conflicts with them. Learn how to give simple tips and instructions to the public over the phone (without your having to dispatch an officer!) so that they can solve conflicts with wildlife in an effective, humane, and long-term manner.
The AAWA Presents: There are hazards in every work environment and shelters have additional, unique risks because they handle and treat animals. It is important for shelters to identify and mitigate potential hazards in their work environment, pandemic or no pandemic. This session will discuss chemical, biological, and physical hazards that are commonly found in shelters and introduce measures to reduce those risks. Webinar attendees will be better able to develop and implement strategies to maximize staff health and safety.
CalAnimals Presents: The CalAnimals Emergency Management Committee has created an organizational checklist to help your agency prepare for disasters that affect your community. Disaster preparedness experts Ryan Soulsby from Butte County Animal Control and John Peaveler from San Diego Humane Society are offering this webinar to walk us through it and answer your questions.
NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: In this course, we will explore the common tools utilized by ACO’s in the field today along with the not so common uses of everyday items the ACO should never leave home without. This session with also explore the use of these tools in real-life cases responded to by today’s Animal Control Officer. Officers Alicia Dease and Madisen Taylor will share the tips and tricks they have learned in their more than a decade of experience in the field.
The AAWA Presents: COVID-19 has made digital communication a necessity, not a trend, in 2021. And while not everyone can afford a super-sophisticated digital program, there are plenty of small tweaks organizations can make to improve the performance of what you’re doing now. In this RKD-sponsored webinar, we will show you how to improve your digital results.
VDOS Presents (fee applies): This VDOS webinar will review the role of veterinary technicians, nurses and dental hygienists in the maintenance of equipment, instruments, and materials used in small animal dentistry and oral surgery. The focus of the first part is on instrument identification and sharpening.
Fear Free Presents: Decreasing fear, anxiety, stress (FAS), and pain leads to safer anesthesia by allowing a lower dose of sedative and anesthetic drugs needed for anesthesia premedication, induction, maintenance, and recovery. Lower drug dosages are especially critical in complicated patients with underlying disease and physiologic compromise. In this discussion Dr. Tamara Grubb will explore the role of Fear Free principles in anesthetic safety, especially in the compromised/complicated patient.
ACVB Presents (fee applies): Imagine the frustration for you and the owner of the dog who re-broke its leg after an expensive surgery to repair it. In this webinar, stress and its effects on healing will be reviewed. Additionally, specific, concrete suggestions on how to prepare dogs and cats pre- and post-hospitalization will be presented, including ideas for management, behavior modification, and medications.
FDSA Presents (fee applies): During this webinar we will define disconnection and discuss common reasons that dogs disconnect from their handlers. We’ll talk about how to figure out why dogs disconnect, and we’ll cover ways to fix it and prevent further disconnection in the future.
IVS Presents (fee applies): This seminar series is designed to provide you with updates on how the speakers actually do things in practice- how they actually manage a patient with a particular ocular disease or disorder, how they do certain techniques, how they combine certain drugs for treatment etc. Actual cases will be presented to emphasize the clinical indications for the techniques.
VDOS Presents (fee applies): This VDOS webinar will discuss power tools and hand instruments (scalers and curettes) needed to perform a professional dental cleaning (scaling and polishing). Closed periodontal therapy (root planing and gingival curettage) and perioceutic treatment (local administration of medications) will be reviewed. Instrument sharpening will be briefly explained.
Dogs Playing for Life Presents: Learn about all the ways in which DPFL Playgroups are transforming shelters all across the country! In Part 2, we dive into what DPFL-style Playgroups look like! During this webinar, we will view and discuss dog-to-dog communication and body language, as well as some of the operational aspects of a successful playgroup program.
Dog iBox Presents (fee applies): What if we can put the odds in our favor and work with animals in our care? Rather than watch the clock tick away along with our patience, let’s start from a point of success. This new webinar with Laura Monaco Torelli will help you to build a productive plan that keeps caregivers’ and animals’ working together.
KSMP Presents: This week at CASCAR we will be hearing from our friends Dave Hachey and Dr. Lucas Pantaleon, part of the team that brought us Rescue, aka accelerated hydrogen peroxide, about a new air purifier they are helping bring to the market. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and understand better the science and potential of a novel approach to pathogen inactivation in the air.
VETGirl Presents: Find out how flea allergy dermatitis and the flea biomass in the home can affect the patient, and how treatment of the patient affects the biomass in the home. Learn the importance of treating ALL animals in the household before the secret life of fleas takes over!
Texas Unites for Animals Presents (fee applies):The Virtual Learning Series will offer the same quality professional development workshops you have come to expect from Texas Unites, opportunities for attendees to connect with one another, and introductions to the many wonderful animal welfare related products and services that can assist you in your work.
PPG Presents (fee applies): In this presentation we are going to cover DogNostics’ recommendations for successfully introducing a new dog into your family, helping ensure that the transition into your home is as stress-free as possible for both you and your new family member. Although the presentation is aimed at pet dog owners, it will also help pet professionals provide guidance to their clients, and shelters provide guidance to new adoptees.
