Shelter Learniverse and Industry-Wide Calendar

Dogs Playing for Life Presents: Learn about all the ways in which DPFL Playgroups are transforming shelters all across the country! In this first of three webinars, we will present powerful examples of how playgroups can not only enhance the quality of life for your shelter dogs but how focusing on their quality of life through enrichment can lead to game-changing benefits to your shelter’s everyday operations.

Adisa Presents: In this highly-interactive session, we will explore the needs and issues you—as a leader of volunteers—need to plan for and brainstorm strategies for re-engaging volunteers safely while reimagining the roles volunteers play in our organizations to ensure they are best positioned to help us meet our missions.

NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: Have you had too much success with animal cruelty case investigation and prosecution, and just really want to mess one up? Are you tired of keeping track of your evidence, interviewing the right witnesses in the right manner, and keeping up with important case law developments? Would you just love to gain a reputation with your local prosecutor for incompetence? Oregon Animal Cruelty Deputy District Attorney Jake Kamins will tell you the ten best ways to accomplish these dubious goals.

Network for Good Presents: Is success in the nonprofit sector a transient, hard-to-define combination of hard work, judgment and good luck? Or do all successful organizations follow similar patterns that, once understood, are predictable and repeatable? In this webinar we’ll discuss the stages in the nonprofit lifecycle, sharing specific, inspired advice on how to drive your nonprofit forward and create more impact.

NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: This webinar will delve into what truly happens to wild animals after they’re trapped and moved out of the home ranges they are familiar with and into unknown habitat. We will also discuss strategies that offer sound alternatives to capture and removal.

VETGirl Presents (fee applies): Jaime Maher, CVT, VTS (AA, ECC) reviews anesthesia considerations for different organ systems. Tune in to learn how to optimize your patient for anesthesia, even in emergency situations, and what key monitoring parameters to focus on in certain disease processes.

The AAWA Presents: Frustrated by stories of housing-related pet surrenders? Looking for ways your organization can help advocate for pet-inclusive housing solutions? Join our panel of policy professionals to learn about how various stakeholders are advancing initiatives to make cities more pet-friendly. Discover how your organization can take actions in your community.

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.

Community Cats Podcast Presents (small fee applies): Are you ready to be part of the solution for feral and stray cats in your neighborhood? Learn what TNR is, why it works, and how to get started. Our expert instructors will teach you the best practices for Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) and colony management.

PPG Presents (fee applies): What is the role of a veterinary behaviorist in the successful treatment of emotional disorders in dogs? What is the role of the dog training professional? How should a dog training professional approach a veterinarian about medications? This session will discuss the team approach to treating emotional disorders in dogs.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary VETgirl–Merck webinar, Dr. Julie Byron, DACVIM reviews urinary incontinence. Urinary incontinence can affect up to 20% of spayed female dogs, and appears to be more commonly recognized in males recently. Join us as we walk through the diagnostic process and discuss ways to use the current medical treatments as well as where to turn if the patient fails medications.

Getting 2 Zero Presents: Canine ehrlichiosis is a serious, tick-transmitted disease of dogs. Until 2020 Australia was free of this disease due to stringent pre-import screening of dogs coming into Australia. This presentation will provide some background to the disease and its vector tick, an update on the number of cases reported, the signs displayed by infected dogs, and the strategies needed to manage canine ehrlichiosis.

PPG Presents (fee applies): How can we help dogs that compete over resources, and the resource is the owner? This presentation will focus on restoring harmony between dogs who have a history of conflicts over their owner’s attention. The presenter will review the setups for safety when working these cases, discuss the behavior change strategies that are most effective, and feature videos of these techniques in action.

Million Cat Challenge and Maddie’s Fund Present: Does the term “feral” hamper efforts to gain public support for community cat programs? How might your fundraising appeals accidentally create backlash against those same programs? In this fast-paced and thought-provoking webinar from Million Cat Challenge, we’ll see how we often talk about cats may actually be bad for them and make our work harder. We’ll have time after the webinar for discussion and figuring this out together. Plus, there may be bingo!

ASPCAPro Presents: This presentation will cover stabilizing treatments for poisoned patients and common situations and symptoms that require immediate intervention before knowing the toxicity. Toxicity cases from the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center will be provided throughout the presentation as real-world examples of the information discussed.

PetHealth Presents: Join us for the second webinar in our Transfer Workshop Series. In this session, we will review more details to help you utilize the most effective animal transfer solution in the industry, our PetPoint Transfer Network (PPTN). We’ll also share the new Transfer Manifest Report – a report designed to make transferring animals, even in emergencies, easier than ever before.

The AAWA Presents: While many animal welfare organizations have made great advancements for dog and cat adoption and safety net programming, in general, equines have received less attention and resources. If there are equines at risk in your community, join us for a conversation about elevating equines in the sheltering world.

FDSA Presents (fee applies): This webinar aims to answer the question of how dog trainers can improve accessibility and accommodations for everyone — be they pet dog owners, sports enthusiasts or service dog handlers. We begin by diving into different types of disabilities and medical conditions that you may encounter as a trainer and appropriate etiquette when interacting with people with disabilities. 

VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary VETgirl practice management CE webinar, Amy Newfield, MS, CVT, VTS (ECC) reviews how to convert negativity to positivity in the veterinary clinic. How do you deal with toxic veterinary team members, which is all too common? Tune in to learn how to foster the best team and create a welcoming and productive team environment.

Think Anesthesia Presents: Amanda M. Shelby, BSc, RVT, VTS (Anesthesia & Analgesia) will review capnography for respiratory monitoring of intubated patients, the normal capnogram and present real, abnormal capnograph waves forms for interpretation. We will review their potential causes and optimal treatments. Breathe easier following this interactive webinar focused on interpretation of capnography waveforms.

VETGirl Presents: Join us for a complimentary VETgirl–Elanco webinar, where Dr. Tammy Grubb, DACVAA, PhD reviews how to best utilize local anesthetics in our veterinary patients. Learn the importance of using local anesthetics, including the impact on patient behavior. Review all of the local anesthetic drugs and engage in a step-by-step ‘how to’ for some of the most commonly used local anesthetic blocks in our feline and canine patients.

NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: Tammy Thies and Tanya Smith will present valuable information for officers who respond to cases when the presence of wild cats (and other exotic animals) is known and when officers encounter captive wildlife including wild cats unexpectedly. In addition, they will discuss identifying wild cat species/hybrids, relevant laws, proper response procedures when you encounter a wild cat, and resources available to you as first responders including transport, rehoming, and placement with proper facilities after the seizure of wild cats.

VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary VETgirl–Zoetis webinar, Dr. George Moore, DVM, PhD, DACVIM reviews the importance of preventative medicine when it comes to canine leptospirosis. Leptospirosis is a vaccine-preventable disease but remains a common cause of renal and/or hepatic disease in dogs due to the lack of vaccination.

Network for Good Presents: In this webinar, fundraising event experts from Swaim Strategies will talk about the current state of nonprofit events, what’s currently working, and what considerations your organization should weigh when deciding how you can make the biggest impact. We’ll provide you with tools and resources to successfully serve your mission and meet your donors where they are.

NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: This webinar is going to delve into the best investigation techniques on animal abuse and animal fighting cases.  We will explore unique and large-scale animal cases and how to prepare for them.  We will explore how to prosecute in a small or rural jurisdiction and how to convince conservative rural judges to take animal abuse cases seriously.

CalAnimals Presents: Attorney Shelby Clark will review what’s happening with federal laws, our state regulations, touch on local ordinances and share information about court decisions with regard to service animals. This is an important topic and as animal welfare professionals working in shelters or in the field, the public expects us to have answers.

The AAWA Presents: Join a conversation about the importance of planning for a disaster event in your community before you and your agency are thrust into a response.

FDSA Presents (fee applies): Join aggression specialist Michael Shikashio CDBC in part one of this two-part series where he will dispel the myths about resource guarding, discuss common mistakes made that can actually create a “resource guarder,” and highlight key concepts to modify this behavior.

HASS Presents: The old way of animal services is transforming as we speak but change comes with challenges and success. Hear from innovative shelter directors why they want to change the way they run their shelters, how their perceptions have changed, and so much more.

Fear Free Presents: In this session, Robin Downing, DVM, MS, DAAPM, DACVSMR, CVPP, CCRP, will explore ways to “unwind” the peripheral and central sensitization that occurs in the wake of P3 amputation, both in the feet, and downstream from altered biomechanics.

PPG Presents (fee applies): Through a case series, this session will explore how the partnership between veterinary behaviorist, dog training professional and pet parent improves the lives of the dogs they collectively treat.

HASS Presents: But, what does return to home mean when it comes to cats that live indoors and out? When it comes to talking about cats, we use a lot of acronyms: RTF, RTH, TNR, and SNR. But, the only term we really need is Return to Home. Join Dr. Kate Hurley and Monica Frenden for this live webinar to answer this question and more!

VETGirl Presents (fee applies): In this VETgirl online CE webinar, Jeannine Moga, MA, MSW, LCSW and Chief Happiness Officer of VETgirl, reviews how veterinary professionals can combat imposter syndrome within our field. This webinar will review individual and team-based tools for outsmarting imposter syndrome in support of optimal wellbeing, performance, and work/life satisfaction.

Network for Good Presents: In this webinar we will redefine mindsets to be startup founders and business-minded, go into the process of learning how to leverage peer-to-peer fundraising to increase traction, and give you knowledge that helps enhance measuring and tracking of data and technology usage to enhance fundraising.

Dog iBox Presents (fee applies: This presentation will discuss risk factors that affect the likelihood of achieving a safe and successful outcome for these patients. Strategies for approaching topics such as rehoming or humane euthanasia will also be covered.

Dog iBox Presents (fee applies): Veterinarians and behavior professionals are frequently faced with questions about aggressive behaviors that may include biting, scratching, lunging, or threatening postures. This presentation will discuss risk factors that affect the likelihood of achieving a safe and successful outcome for these patients. Strategies for approaching topics such as rehoming or humane euthanasia will also be covered.

FDSA Presents (fee applies): Come and learn a step-by-step protocol developed by Claudia Fugazza, that teaches your dog to not only mimic your behavior, but transfer that understanding in the teaching of new, unknown behaviors.  Learn how teaching your dog to imitate you can enhance any training method you already use.