Shelter Learniverse and Industry-Wide Calendar

VIN/VSPN Presents (free for VIN members): J. Scott Weese, DVM, DVSc, DACVIM (LAIM), presents this week’s Tuesday Topic, “Antibiotics 101: Basic Principles of Antibiotic Use, Selection, and Susceptibility Testing.”

Network for Good Presents: Nonprofits know that social media can have the power to engage communities and build support for their missions. But it’s so time-consuming to stay on top of the trends and the ever-shifting sands of social media. Nonprofit digital marketing expert Julia Campbell will show you exactly how in this training. If you feel like social media is taking over your entire day and taking away from your other responsibilities, this session is for you!

VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary, 30-minute, VETgirl–Merck Animal Health YouTube LIVE, Dr. Craig Prior, BVSC, CVJ discusses the risk of leptospirosis in humans and animals. Tune in to learn about all things lepto, from how worried you really have to be, to recognizing clinical signs, to treating and preventing it in your patients and staff!

CalAnimals Presents: Attendees will leave this session prepared to have conversations with the public about when and why it is best to leave kittens with mom, assessing kittens to determine if they have been abandoned, when one should step up to help kittens and what that help should look like, and lastly how to properly age young kittens.

PPG Presents (fee applies): As someone who loves animals or who works in the animal field you may commonly experience compassion fatigue. Compassion Fatigue is a real problem in the animal welfare field and we need to be aware of it.

NACA Presents: During this webinar, we’ll discuss why it is so hard to let a volunteer go, reasons why it is a liability to continue working with a bad volunteer, communication instead of confrontation, the importance of documentation, the steps to take before reaching the point of termination and the role of exit interviews with volunteers.

FDSA Presents (fee applies): The six week course, Worked Up, condensed into need-to-know basics. You’ll learn how to ask your dog if he is able to work, and how to help him if he says no. This is useful for all dog sports, and all dogs whose responses tend toward the barky-spinny-crazy type!

Dogs Playing for Life Presents: At Dogs Playing for Life’s Stranger Danger webinar, hosted by Aimee Sadler, CEO and Founder of DPFL, you will learn how to work with dogs that are wary of strangers by building their confidence and helping them develop new skills which will enable them to meet new people (and potential adopters) happily and successfully!

Maddie’s® Million Pet Challenge Presents: Join the co-founder of the Million Cat Challenge and one of the inspirations behind the Maddie’s® Million Pet Challenge in imagining and creating a world in which every single shelter is able to provide every animal at risk with the Right Care in the Right Place at the Right Time to the Right Outcome.

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.

PPG Presents (fee applies): Suzanne Clothier’s Really Real Relaxation Protocol (RRR) is based on her commitment as a trainer to creating authentic responses rather than faux or “looks like” (but actually is not) behaviors. RRR is a must-have tool for any trainer.

Maddie’s Fund Presents: San Diego Humane Society’s Community Initiatives Specialist, Lauren Rogers, will facilitate a conversation with Jesse Casement, Division Director of Client Services at Father Joe’s Villages and Riley Yates, Animal Welfare Coordinator at GRACE Marketplace, who have each implemented co-sheltering programs at their respective homeless shelters.

CalAnimals Presents: Because stress is directly linked to their immune system, decreasing the amount of stress cats experience in the shelter will reduce the overall number of cats who get sick in the shelter. Attendees will leave this session with an understanding of safe handling techniques and cage set up for various scenarios including decompression and spot cleaning.

Dog iBox Presents (fee applies): In this presentation, the science-based rationale for following every click with a backup reinforcer will be reviewed, and we will explore the faulty reasoning often used to support the practice of blazing clickers.

FDSA Presents (fee applies): An integrated approach for developing a behavior modification plan when working with fearful and reactive dogs. Reinforcement strategies, changing emotion, teaching alternative behaviors, impulse control that creates predictability, confidence building, and of course a vast array of behavior modification techniques is all part of the plan.

National Kitten Coalition Presents: Join us in a presentation highlighting potential safety hazards and practical ways to keep your kittens safe this spring season!

FDSA Presents (fee applies): Lots of training examples and photos and an opportunity for questions and discussion means that this webinar will have you excited about the work you want to do. Expect a surge in training and a boost in motivation after this one!

HSUS Presents: In this two part webinar, participants will learn Trauma-Informed Care principles and how to apply them internally with staff and volunteers, and externally through engagement with their community.

FDSA Presents (fee applies): The value of a reinforcement is often proportionally inverse to how challenging is a situation, and there are not only individual preferences, but also different perceptions of how challenging a determine stimulus can be.

VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): In this 1-hour, VETgirl anesthesia webinar, Dr. Jane Quandt, DACVAA, DACVECC discusses how and when to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the anesthetized patient, what are the early warning signs of impending arrest.

Think Anesthesia Presents: This presentation will focus on the safety, versatility, and reliability of alfaxalone, an intravenous anesthetic for dogs and cats. We will discuss the clinical application of Alfaxan® Multidose in a variety of cases, including healthy, compromised, and special populations.

Community Cats Podcast and Neighborhood Cats Present: Whether it’s putting in a clear rear door, using Spam as bait, wrapping your trap with green garden netting, or training a cat to enter a trap, you’re bound to learn something new that will improve your trapping success.

Network for Good Presents: With all the hype around email and social media marketing for nonprofits, it can be frustrating to see that, despite your efforts, you’re still not getting traction with views, likes, opens, or (ultimately) donations or volunteers. In this session, we’ll take a look at what’s keeping you from getting the results you want, then look at how you can change your strategy, and, most importantly, we’ll show you exactly how to do it

The AAWA Presents: The talent shortage we are all facing is not short-term or cyclical, and it won’t be solved by traditional recruiting means. Staffing expert Tom Erb will discuss the current and future state of the labor market, what that means for businesses and the economy, and how you can gain a significant competitive advantage by fundamentally changing the way you approach your recruiting processes.

National Kitten Coalition Presents: How much do I feed a kitten? How often? How much? How do I mix the formula? There are so many things to learn when it comes to feeding a tiny kitten. In this webinar, we will teach you the basics on how to safely bottle-feed a neonatal kitten and help it grow!

NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: We will outline what a restorative justice framework might look like as applied to animal cruelty cases – and how it could be drawn on as an option impactful for victims, offenders, and communities, building empathy, reducing recidivism, and increasing rehabilitation.

ASPCAPro Presents: This webinar covers recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of toxic exposures in cats and dogs to the following substances:  cholecalciferol (vitamin D), ivermectin, oleander, hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine, and herbal supplements such as colloidal silver, bitter apricot seeds, and ma huang.  Exposures to bleach and other cleaning products will also be discussed.

PPG Presents (fee applies): We are going to explore the scientific evidence for those statements that we hold so dear, learn new concepts and bust those training myths!

The AAWA Presents: Join a moderated discussion with Greater Good Charities’ Noah Horton, Chief Operating Officer, and Denise Bash, VP of Pet Programs, Disaster Response, about their current efforts to assist Ukrainian refugees and their pets.

EveryCat Health Foundation Presents: This one-hour webinar will explain the science behind PCR technology and how it is helping revolutionize animal welfare by empowering veterinary professionals with fast, affordable diagnostic solutions for a wide variety of animal health issues.

The AAWA Presents: Attendees will learn about the development of the Penn Vet Quality of Life Tool, the contents of the assessment, and the data produced by the app, including the quality-of-life scores and figures. The talk will include preliminary data about the tool’s use in animal shelters and discuss future plans for the app.

Best Friends Presents: This panel webinar will share real world, tangible content and experiences shelter leaders can use, to positively effect change within your organization, and create a culture that sustains lifesaving programmatic changes.

ACVB Presents: Sometimes puppies and kittens go through a “difficult” developmental period and can exhibit behavioral problems. Can something be done to prevent this occurrence? What should we expect as our adolescent dogs and cats go through the life stages after socialization? This webinar will answer these questions and more!

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.