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.
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.
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Each Open Arms Challenge Zoom Huddle will consist of two 10-minute presentations followed by a 20-minute Q&A. About this huddle: Providing welcoming and inclusive practices in animal welfare can be achieved in many ways. This kickoff Huddle will provide an overview and engage in a discussion of how a trauma informed approach to your work can make a foundational impact.
Vet Show Presents (fee applies): Gain up to 36 hours of CE while experiencing new adventures in Reno at Wild West Vet 2021! Enjoy the convenience and fun of learning and staying overnight at the grandiose Grand Sierra Resort and Casino. Meet veterinary professionals like yourself, build on your knowledge, and much more!
Network for Good Presents: Join Alyssa Wright for an hour of assessment to look at a variety of different development team structures and decide what’s the choice now and the choice into the future for your growing nonprofit.
PPG Presents (fee applies): Giving control to animals enables us to better understand their quirks and preferences, not to mention reducing fear and improving welfare. In this session, the presenter will walk through a formal training session and discuss all the possible ways of handing control to the animal during training.
Vet Show Presents (fee applies): Gain up to 36 hours of CE while experiencing new adventures in Reno at Wild West Vet 2021! Enjoy the convenience and fun of learning and staying overnight at the grandiose Grand Sierra Resort and Casino. Meet veterinary professionals like yourself, build on your knowledge, and much more!
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Each Open Arms Challenge Zoom Huddle will consist of two 10-minute presentations followed by a 20-minute Q&A. About this huddle: How letting go of old ideas can open new opportunities to processes that are equitable and inclusive.
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. Ken will be joined by Sarah Kalnajs and Ines McNeil. The episode will include live training demos, audience Q & A, and so much more!
HASS Presents: Reimagine staffing in the future with us by tuning into this webinar with Dr. Ellen Jefferson, President and CEO of Austin Pets Alive! And American Pets Alive!; Matt Pepper, President and CEO of Michigan Humane; Lisa LaFontaine, CEO of Humane Rescue Alliance; and Diaz Dixon, System Vice President of CommonSpirit Health Foundation; to learn more about recruitment, hiring, and training in this new world of COVID-19 and supporting both people and their pets.
GoodPup Presents: The GoodPup Webinar Series focuses on dog behavior topics designed to help anyone who works at rescues and shelters. The first webinar is on Dog Body Language. Anyone working with animals benefits from being able to identify and understand dog body language. This ensures proper communication and avoids stressful situations for all involved.
CVMA Presents (fee applies): Take dynamic CE sessions while enjoying the picturesque Lake Tahoe region. This seminar features three half-day sessions for veterinarians and two half-day sessions for technicians, leaving afternoons free to enjoy family, friends, and colleagues. Not sure about joining in person? Join us for our new Hybrid Format!
Vet Show Presents (fee applies): Gain up to 36 hours of CE while experiencing new adventures in Reno at Wild West Vet 2021! Enjoy the convenience and fun of learning and staying overnight at the grandiose Grand Sierra Resort and Casino. Meet veterinary professionals like yourself, build on your knowledge, and much more!
CalAnimals Presents: Please join us for an opportunity to learn about GoodPup, an online and app-based training program over video chat that aims to make positive reinforcement training more accessible and increase the training completion rates for dogs coming out of rescues and shelters.
CVMA Presents (fee applies): Take dynamic CE sessions while enjoying the picturesque Lake Tahoe region. This seminar features three half-day sessions for veterinarians and two half-day sessions for technicians, leaving afternoons free to enjoy family, friends, and colleagues. Not sure about joining in person? Join us for our new Hybrid Format!
Vet Show Presents (fee applies): Gain up to 36 hours of CE while experiencing new adventures in Reno at Wild West Vet 2021! Enjoy the convenience and fun of learning and staying overnight at the grandiose Grand Sierra Resort and Casino. Meet veterinary professionals like yourself, build on your knowledge, and much more!
CVMA Presents (fee applies): Take dynamic CE sessions while enjoying the picturesque Lake Tahoe region. This seminar features three half-day sessions for veterinarians and two half-day sessions for technicians, leaving afternoons free to enjoy family, friends, and colleagues. Not sure about joining in person? Join us for our new Hybrid Format!
VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): In this VETgirl practice management webinar, Dr. Heather Douglas, MBA, CVA reviews how to empower your veterinary team by helping your staff members reach their own personal career potential. Avoid the trap of squelching your team potential and recognize the true value to your practice.
The University of Tennessee Program for Pet Health Equity Presents (fee applies): Sessions will cover lessons learned during the Pilot Phase of the AlignCare One Health healthcare system. Discussions will focus on strategies used to help increase access to veterinary care for bonded families. Presenters will share the roadmap for communities interested in developing and creating AlignCare communities, which will help families in need to reduce the barriers they face in accessing sick or injury veterinary care for their pet(s).
PPG Presents (fee applies): This session will present an understanding the influence of thyroid disease on canine emotional disorders. Enjoy an evidenced-based journey through the research on thyroid disease and its effect on canine behavior.
The University of Tennessee Program for Pet Health Equity Presents (fee applies): Sessions will cover lessons learned during the Pilot Phase of the AlignCare One Health healthcare system. Discussions will focus on strategies used to help increase access to veterinary care for bonded families. Presenters will share the roadmap for communities interested in developing and creating AlignCare communities, which will help families in need to reduce the barriers they face in accessing sick or injury veterinary care for their pet(s).
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Each Open Arms Challenge Zoom Huddle will consist of two 10-minute presentations followed by a 20-minute Q&A. About this huddle: Getting your entire community involved with keeping pets and people together is essential. This Huddle will provide the how-to’s of engaging your whole community.
UW and UC Davis Shelter Medicine Programs Present: Join us for a check in discussion on capacity, intake, and other successes and challenges during the not-so-post-pandemic times.
VETGirl Presents: Join us for a complimentary VETgirl–Elanco webinar, where Dr. Andrew Jackson, DACVS reviews how we can use multimodal pain therapy during surgical procedures. This webinar will review surgical pain control, discuss how to implement local anesthesia in your veterinary practice, and what the expected effects and cost management of medications are.
HSVMA Presents: During this behavior webinar we will explore the process of diagnosing common behavior problems in dogs and cats and outline the steps needed when creating and implementing a behavior plan. We will discuss the difference between a primary behavioral problem and a training issue and which cases we should handle and which we should refer to a behaviorist.
IVS Presents (fee applies): This all new seminar has been designed to provide you with practical information on the current thoughts on anesthesia along with acute and chronic pain management in your practice.
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Each Open Arms Challenge Zoom Huddle will consist of two 10-minute presentations followed by a 20-minute Q&A. About this huddle: Find out how animal shelters and animal rescue partners can work together to meet the needs of their community.
EveryCat Health Foundation Presents: The lecture will review the common forms of feline heart disease with a concentration on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the most common form of heart disease in cats. Common clinical signs and diagnostic tests will be reviewed. There will also be a presentation of commonly used drugs to treat feline heart disease.
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 […]
CalAnimals Presents (fee applies): All shelter staff and volunteers will benefit from this 6-week Shelter Behavior Seminar. Recordings will be available until January 15, 2022. Member organizations may receive a Group Discount when registering 10 or more.
FDSA Presents (fee applies): We all know that medical issues can influence behavior. Dogs who don’t feel well can be cranky, or more anxious than normal – just like humans! But what about less obvious “red flags” for a physical problem that you might not be aware of?
IVS Presents (fee applies): This all new seminar has been designed to provide you with practical information on the current thoughts on anesthesia along with acute and chronic pain management in your practice.
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Maddie’s Fund, in concert with American Pets Alive!, hosts a weekly hour-long Zoom call for animal welfare leaders. 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.
IVS Presents (fee applies): This all new seminar has been designed to provide you with practical information on the current thoughts on anesthesia along with acute and chronic pain management in your practice.
Community Cats Podcast Presents (fee applies): Online Fundraising Day includes a variety of online sessions to help you learn how to fundraise for your organization in the era of Covid-19 and generate new, innovative ways to fund the programs your community needs to help cats and kittens live safe, healthy lives. Be sure to bring your questions!
HSVMA Presents: HSVMA will host our 7th annual Animal Welfare Symposium for Students online again this year. With the theme of Access to Care, we will present five live lectures and two networking events. Although geared towards veterinary and veterinary technician students, veterinary professionals and affiliates are welcome to attend.
IVS Presents (fee applies): This all new seminar has been designed to provide you with practical information on the current thoughts on anesthesia along with acute and chronic pain management in your practice.
Community Cats Podcast Presents (fee applies): Join Community Cats Podcast on Sunday, October 17, 2021 for an Online Diversity Day featuring experts from the animal welfare world. The day includes a variety of online sessions to help you learn about the challenge issues around diversity in our community cat environment. Bring your questions!
VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary VETgirl–Zoetis webinar, Dr. Michael R. Lappin, DACVIM, PhD will discuss current issues related to the prevention of infectious diseases in cats. Tune in to learn current thoughts on injection side sarcomas and vaccine-associated side effects, while maximizing the benefits of feline vaccinations. Find out how to avoid real or perceived adverse events or if there are alternative protocols to consider!
University of Florida – Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program Presents (fee applies): Compassion Fatigue Strategies is a unique online course designed to support people who work with animals. The course will help you recognize signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue, learn to manage your stress levels and increase your self-care practices, connect with the rewards of your work, build your resiliency, and commit to making successful changes in your life and in your organization.
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.
NACA Presents: Join NACA for our first ever live streamed training opportunity!! An hour of presentation and open discussion!! Let’s talk about taking steps towards supportive field services practices, how to move towards resource provision and away from punishment while building trust and positive relationships within the community.
CARE Presents: CARE and Industry Leaders will be discussing their own personal journeys towards making this field and their own personal lives equitable. We will also be highlighting CARE’s new REDI Certification, which will be released soon!
VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary VETgirl–Merck Animal Health YouTube LIVE event, Dr. Michael Canfield, DACVD reviews ear anatomy, equipment, clinical procedures, and treatment of otitis externa to promote quality patient outcomes.
Network for Good Presents: It is imperative that your organization participates in the end of year giving season. But during such a busy time, how do you ensure your year-end giving plan is going to work? How do you ensure your precious time is well spent? Join Professional Fundraising Coach, Robin Cabral, to kick your year-end off the right way.
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Each Open Arms Challenge Zoom Huddle will consist of two 10-minute presentations followed by a 20-minute Q&A. About this huddle: Find out how to bring open and welcoming customer service into every aspect of your work.
HeARTs Speak Presents: This 1-hour workshop examines the easy-to-implement, often subtle shifts we can make to reach new audiences and the power of positivity in building relationships and changing minds. With a focus on imagery, the language we use, and transparency, we’ll also explore how the concept of positive marketing contributes to life-saving goals.
VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): In this 1-hour, VETgirl anesthesia webinar, Dr. Mike Barletta, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVAA reviews how the anesthesia machine works, different oxygen sources, oxygen flowmeters, vaporizers, CO2 absorbent, and scavenging systems. Dr. Barletta will also describe different breathing systems available on the market and will review how to choose the appropriate breathing system for different patients.
CARE Presents: CARE is going LIVE with for part 2 of our celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month.
We have three more amazing guests: Alana Yanez, Executive Director for Animal Shelter Assistance Program (ASAP Cats); José Ocaño, Senior Director, People and Culture, Best Friends Animal Society; and Nicole Galvan, Southwest Regional Coordinator, Bailing Out Benji.
PPG Presents (fee applies): Given how behaviorists, ethologists, neuroscientists and veterinarians often get into conflict, this talk discusses how our cognitive biases impact knowledge acquisition. Cognitive biases makes us reject information that we should accept, and accept information that we should reject.
The AAWA Presents: Learn about eye injury treatment and disease management both in the shelter and in foster care. This presentation will discuss common eye diseases in the shelter environment, including causes of corneal ulceration, conjunctivitis, and eye loss. Attendees will gain an understanding of the challenges of providing proper eye care to shelter animals, including staff training, equipment, and costs.
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Join us for an open, informal 30-minute conversation and Q+A with Allison Cardona, Deputy Director of Los Angeles County Animal Care and Control. In this discussion with Maddie’s Fund Executive Leadership Team member Mary Ippoliti-Smith, Allison speaks of overcoming her own experiences with systemic bias and what she sees as initial steps we can take to widen diversity, equity and inclusion in our field while strengthening the human-animal bond.
Fear Free Presents: In part due to the excellent veterinary care that we deliver to our patients, we are presented with more geriatric cats and dogs now than we were 10 years ago. Most of us didn’t learn much about how to recognize and treat cognitive dysfunction syndrome (CDS) in dogs and cats. In this session, attendees will learn the most up to date prevention strategies and treatments of CDS in dogs and cats.
VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): Join us for a 2-hour, VETgirl ophthalmology CE track webinar where Dr. Shelby Reinstein, DACVO reviews the eye conditions related to Feline Herpes Virus. In this lecture, she’ll review the basic pathogenesis and various clinical syndromes of FHV-1 including conjunctivitis, corneal ulceration, corneal sequestra, and eosinophilic keratoconjunctivitis.
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Each Open Arms Challenge Zoom Huddle will consist of two 10-minute presentations followed by a 20-minute Q&A. How do you reach those in your community who don’t use social media or have not heard of your organization? Find out how in this Huddle presentation.
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): This webinar will explore what the research has to say about the process of counter conditioning. Find out how counter conditioning works, how it’s related to extinction, what limitations it has, how it’s impacted by stress and what additional strategies we can use to enhance the treatment of fear.
The Bridge Club Presents: An opportunity to engage, authentically on the true state of online pharmacies in veterinary medicine. Join our expert panel as The Bridge Club wants to hear what you think about how to compete, and honestly what does an online pharmacy look like, if the profession is still faxing.
Loose Leash Academy Presents (fee applies): Are you encountering more reactive and aggressive dogs in your day to day work? Do you have a dog who needs more help with aggressive or reactive behaviors? Would you like to learn from the best in dog training and behavior as they demonstrate their work with aggression cases? Join us for the Second Annual Conference dedicated to helping dogs with aggression.
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Maddie’s Fund, in concert with American Pets Alive!, hosts a weekly hour-long Zoom call for animal welfare leaders. 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.
Think Anesthesia Presents: Are you a career technician thinking of making a change? In this webinar we will highlight leaders in the veterinary technician/nursing community and learn about how to diversity your resume and what career choices are available to veterinary technicians and nurses.
The Bridge Club Presents: This evening is all about celebrating you! We will be honoring the very best in veterinary medicine. Grab your spot now and also send us an email about yourself, or your colleagues, we want to know who you think deserves to be honored by The Bridge Club and showcased in this wonderful evening of toasts and honors.
Loose Leash Academy Presents (fee applies): Are you encountering more reactive and aggressive dogs in your day to day work? Do you have a dog who needs more help with aggressive or reactive behaviors? Would you like to learn from the best in dog training and behavior as they demonstrate their work with aggression cases? Join us for the Second Annual Conference dedicated to helping dogs with aggression.
Loose Leash Academy Presents (fee applies): Are you encountering more reactive and aggressive dogs in your day to day work? Do you have a dog who needs more help with aggressive or reactive behaviors? Would you like to learn from the best in dog training and behavior as they demonstrate their work with aggression cases? Join us for the Second Annual Conference dedicated to helping dogs with aggression.
VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary VETgirl–Zoetis webinar, Dr. Ross H. Palmer, MS, DACVS reviews how canine osteoarthritis negatively affects patients. Through early diagnosis and comprehensive management successful treatment can lead our patients to healthier and fulfilling lives.
IAABC Presents (fee applies): Would you like to improve your effectiveness and success rate with impulsivity/hyperactivity, reactivity, and fear clients, or are you looking to get started with these types of behavior issues? This 8-week Mentorship with Kristina Spaulding, PhD, CAAB, will focus on canine impulsivity/hyperactivity, reactivity, and fear.
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: How can animal shelters become leaders in climate sensitive design and practice? Join VfCA founding member Dr. Angela Frimberger to learn how climate change is affecting animals, leading to a need to inform animal shelter design and future planning.
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Each Open Arms Challenge Zoom Huddle will consist of two 10-minute presentations followed by a 20-minute Q&A. About this huddle: Churches, food banks, restaurants, community centers, car dealerships…How different partnerships can expand your reach.
VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): In this VETgirl veterinary technician webinar, Jenny Fisher, RVT, VTS (Oncology) will provide a broad overview of veterinary oncology. Tune in to follow one single cell on its cancer journey. From basic cell biology, diagnostics, staging and treatments, this webinar will cover all things oncology. Tune in to freshen up your oncology knowledge.
Network for Good Presents: Year-end fundraising is crucial to any nonprofit. Giving Tuesday is the biggest giving day of the year and 31% of all annual giving happens in December alone. You need to make sure your campaign will yield the greatest results without over-exhausting your small but mighty team. That’s why you need to follow these tips and tricks to cut through the noise and work smarter, not harder!
PPG Presents (fee applies): Classical conditioning is important to understand for anyone interacting with animals. In the session, the presenter will discuss how these learning mechanisms impacts animals’ emotional states, decision making and behavior – and how we can best harness them.
Maddie’s Fund Presents: The changes you can make to maximize the potential for making emotional connections between pets and potential adopters and fosters are simple but powerful. This webcast will make the case for the separation of marketing and adoption counseling through reviewing the science behind how we form relationships and why warning labels work to keep consumers from taking products home.
VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): In this VETgirl leadership webinar, Dr. Sally Ryan will review the ethics of working in a veterinary clinic, and how it can elicit emotional responses. In this webinar, we’ll identify some common ethical dilemmas in veterinary practice, whether you’re a CSR, vet tech, veterinary associate or veterinary owner. Learn critical principles for ethical leadership and identify ways for applying the principles in practice.
NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: This webinar will provide an overview on the biology and ecology of bears and cougars, how to make yards and neighborhoods less attractive to them, how to reduce conflicts with people and pets, which situations necessitate a response, and how to handle problems if they arise.
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Each Open Arms Challenge Zoom Huddle will consist of two 10-minute presentations followed by a 20-minute Q&A. When your entire organization is more open and inclusive, everybody wins. Danielle Harris, Pima County, and Melissa Lesinky, Southern Arizona Cat Rescue, will present.
PPG Presents (fee applies): Personality is all about individual differences in dogs and can help explain why some dogs react to life so differently than others. How is personality measured? What personality traits have been found in dogs? How consistent is personality over time? And how does all of this help you when working with dogs? We’ll explore all of these questions and more in this one-hour webinar.
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): This is Part One of a two-part webinar on working with “atypical” dogs. Both webinars are stand-alone webinars covering a different aspect of this topic, but they combine to cover the topic more broadly. In Part One, we will discuss the underlying factors that contribute to the development of an atypical dog, including genetic traits and the impact of prior learning, and more.
FDSA Presents (fee applies): This is Part Two of a two-part webinar on working with “atypical” dogs. Both webinars are stand-alone webinars covering a different aspect of this topic, but they combine to cover the topic more broadly. In this “Part Two” webinar we look at a wide range of specific examples from a variety of different sports.
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Maddie’s Fund, in concert with American Pets Alive!, hosts a weekly hour-long Zoom call for animal welfare leaders. 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.
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.
VDOS Presents (fee applies): Is your dental x-ray machine unused because nobody knows what to do with it? Let us show you the profitability of dental radiography by demystifying the many shades of gray! See what is going on below the gum line!
VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): In this VETgirl webinar, Dr. Michael Jaffe, MS, CCRP, DACVS will review how to complete a full orthopedic exam in dogs and cats. Tune in to learn proper techniques for assessment of cruciate ligament injuries, hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia, patellar luxations, and muscle/tendon injuries. Get your ortho on!
ASPCA and AAWA Present: Animal welfare professionals, including shelter leadership and staff, veterinarians, and those interested in research and data analysis, are invited to explore the results of new research studies in community and shelter animal welfare. Attendees will leave with practical suggestions for applying what they’ve learned to benefit their communities and are eligible for CAWA credit.
Network for Good Presents: We know being unable to retain a development staff is one of the main reasons organizations struggle to raise money and create effective cultures of philanthropy. Join Alyssa to get tips, tricks, and insight to keep your awesome staff!
PPG Presents (fee applies): Shaping is the sharpest tool in the animal trainer’s box…theoretically. Practically, it can be hard to execute, and many trainers get stuck. Hopefully, this lecture will provide you with some ideas of how to get unstuck.
Best Friends Presents: This webinar will provide real world, tangible content to assist shelter staff and volunteers in their day-to-day interactions with canines in the shelter. This is geared toward beginners and touches on basic dog body language and tips and tricks to implement that will come in handy when working with common challenging dog behaviors in our sheltering system.
Kitten Lady Presents: Kitten Lady, Hannah Shaw, will join Mt. Pleasant Animal Shelter for a virtual presentation and Q&A on all things kittens! Hannah will cover various kitten-related topics, including what to do when you find a kitten outside, how to socialize them, and more!
CVMA Presents (fee applies): Employers with five or more employees must provide sexual harassment and abusive conduct prevention training for all employees by January 1, 2021, and every two years thereafter. We understand the strain this training requirement might put on staffing, so we offering the webinar on two different dates and times for your convenience.
Humane Canada Presents (fee applies): The Canadian Violence Link Conference is an innovative, ground-breaking event that examines the link between interpersonal abuse and animal abuse, looking at the vulnerabilities in both populations and how they intersect. This biennial conference brings together criminal justice system stakeholders that work to prevent and address violence against people or animals for cross-sectoral training on how to collaborate and stop the cycle of violence.
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Each Open Arms Challenge Zoom Huddle will consist of two 10-minute presentations followed by a 20-minute Q&A. When your entire organization is more open and inclusive, everybody wins. Mandy Evans, Better Together Animal Alliance, and Andrew Dorman, Cat Town, will present.
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 […]
ASPCAPro Presents: Proactive planning for long-stay animals who need medical or behavioral treatment, are a part of pending court cases, or have special adoption needs, can prevent behavioral and mental deterioration. Gain new ideas and get answers to your questions about behavioral and mental support for long-stay animals from experts across medical, operations, and behavior disciplines.
The AAWA Presents: This webinar will give you specific end-of-year fundraising ideas. Implementing even a couple of the ideas will help you raise more money this year. We will also give you the tools you need to feel confident about your fundraising going into this holiday season.
HASS Presents: The laws surrounding community cats are ending their lives. Legal language and obstacles around community cats creates barriers to keep kitties alive and thriving. In this interactive webinar, Monica Frenden-Tarant, Maddie’s® Director of Feline Lifesaving at American Pets Alive! and Richard Angelo, Jr., Esq., Legislative Attorney for Best Friends Animal Society, will work through the legal barriers to community cat programming.
Humane Canada Presents (fee applies): The Canadian Violence Link Conference is an innovative, ground-breaking event that examines the link between interpersonal abuse and animal abuse, looking at the vulnerabilities in both populations and how they intersect. This biennial conference brings together criminal justice system stakeholders that work to prevent and address violence against people or animals for cross-sectoral training on how to collaborate and stop the cycle of violence.
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Maddie’s Fund, in concert with American Pets Alive!, hosts a weekly hour-long Zoom call for animal welfare leaders. 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.
Community Cats Podcast Presents (small 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.