Massachusetts Animal Coalition Presents: Everyone makes mistakes and we all will continue to do so. But if we can hone our listening skills and learn to interact with integrity and respect, we can be part of the way words can change the world. Let’s talk about this and get some practice!
Network for Good Presents: In this session we’ll look at best practices in data management to ensure you’re building equity, inclusion, and representation in your database and discuss ways you can better recognize your donors for who they are.
HASS Presents: In this moment of animal welfare, as intake numbers soar, people and pets are being evicted, and COVID is coming in another wave, there is struggle but there is also triumph. Join HASS Pilot Shelter Directors and members of the Managing Executive Committee, Chris Fitzgerald, Director of Rochester Animal Services, and Rebecca Guinn, CEO of LifeLine Animal Project, in a live webinar to discuss their wins and their losses.
VETGirl Presents (fee applies): In this VETgirl webinar, Dr. Steve DiBartola, DACVIM reviews fluid therapy in veterinary medicine. Tune in because you probably missed it in vet school – things like basic principles, physiology and composition of body fluids, and recognition and characterization of disordered fluid balance.
AmPa! Presents: The AmPA! weekly Maddie’s Instructor Summit offers shelters and rescues a chance to talk through the most current animal sheltering challenges! Topics will change each week. You’ll join AmPA! and HASS Staff and industry leaders, but, more importantly, you’ll be able to engage face to face (digitally!) with people like you. Because not feeling alone makes this work a lot easier.
VETGirl Presents (fee applies): In this 1-hour, online VETgirl leadership CE webinar, Karlene Belyea, MBA, reviews behavior styles and how they affect leadership traits. Join us and learn about your own style, recognize the styles of others, and better manage each style for a more productive, enjoyable and efficient workplace with healthy communication.
CalAnimals Presents: It’s hard to go anywhere in vet med these days without hearing about problems relating to wellness, mental health, and even suicide, but what is really happening? This lecture looks at both veterinary personality types and tendencies as individuals, as well as workplace stressors common in veterinary medicine.
This 4 session VIRTUAL workshop designed for all levels of shelter staff will cover advice to resolve common dog and cat behavior problems to prevent surrender, a behavior perspective on […]
ASPCAPro Presents: Fear, anxiety, stress (FAS), and frustration are usually high in shelter animals and impact their ability to adapt to a new environment. Fear Free programs can provide shelter workers and veterinary professionals with the tools to meet the needs of a pet’s physical and emotional wellbeing. This webinar will introduce viewers to the concepts behind Fear Free and how they can apply to your shelter operations.
The AAWA Presents: Do you ever wonder why some agencies always seem to be on the cutting edge of advances in animal welfare, while others have difficulty implementing any change at all? Join our panel as we reflect on variations in leadership and culture that can make all the difference, regardless of agency size, location, or resources.
FDSA Presents (fee applies): In this webinar we look at all the underlying reasons that can affect your dog’s behavior when traveling. We also discuss behavior modification and management strategies aimed at improving the journey for you and your dog. We will also look at strategies for producing calm behaviors when arriving and setting up at a new venue.
VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary VETgirl–Zoetis webinar, Dr. Ashley Bourgeois, DACVD reviews how to avoid common dermatologic pitfalls and customize an individualized diagnostic and treatment plan for each of your derm cases for the best outcome when it comes to allergic dermatitis! Learn how a dermatology specialist works up cases step-by-step, and how you can apply this to your own pruritic canine patients.
VDOS Presents (fee applies): How to determine whether it is TMJ luxation or open-mouth jaw locking? What to do with an avulsed tooth? Any temporary relief for the jaw fracture patient? Know the various dental and oral emergencies and provide emergency care prior to definitive treatment!
VDOS Presents: This webinar will introduce you to the world of small animal dentistry and oral surgery. It will explain what equipment, instruments, materials, knowledge and practical skills are needed to become profitable in the most lucrative discipline of veterinary medicine.
PuppyWorks Presents (fee applies): In this two-part webinar series, we will look at the major systems that make our dogs so special, and then look at how to make those systems work well together, and for a very long time. Participants will learn some amazing things about their dogs, but will also learn how to use that information to enhance the relationship and to maximize the precious time together. We will include opportunities to discuss common issues and for questions.
VETGirl Presents (fee applies): In this VETgirl anesthesia track webinar, Dr. Jane Quandt, MS, DACVAA, DACVECC reviews anesthesia drugs to use as CRIs. Are there certain ones like fentanyl, lidocaine, ketamine, or morphine, that are a must? Can these agents be used in combination? When do we implement them and what are the indications or contraindications?
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Maddie’s Fund, in concert with American Pets Alive!, hosts a weekly hour-long Zoom call for animal welfare workers and volunteers. While these calls started out as a response to COVID-19, it’s grown into so much more. These calls are a safe place to discuss uncomfortable topics, all while sharing a common goal of preserving the human-animal bond.
PPG Presents (fee applies): This session will refresh your knowledge of basic scentwork approaches and their effects on the canine brain. Then, using a mixture of case studies and video, it will explore how scentwork can play a key role in behavior modification for a range of commonly presenting problems in dogs, including fear, frustration and more.
HSUS Presents: Join HSUS’ Amanda Arrington (Director, Pets for Life) and Kelly Peterson (Oregon state director) to learn about their experiences co-founding Beyond Fences and Fences For Fido, respectively. You’ll learn about how these organizations have worked with families and provided alternatives to tethering for thousands of dogs in North Carolina and Oregon through fencing, veterinary care, and pet supplies at zero cost to the people and families with pets that are kept outside.
NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: This presentation will begin the conversation surrounding metrics we can and should be tracking in different areas of our operations, how to ensure we are getting “clean” data, and how to begin to apply it.
