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): 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.
IAABC Presents (fee applies): The IAABC Animal Behavior Consulting Principles & Practice Course is a unique twelve-week, a multi-module course providing a comprehensive overview of the many facets of animal behavior consulting for all species. The course is appropriate for experienced behavior consultants and practitioners as well as those newer to the field with a strong interest in animal behavior.
CVMA Presents: The veterinary profession is one of the least diverse professions in the United States with regard to underrepresented and historically marginalized populations. This webinar will highlight historic and current trends in the veterinary profession. Participants will appreciate why creating more diverse and inclusive veterinary teams is critical to the profession’s endurance and to the people and patients it serves.
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.
Shelter Playgroup Alliance Presents: Learners will be invited to join a cohort of 75 individuals that will meet virtually for three months via the Litmos LMS platform. Each cohort will be invited to twice-monthly (bi-weekly) hour-long, live meetings via Zoom webinar so that questions can be answered live. The bi-weekly meetings will feature video analysis and discussion of relevant topics. A discussion board per cohort will be maintained and moderated. After matriculation of each cohort, the cohort’s discussion board will be archived.
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.
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 intake and adoptions, canine behavior evaluations and decisions-making, and behavior modification in the shelter. Each session is 90 minutes, from 11am to 12:30pm Pacific Time […]
Karen Pryor Academy Presents: Join Ken Ramirez, KPCT’s Chief Training Officer, for a free virtual event live from The Ranch on Thursday, September 2, at 12:00 pm (PT). Ken will be joined by special guests Zazie Todd, Ph.D. and Laurie C. Williams. The episode will include live training demos, audience Q & A, and so much more!
The Bridge Club Presents: What impact does the cost of care have on clients at your veterinary practice? How can we help clients prepare for and understand the cost of care over their pet’s lifetime? Join us & ASPCA® Pet Insurance as we dive into this important conversation and offer NEW tools to make the discussion easier.
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.
Viticus Group Presents (fee applies): Whether you come to safe, sunny Las Vegas in person or enjoy the supplemental virtual opportunities – experience world-class education, collaboration, and innovation. For the first time ever, we are offering 20+ CE hours online in addition to the in-person conference!
Viticus Group Presents (fee applies): Whether you come to safe, sunny Las Vegas in person or enjoy the supplemental virtual opportunities – experience world-class education, collaboration, and innovation. For the first time ever, we are offering 20+ CE hours online in addition to the in-person conference!
Fear Free Presents: In this webinar, Lisa Radosta, DVM, DACVB, will explain that, in her practice, an estimated 50 percent of patients have a contributing disorder that is not behavioral in origin. Attendees will learn the most common clinical signs that can be confusing, the easiest ways to rule in or out a primary psychiatric disease, and quick and easy approaches to treatment
Viticus Group Presents (fee applies): Whether you come to safe, sunny Las Vegas in person or enjoy the supplemental virtual opportunities – experience world-class education, collaboration, and innovation. For the first time ever, we are offering 20+ CE hours online in addition to the in-person conference!
Network for Good Presents: Your year-end fundraising campaign starts weeks before Giving Tuesday and other December asks with the communications you share with your audience. Register to craft a communications plan to dominate your year-end fundraising!
ACVB Presents (fee applies): Canine elimination problems may not be in the lime-light as often as feline ones, but they can be signs of anxiety and welfare concerns, are distressing to the client and may fracture the human animal bond. This case-based talk covers a variety of canine elimination problems.
Viticus Group Presents (fee applies): Whether you come to safe, sunny Las Vegas in person or enjoy the supplemental virtual opportunities – experience world-class education, collaboration, and innovation. For the first time ever, we are offering 20+ CE hours online in addition to the in-person conference!
CalAnimals Presents: The use of free mapping software can be life-changing and life-saving. Who knew?! Don’t miss this webinar where we will cover how using maps can help animal welfare professionals save more lives. Some of the uses we will cover are maps used for fire evacuations, on-call shifts, community cat colony tracking, and mapping POIs for staff.
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 intake and adoptions, canine behavior evaluations and decisions-making, and behavior modification in the shelter. Each session is 90 minutes, from 11am to 12:30pm Pacific Time […]
VETGirl Presents: In this 1-hour, online VETgirl–Zoetis webinar, Dr. Molly Savadelis, PhD reviews important updates about resistant heartworm strains, where they are, and what you need to know. Tune in to learn the latest research into drivers of resistance and efficacy of preventives against known resistant strains.
Missouri Coalition of Animal Care Organizations Presents: Join us for the Midwest’s only regional conference designed exclusively for animal rescues and shelters! The 2021 Midwest Animal Sheltering Conference will take place at the Stoney Creek Hotel and Conference Center in Columbia, MO on September 10-12, 2021. The conference offers sessions for all levels of engagement while focusing on cutting-edge, lifesaving strategies.
Missouri Coalition of Animal Care Organizations Presents: Join us for the Midwest’s only regional conference designed exclusively for animal rescues and shelters! The 2021 Midwest Animal Sheltering Conference will take place at the Stoney Creek Hotel and Conference Center in Columbia, MO on September 10-12, 2021. The conference offers sessions for all levels of engagement while focusing on cutting-edge, lifesaving strategies.
Community Cats Podcast Presents (fee applies): Are you ready to be part of the solution for feral and stray cats in your neighborhood? Our expert instructors will teach you best practices for Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) and colony management. Learn what TNR is and why it works. We’ll cover getting along with neighbors, preparations for trapping, trapping itself (including entire colonies at once), feeding, providing winter shelter, and more.
Missouri Coalition of Animal Care Organizations Presents: Join us for the Midwest’s only regional conference designed exclusively for animal rescues and shelters! The 2021 Midwest Animal Sheltering Conference will take place at the Stoney Creek Hotel and Conference Center in Columbia, MO on September 10-12, 2021. The conference offers sessions for all levels of engagement while focusing on cutting-edge, lifesaving strategies.
Community Cats Podcast Presents (fee applies): Join us as we explore what “home” means to a kitty, as well as the ways the animal welfare community can help cats find homes, stay in homes, and get back to their homes when they’ve wandered too far from the caretakers that love them.
CVMA Presents (fee applies): The California Licensing Curriculum (CLC) is a 3-day virtual course offering a total of 27 CEU hours designed to meet the requirements of the California Curriculum for qualified veterinarians to obtain a permanent veterinary license in California without taking the state board examination.
IAABC Presents (fee applies): Modification of any problematic or unwanted behavior requires mechanical skill, knowledge of species-specific behavior, and experience with a variety of strategies and techniques. This course will provide opportunities for anyone who works with cats to gain all of that, and more. Each of the five weeks is packed with information that can be directly and immediately applied to a variety of cat behavior cases, from aggression to anxiety and from fighting to fear.
CVMA Presents (fee applies): The California Licensing Curriculum (CLC) is a 3-day virtual course offering a total of 27 CEU hours designed to meet the requirements of the California Curriculum for qualified veterinarians to obtain a permanent veterinary license in California without taking the state board examination.
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): The objectives for this webinar will encourage the candidates to think about and address the following: How can we avoid frustration in our training? How can we empower our dogs to commence problem solving? How can we ‘spice up our training’ keeping our students and their dogs wanting more?
CVMA Presents (fee applies): The California Licensing Curriculum (CLC) is a 3-day virtual course offering a total of 27 CEU hours designed to meet the requirements of the California Curriculum for qualified veterinarians to obtain a permanent veterinary license in California without taking the state board examination.
HSUS Presents: Most pet owners and animal care professionals think that traps ( foot-traps/snares/body-grip/cage traps) are a danger for only a few winter months of the year for fur trapping. This workshop will start by defining the dangers that can be out there 24/7/365. We will cover what they look like; where to expect to find them and how to remove your pet or other animals that might become caught, and more.
VETGirl Presents: Join us for a complimentary, 30-minute VETgirl–Merck Animal Health YouTube LIVE event, where Dr. Natalie Marks reviews all you need to know about canine leptospirosis! Tune in to learn what breeds get it, what lab abnormalities are “classic” for it and which ones we might miss, and how to rapidly recognize and treat leptospirosis! Learn all things lepto over lunch!
Maddie’s Fund Presents: In this discussion with Maddie’s Fund Executive Leadership Team member Mary Ippoliti-Smith, Akisha Townsend Eaton shares her story from multiple angles. She speaks of how the work of animal lifesaving and animal protection policy are interwoven and how ultimately all social policy can work together – especially in removing barriers created by systemic bias.
HASS Presents: End of year fundraising is beginning very soon, if it hasn’t already! As your organization gears up to add more kibble to the bag, so you can support more people and pets, get your whole crew on board with your mission.
Humane Canada Presents (fee applies): Join us on September 15 to learn from experts from across the country on the important connection between the global climate change crisis and animal welfare.
NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: In this webinar you will learn how to break down your foster program and rebuild it for success, the benefits of opening your foster program up to include all adoptable animals in your shelter and why that variety will help you sustain your program, and more.
Shelters United and Rescue Disinfectants Present: Dr. Sara Pizano has worked with more than 100 shelters all over the country, from small rural facilities to large urban shelters. In this webinar, she’ll walk you through the steps each shelter, whether public or private and regardless of resources, can take to help and save more cats and dogs. Her focus will be on how just a little change in perspective can make a big life-saving difference.
HSVMA Presents: Due to the growing public opposition to the use of traditional, lethal methods for mitigating human-wildlife conflicts, wildlife managers are now exploring the use of innovative, nonlethal fertility control methods for managing wildlife populations. This presentation will illustrate the important roles that veterinarians are playing in the development and advancement of this emerging field of wildlife management.
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.
Network for Good Presents: Looking at lessons learned from 2020, and current and projected trends for 2021. People are highly motivated right now, and giving them the opportunity to give back in their communities is effective and important.
Think Anesthesia Presents: Trouble with thermoregulation in patients under anesthesia? Learn the cold, hard facts of hypothermia as well as warmly embraced prevented measures that can easily be implemented into your routine patient management.
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 intake and adoptions, canine behavior evaluations and decisions-making, and behavior modification in the shelter. Each session is 90 minutes, from 11am to 12:30pm Pacific Time […]
FDSA Presents (fee applies): During this one-hour talk Moira will highlight the variety of issues that could be happening when a dog reacts while home alone, and will describe the crucial components of assessing and finding out what is truly going on so it can be successfully addressed.
VETGirl Presents (fee applies): In this VETgirl leadership webinar, Amy Newfield, CVT, VTS (ECC) reviews how to create change at your veterinary clinic and key steps for change management success. Tune in to learn what next steps you need to help your team make a change!
Community Cats Podcast Presents: How do you keep the water from freezing in the middle of winter? Or calm the irate neighbor whose flower bed has been turned into a litter box? Find out how to deal with these and many more colony caretaking challenges from Neighborhood Cats with their 20 years of experience dealing with all things community cat. Come and share your battle-worn secrets too!
IAABC Presents (fee appiles): Are you new to behavior consulting or thinking about starting work in behavior? Are you already consulting and looking for advice regarding more advanced cases? Are you looking for help with specific cases or kinds of cases? If you’ve thought about taking on, or are new to, cases such as aggression towards strangers, dog-dog reactivity, resource guarding and separation anxiety, or you just want to brush up on your behavior chops, this mentorship is for you.
National Kitten Coalition Presents (fee applies): Join colleagues online at the National Kitten Coalition Veterinary Conference to learn about the latest information and approaches in caring for your youngest feline patients. Together we can increase the survival rates of kittens! This one-day, live, online event welcomes renowned speakers and attendees from around the world with the common goal of sharing information to help kittens and increase their survival rates.
VETGirl Presents (fee applies): In this VETgirl veterinary technician webinar, Melissa Evans, LVT, VTS (ECC) reviews how to address neurologic emergencies beyond just seizure control. Tune in to learn what common neuro emergencies may walk through your door, including seizures, vestibular disease, spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injury and how to identify and stabilize them.
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.
Getting 2 Zero Presents: The National Desexing Network developed the Cooperative Desexing Program to enable Councils to easily introduce desexing programs to prevent stray and abandoned cats and dogs. It is currently offered in 11 cities and shires across Australia. This presentation will explain how the program works, and the benefits to Councils and the communities involved.
Attendees will learn how to provide dog owners with general recommendations for the prevention of resource guarding in dogs, specific training exercises helpful for preventing and treating resource guarding in dogs, and behavior modification techniques and medications that can be helpful in treating possessive aggression
VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): In this VETgirl practice management webinar, Dr. Heather Douglas, MBA, CVA reviews personnel management for the veterinary professional. Managing and leading your team depends on the individual team members. Not all team members will benefit from the same style of management, so tune in to identify the best practices for guiding your team and their individual needs!
Fear Free Presents: Resource guarding is a common problem in dogs with a wide variety of behavioral presentations. Resource guarding can negatively affect the human-animal bond and the dog’s social relationship with other animals. In this webinar, Kenneth Martin, DVM, DACVB, will discuss prevention, establishing a diagnosis, and treatment recommendations.
IAABC Presents (fee applies): This course will help animal behavior consultants understand the impact of stress on animal behavior at each life stage and apply this information to working directly with those animals.
Network for Good Presents: Roughly seven-in-ten Americans use some kind of social media platform and about 30% of nonprofit website traffic comes from social media. And nearly one third (31%) of annual giving occurs in December. That’s why social media must be part of your year-end fundraising strategy. In this webinar, digital fundraising expert Julia Campbell will show you her tried-and-true methods for creating a year-end social media plan that gets results and helps you achieve your year-end fundraising goals!
The AAWA Presents: When it comes to the relationship between wellness care and spay/neuter services, in most instances the answer is AND not OR. This webinar will describe how spay/neuter outreach led to a realization that many pets are going unserved by traditional veterinary models.
ASPCAPro Presents: Join us to learn how to build impactful and sustainable partnerships with Indigenous communities facing animal welfare challenges. Guest speakers will share stories of successful collaborations, and attendees will gain a clearer understanding of the importance of integrating a culturally sensitive and collaborative approach into their mission and operations.
The Bridge Club Presents: For all those students who are seeking an internship, a shadowing experience or looking for that first job, we are joined by Dr. Andrea Gentry-Apple of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University to understand and the dos and don’ts to getting the perfect opportunity.
VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): Join us for this 2-hour, VETgirl ophthalmology CE track webinar where Dr. Shelby Reinstein, DACVO presents various eyelid disorders in dogs with tons of clinical photos and surgical tips.
Dog iBox Presents (fee applies): Professional animal trainers and behavior consultants sometimes overlook or undervalue Level 2 (Antecedent Arrangements) of the Humane Hierarchy. Antecedent arrangements (Level 2) suggest we notice and adjust the animal’s environment in ways that facilitate the behaviors we wish to reinforce. It invites us to be creative in changing conditions that precede these behaviors, with the goal of making learning more effective and efficient.
CalAnimals Presents: Effective licensing programs are important for your community and can help fund your great work. DocuPet can support these efforts and help you yield better results at no cost to your organization. Interested? Of course you are! Please join us for an overview of this great offering.
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 intake and adoptions, canine behavior evaluations and decisions-making, and behavior modification in the shelter. Each session is 90 minutes, from 11am to 12:30pm Pacific Time […]
FDSA Presents (fee applies): What happens in your dog’s brain and body when something scares her? How long can you expect her stress response to last? In this webinar, Jessica Hekman, DVM, PhD, will talk about the stress response in dogs.
VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary VETgirl–Zoetis webinar, Dr. Jane Sykes, PhD,DACVIM reviews current understanding of the epidemiology of Lyme disease in dogs and humans. Tune in to learn the approach to diagnosis of Lyme, what to do about unsuspected positive test results, when to treat, and the role of vaccination and differences in vaccine types!
VIN/VSPN Presents: Attend this session presented by B. Duncan X. Lascelles, BSc, BVSC, PhD, FRCVS, CertVA, DSAS(ST), DECVS, DACVS, and Margaret E. Gruen, DVM, MVPH, PhD, DACVB, to earn 1 hour CE credit.
VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary VETgirl–Purina webinar, Dr. Michael R. Lappin, DVM, PhD, DACVIM reviews how to select probiotics to use in your clinical practice. What clinical situations should we be reaching for probiotics (e.g., GI disease, stress, as immune modulators), and what’s the evidence?
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.
National Kitten Coalition Presents: This session will offer participants a brief overview of emergency planning and response for animal shelters, rescue groups, and foster parents, with a focus on considerations for kittens. It will cover common emergencies to prepare for, information on creating an emergency plan for shelters and foster homes in advance of a crisis, and agencies and organizations that can help with the process. We will also touch on the concept of community animal response teams and how you can join or create a team within your community.
VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): In this 1-hour, VETgirl online CE webinar, Dr. Philipp Mayhew, DACVS reviews basic principles of skin and reconstructive surgery including the cutaneous blood supply, principles of dealing with excessive tension and options for closure of larger skin defects. Learn how to use simple local flaps, so you can close those challenging wounds!
Fear Free Presents: Many behavior problems in cats develop due to our failure to provide them with their behavioral needs. This presentation with Valarie Tynes, DVM, DACVB, DACAW, will review the social structure of the cat and why multi-cat households can be so stressful. Recognizing these signs of stress and how to avoid their development be covered.
Network for Good Presents: Register today to learn how your organization can quickly shift strategies (from fundraising to marketing to events & more!) and capitalize on the biggest fundraising season of the year. Don’t cancel your plans for year-end fundraising just yet. Join our team of nonprofit experts for an inspiring day of learning and get ready for your organization to PIVOT!
EveryCat Health Foundation Presents: Feline Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common heart disease in cats. This presentation will review HCM, its prevalence, risk factors, signs, and breed predispositions. We will take an in-depth look at the role of nutrition as part of effective multimodal management of HCM, examining specific nutrients which aid in improving the quality of life for cats with HCM Effective treatment requires a multifaceted approach, of which therapeutic nutrition is an important component.
VETGirl Presents (fee for non-members): In this VETgirl leadership webinar, Dr. Peter Weinstein, MBA reviews how to be a leader in your veterinary practice. Tune in to learn what skills it takes to be a leader, how to develop those skills, and how to act like a leader in your veterinary practice.
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 intake and adoptions, canine behavior evaluations and decisions-making, and behavior modification in the shelter. Each session is 90 minutes, from 11am to 12:30pm Pacific Time […]
FDSA Presents (fee applies): In this webinar we’ll cover the top 3 approaches to curbing the chaotic response to doorbells or knocking, with the aim to restore peace and calm in your home, even when the UPS driver shows up.
VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): In this 1-hour, VETgirl anesthesia webinar, Dr. Jane Quandt, DACVAA, DACVECC reviews monitoring equipment that is essential while monitoring your sedated or anesthetized patients. Should each clinic have an ECG, blood pressure monitoring, capnography and pulse ox? In this webinar, she’ll review the pros and cons, mechanism of action, and why monitoring can save your patient’s life!
Community Cats Podcast Presents: Are you ready to be part of the solution for feral and stray cats in your neighborhood? Our expert instructors will teach you best practices for Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) and colony management. Learn what TNR is and why it works.