Network for Good Presents: Whether you’re new to mindfulness and meditation, a skeptic, a lifelong practitioner, or somewhere in between, join us for an informal meditation session. We’ll do a brief practice together and talk about what mindfulness is (and isn’t) and how it can help combat the stressors of living in a hyperconnected world as we close out the year-end giving season.
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 […]
Best Friends Presents: In this session, we’ll take a deep dive into the Best Friends national dataset, providing attendees with key insights on progress toward achieving no-kill nationwide and, most important, ways that shelters and rescue groups can get involved and save more lives.
Shelter Playgroup Alliance Presents: Learners will be invited to join a cohort that will meet virtually for four 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.
IAABC Presents (fee applies): True expertise requires going beyond instrumental and classical conditioning, and understanding everything possible about each individual animal and species we’re training. This course will forever change how you think about the animals we live and work with.
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, Susan G. Friedman, Ph.D., and Sarah Owings for a free virtual event live from The Ranch. The episode will include live training demos, audience Q & A, and so much more!
HASS Presents: Join Monica Frenden-Tarant, Maddie’s® Director of Feline Lifesaving, and cat finder extraordinaire, Kimberley Freeman, for this live webinar where they will dispel myths, explain the science behind lost cats, and teach you what you need to know to reunite more lost cats with their families.
BlackDVM Network Presents: Community Sessions give our members the chance to meet each other and share experiences. Come hang with us! We want to get to know you. Community sessions are like Happy Hours just for our members. We’ll discuss any and everything and hopefully learn a ton about each other every time.
VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): In this 1-hour, VETgirl anesthesia webinar, Dr. Mike Barletta, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVAA reviews the mechanism of action, chemical and physical characteristics, and the duration of action of the most commonly used local anesthetic drugs in small animal anesthesia. Toxic effects and how to prevent and treat them will also be covered during this lecture.
FDSA Presents (fee applies): This webinar will look at the day to day lives of senior dogs and how we can make small changes to improve their safety and comfort as their body ages. This includes some household adaptations as well as gentle conditioning and exercise suggestions that target the areas that often tend to weaken first in older dogs.
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.
Puppyworks Presents (fee applies): Animal cognition has long been associated with tool use, and even tool making, most famously in Jane Goodall’s study of chimpanzees. The dog world has followed suit: Over the past decade-plus there has been a revolution in the world of dog behavior, as canine cognition scientists have explored abilities of the dog’s brain once thought to be far beyond the reach of our canine companions.
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.
IAABC Presents (fee applies): What you’ve got to say is important, and your writing skills can help make or break your credibility. Get help with any writing project in IAABC’s Writing Mentorship for Trainers and Behavior Consultants. Author Eileen Anderson will review your work, editing and discussing real-life written projects of your choice in this 8-week mentoring workshop.
Humane Network/UoP Presents (fee applies): This award-winning online certificate program provides practical information and valuable networking for current sheltering professionals, those looking to advance their career, or move into the field of animal sheltering. The program’s courses include leadership, shelter operations, community program development, animal health/clinic operations, and marketing/development.
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.
Dogs Playing for Life Presents: 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.
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 […]
Maddie’s Fund Presents: In this webcast, you’ll learn how creating emotional connections with your transport partners can help you increase adoption and foster placements and engage your supporters. You’ll learn how you can create urgency around pet transport while putting your organization and your partners in a positive light, and how to utilize a great foster tool you may not have known you have.
FDSA Presents (fee applies): Want the dog to act like they are following you? I’m not a total miracle worker, but join me for this webinar and I’ll give you some skills to work on that will make walking much more enjoyable, whether that is from Pt A to B in the competition venue or outside in the real world.
GoodPup Presents: The GoodPup Webinar Series focuses on dog behavior topics designed specifically to help anyone who works at rescues and shelters. The goal of our Webinar is to bring you some tips and tricks on how to build enrichment into your dog’s life and to leave you with some steps that help ensure your pup is set up for success!
VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): Join us for this 2-hour, VETgirl ophthalmology CE track webinar where Dr. Shelby Reinstein, DACVO reviews the causes for sudden blindness in dogs in cats, including SARDS, chorioretinitis, optic neuritis, retinal detachment, and primary brain disease.
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.
Puppyworks Presents (fee applies): Animal cognition has long been associated with tool use, and even tool making, most famously in Jane Goodall’s study of chimpanzees. The dog world has followed suit: Over the past decade-plus there has been a revolution in the world of dog behavior, as canine cognition scientists have explored abilities of the dog’s brain once thought to be far beyond the reach of our canine companions.
IAABC Presents (fee applies): This course will help you think scientifically about animal training and behavior consulting for all species, understand and break training into component principles, understand environmental events that maintain behavior, increase your ability to be humane and effective, and more.
NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: This webinar is tailored specifically to animal shelter representatives who want to learn more about the basics of social media marketing and how it can be utilized to increase online reputation, receive community support to increase staff morale, increase visibility to possibly decrease the animal length of stay/increase adoptions and so much more!
HASS Presents: Hear a fresh, innovative perspective from this panel of experts. This conversation is for you whether you are new to the concept of open adoptions, are examining your adoption process, or have concerns about open adoptions. It’s not just for shelters, either—foster-based rescue groups are invited to come with their thoughts and questions, too.
Dogs Playing for Life Presents: Learn about all the ways in which DPFL Playgroups are transforming shelters all across the country! In Part 2, we dive into what DPFL-style Playgroups look like! During this webinar, we will view and discuss dog-to-dog communication and body language, as well as some of the operational aspects of a successful playgroup program.
Network for Good Presents: Join us as legacy giving expert Lori Kranczer demystifies planned giving and goes through the parameters of a successful legacy conversation, including selecting the right donors to speak with, how to have a value-based conversation and address objections, and matching the right gift option with each donor.
The AAWA Presents: In this session, Dr. Rob McKenna and Dr. Daniel Hallak from WiLD Leaders Inc. will lead an interactive conversation on how to architect the culture you want and how to invest in the whole and intentional development of people and leaders.
CVMA Presents (fee applies for non-members): With several new laws taking effect in 2022, veterinary practices will need to implement changes to remain in compliance. This talk will cover new and important laws that all employers and employees should be aware of moving forward.
Shelter Playgroup Alliance Presents: Learners will be invited to join a cohort that will meet virtually for four 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.
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 […]
NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: This presentation will introduce the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s new program designed to match enforcement agencies with a community veterinarian, provide training and support to both parties, and address veterinary forensic deficits so frequently encountered when investigating and prosecuting animal cruelty cases.
Maddie’s Fund Presents: In this discussion with Maddie’s Fund Executive Leadership Team member Mary Ippoliti-Smith, James and Jennifer relate their personal journeys to their current focus on underserved BIPOC communities throughout the country, and how helping to build and assist human and animal related organizations is core to their own experiences and beliefs.
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Presents (fee applies): In this session, Dr. Gilor will discuss the recent developments regarding management of diabetic dogs, including understanding what insulins are available, selecting the best insulin and diet for your patients, and more.
FDSA Presents (fee applies): Deb will provide you with some basic focus exercises that you can then use as the foundation on which you can build your training sessions. Starting with focus and then building strong behavior chains is the key to success out in the real world.
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: In this 1-hour RACE approved webinar for veterinary technicians and veterinarians, review the components of the anesthetic machine, familiarize yourself with proper check out procedures to improve patient safety and test your knowledge on recognizing anesthetic machine and equipment mishaps through interactive polling!
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.
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.
VDOS Presents (fee applies): This webinar will review the most common dental and oral pathologies in dogs and cats, including periodontal disease, gingival enlargement, oral ulcers, stomatitis, eosinophilic granuloma, pyogenic granuloma, tooth wear, tooth fracture, endodontic and periapical disease, tooth resorption, jaw fracture, temporomandibular joint disorders, palate defects, oral soft tissue trauma, and oral tumors. The focus is on recognizing potential causes and diagnostic features of these conditions. The didactic lecture will last 1.5 hours, but the webinar is designed so that there is extra time for interactive participation and answering your questions.
VDOS Presents (fee applies): This webinar will help you to understand oral and dental anatomy in dogs and cats using proper nomenclature. You will be able to do patient triage, obtain a history, assess clinical signs, perform a dental and oral examination (in the awake and anesthetized patient), and record your findings.
Puppyworks Presents (fee applies): Animal cognition has long been associated with tool use, and even tool making, most famously in Jane Goodall’s study of chimpanzees. The dog world has followed suit: Over the past decade-plus there has been a revolution in the world of dog behavior, as canine cognition scientists have explored abilities of the dog’s brain once thought to be far beyond the reach of our canine companions.
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!
VDOS Presents (fee applies): Let us show you how to make your ‘dental’ to become a professional one! Get the most out of your sonic/ultrasonic scalers, but also know how to do proper root planing, gingival curettage, and polishing!
VDOS Presents (fee applies): Feeling uncomfortable about sticking a needle through oral mucosa near a neurovascular bundle? Don’t worry, here you learn everything you need to know about nerve blocks for your dental and oral surgical patients!
VDOS Presents (fee applies): Frustrated about resorbing roots and ankylosed teeth? What about refractory oral inflammation that cannot be controlled? We understand your frustration, but there is help! Let us show you how we do it!
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.
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/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: Court officials who understand the Link between crimes against animals and crimes against people are in a better position to prevent future violence and protect their community. This webinar will assist law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, animal care & control officers, and other criminal justice system personnel in a greater understanding that family violence doesn’t stop at the human species line.
Million Cat Challenge and Maddie’s Fund® Present: The Million Cat Challenge has some BIG news to share with you that you’re not going to want to miss. Join our Facebook Live event for the big reveal on Tuesday, January 25 at 12 p.m. PST/3 p.m. EST!
CVMA Presents (fee applies for non-members): With several new laws taking effect in 2022, veterinary practices will need to implement changes to remain in compliance. This talk will cover new and important laws that all employers and employees should be aware of moving forward.
Dogs Playing for Life Presents: Learn about all the ways in which DPFL Playgroups are transforming shelters all across the country! In this last section, we take a deep dive into the critical aspects of how to successfully facilitate playgroups in your shelter.
VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): In this VETgirl veterinary technician webinar, Mary L. Berg, BS, LATG, RVT, VTS (Dentistry) will review the comprehensive oral health assessment and treatment (COHAT) including how to properly conduct a conscious and anesthetized oral examination on the dog and cat and dental indices that should be evaluated and recorded on the dental chart.
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 […]
National Kitten Coalition Presents: This webinar will cover information about various aspects of Panleukopenia including Presentation, disease Progression, treatment Protocols and Prevention. Attendees will learn how to recognize signs of the illness and respond with supportive care and treatments as prescribed by a veterinarian.
Maddie’s Fund Presents: In this webcast, we’ll give you a virtual checklist of steps to take in order to increase foster and adoptive placements so you can reduce length of stay, expand capacity to help more large dogs and/or cats, and be there for your partners when they need you.
Best Friends Presents: During this town hall, Best Friends staff will address confusion around the community-supported sheltering movement and discuss the powerful intersection when the roles of the shelter, field services, government and the public come together to support the welfare of animals in a community.
VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): Dr. Mia Cary will discuss the importance and impact of everyday leadership. Find out how in every interaction and every decision, we can positively impact others and cultivate our own personal growth and development.
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 (fee applies): Join us for our most popular online event, featuring leading voices and innovators from around the cat care community.
Community Cats Podcast Presents (fee applies): Join us for our most popular online event, featuring leading voices and innovators from around the cat care community.
IAABC Presents (fee applies): 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.
Community Cats Podcast Presents (fee applies): Join us for our most popular online event, featuring leading voices and innovators from around the cat care community.
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/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: In this webinar, you’ll learn how to better evaluate and respond to these calls and just as importantly, learn what not to do. We’ll discuss how long young birds are dependent on parents, different nest types and substitutes, and species behavior related to breeding and development.
HASS Presents: In this webinar, we’ll talk about the primary reasons for resistance to change, how to easily build a culture of change, tackle tough critics, and how to implement a simple protocol for creating organizational change. In this interactive session, we’ll break down everything about how you talk about change to cultural agreements to addressing toxic resistance to change.
Network for Good Presents: As you prepare for upcoming spring events and launch planning for summer and fall events, this session will be focused on solutions to keep things on track through the waves of COVID.
Petco Love Presents: Join us for National Pet Vaccination Month this March by applying for and administering vaccines to family pets* for FREE. Additionally, receive a $3 stipend for each vaccine given!
The AAWA Presents: This webinar discusses research-based guidelines on how to establish responsible community efforts, which include direct community involvement, research and evaluation, and long-term commitment to funding.
CARE Presents: Join CARE’s Chief of Research and Development, Johnny Jenkins, leading a discussion with activists and scholars discussing Black American queer historical figures, Black LGBQ+ communal kinship, and the role companion pets in our traditional and non-traditional families.
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 […]
Maddie’s® Million Pet Challenge Presents: The Maddie’s® Million Pet Challenge team is offering a variety of pro bono learning opportunities that include shelter consults, online bootcamp training, sustainable access to care mentorships and programs for veterinarians and students. Join Dr. Sara Pizano and learn how to apply!
Karen Pryor Academy Presents: Join Ken Ramirez, KPCT’s Chief Training Officer, for a free virtual event live from The Ranch on Thursday, February 3, at 12:00 pm (PT), with special guests Linda Case and Michele Pouliot. The episode will include real-time training demos, audience Q & A, and so much more!
BlackDVM Network Presents: Community Sessions give our members the chance to meet each other and share experiences. Come hang with us! We want to get to know you. Community sessions are like Happy Hours just for our members. We’ll discuss any and everything and hopefully learn a ton about each other every time.
VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): Dr. Garret Pachtinger, DACVECC reviews a case-based approach to trauma in the small animal patient. Learn how to triage, assess, manage, and identify trauma like a critical care pro, and find out what to avoid based on the most recent veterinary literature.
Maddie’s® Million Pet Challenge Presents: Learning how to quit crisis mode, embrace your capacity, and create space for lasting change is the core of Four Rights Bootcamp, and the time for your shelter to join is now!
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.
VDOS Presents (fee applies): Do you struggle removing a canine or carnassial tooth? What about root remnants and ankylosed teeth in cats? No worries, here you learn all the tricks you need for safe and complete extraction of teeth!
VDOS Presents (fee applies): Do you struggle removing root remnants? Do you know how to close an oronasal fistula? You used too much force and fractured the mandible? No worries, here you learn how to manage tooth extraction complications!
VDOS Presents (fee applies): This VDOS webinar will review normal oral structures that may be confused as abnormalities and perioperative complications that can occur during dental and oral surgical procedures, including neurological deficits, tracheal injury, oral edema, orbital injury, trigeminocardiac reflex, iatrogenic lingual trauma, and vomiting and regurgitation.
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.
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!
