Shelter Learniverse and Industry-Wide Calendar

VETGirl Presents (fee applies to non-members):

ASPCAPro Presents: Join us on Thursday, May 12th, from 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. ET, for a live Q&A session with our expert panel representing medical, behavior, operations, and leadership. Participants will gain new ideas and resources to provide essential behavioral care and avoid exceeding capacity.

FDSA Presents (fee applies): In this webinar Dr. Cook will give you a 4 step procedure to give new meaning to sudden sounds, starting with safe sounds and then progressing, so you know it works before you apply it to the real thing.

CARE Presents: What does it take to stay, persist and thrive? CARE’s Marilou Chanrasmi will facilitate a conversation with her friends who have chosen roads less traveled – hear their stories, learn from their journeys, and be inspired.

VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): Tune in to explore concepts around attracting new employees, why hiring methods of the past do not work, retaining those team members who support your culture, and technologies that can help share your message.

Network for Good Presents: Differentiating oneself is more important than ever before. This session is your step 1-2-3 guide on how to align your brand and your mission for maximum fundraising and donor stewardship impact.

The AAWA Presents: There are many benefits of establishing an engaged workforce, including higher retention rates, greater job satisfaction, and reduced burnout. In this webinar, scientists from the Shelter Employee Engagement & Development Survey (SeeDS) at UNC Charlotte will discuss some of the reasons why engagement is difficult to foster and provide actionable practices to help you in the pursuit of having more connected employees.

Community Cats Podcast and Neighborhood Cats Present: Join Bryan Kortis and Susan Richmond of Neighborhood Cats for an introduction into the world of community cats and how to make their lives better by trapping them, having them spayed and neutered, and caring for them in their outdoor homes. 

VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): In this 1.5-hour VETgirl webinar, Dr. Garret Pachtinger, DACVECC will review a case-based approach to fluid therapy in the dog and cat. Before reaching for a random bag of IV fluids, identify what types to use, what electrolytes to monitor for, when to reach for a colloid, and how to monitor your patients on IV fluid therapy.

ASPCAPro Presents: Join us for a discussion with ASPCA’s Dr. Lisa Paul, DVM, about toxins that affect the liver in pets.

National Kitten Coalition Presents: Pregnant queens with their tiny baby kittens are already arriving in many parts of our country – and in some places, the kitten season never stops! Have you thought about fostering a mom with kittens? Have you fostered already, but would like to know more? Join us for this free training!

ACVB Presents (fee applies): The presentation will give some background on genetics, including parts of a chromosome, including transcription and translation, inheritance, and silencing (epigenetics). To conclude, I will highlight how this information should be interpreted with caution but may help with setting up appropriate environments and expectations of owners, selection of pet vs working dogs, and preventing/treating anticipated behavior problems.

VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary, 1-hour Spanish VETgirl webinar, Dr. Claudia Lewy, DVM reviews the constant threat of zoonotic and vector-borne emerging tropical diseases. In this webinar, she’ll review geographic, seasonal, and other risk factors that influence this group of infectious diseases in our veterinary patients.

CARE Presents: Join Author and Korean Adoptee Alice Stephens, Writer and Editor Susan Ito, Poet, Artist, and Therapist Mi Ok Song Bruining, along with guest transracial adoptees discuss adoption, the stigma, the weight and how that intersects with pet adoption.

VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary, 30-minute, YouTube LIVE VETgirl webinar, Dr. Laura M. Greene, DACVIM reviews the principles for preventing and limiting the spread of respiratory diseases and the similarities between veterinary and human medicine.