Shelter Learniverse and Industry-Wide Calendar

PPG Presents (fee applies): Luna’s story is not just her own, but the story of many rabbits who are euthanized in shelters for behavior issues. Rabbits whose issues are often created by the environment. This presentation will be useful to anyone who cares for rabbits in any capacity.

NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: In this webinar, attendees will learn how to identify potential threats and resources needed for community and personal pet and animal preparedness, taking into consideration the COVID-19 environment. Attendees will leave with a roadmap on how to begin the work of preparing themselves and their communities for a disaster, as local animal welfare experts.

HSUS Presents: Join us for this webinar as we explore the life cycle of rats and mice and provide insight into their behavior, nesting and foraging that will help you advise and respond to the conflicts that people experience with them.

Maddie’s Fund Presents: Care Pathways are standardized plans for animals that have the same type of condition. During this presentation, we’ll talk about care pathways regarding behavior and how we can utilize them pathways to improve our shelter behavior programs.

Dog iBox Presents (fee applies): Although many questions are still to be answered, there is information available which can help inform our practice. This includes information which can support best practice in puppy classes as well as the advice we give owners and breeders regarding raising their puppies. This talk will examine some of the available literature from the perspective of what it might mean for what we do in practice.

FDSA Presents (fee applies):  So you have a shy dog – one who’s easily frightened of strange people or places, or maybe even one who sits at home IMAGINING what horrible thing might happen next. Is this because of genetics? Or did you mess up somehow? Dr. Jessica Hekman will talk about the biology behind anxiety: the roles of genetics, early environment (as early as in mom’s uterus!), and socialization.

VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): In this 1-hour VETgirl small animal webinar, Dr. Karen Tobias, MS, DACVS reviews side effects of spaying and neutering in dogs. Tune in to learn breed and age-specific considerations to help you determine when the best time is to schedule that gonadectomy!

Network for Good Presents: In this session, we’ll explore key strategies to galvanize a more inclusive, diverse, and fired-up coalition of change makers ready to make the bold moves needed to fast track your big vision – no matter how many database contacts you currently have.

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.

PPG Presents (fee applies for non-members): Are you interested in developing better self-control in dogs? Then this talk is for you! Executive function refers to the mental processes that are involved in the self-regulation of behavior. This webinar is a review of everything we know about the development of executive function in dogs.

Maddie’s Fund Presents: Dr. Michael Hennessy (Professor of Psychology, Wright State University) and Regina Willen (Founder and Director at HALO K9 Behavior) will discuss how basic scientific research informs our understanding of the stress dogs undergo in a shelter environment. They will examine immediate effects of entry to a shelter as well as potential long-term consequences. How basic research findings suggest practicable means for reducing or preventing these outcomes will also be considered.

FDSA Presents (fee applies): Join Denise Fenzi and learn how she teaches contact heeling, along with a discussion of the varied ways she uses this skill in both training and in daily life.

VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): In this 1-hour VETgirl small animal webinar, Dr. Jane Quandt, DVM, MS, DACVAA, DACVECC and Dr. Mike Barletta, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVAA will answer your questions about small animal anesthesia and analgesia to further clarify the concepts of balanced anesthesia and analgesia. Tune in for this interactive session to get all your questions answered!

Fear Free Presents: Hospital visits can be a scary experience for people and pets. Learn ways to reduce fear, anxiety, and stress (FAS) that will improve the safety of staff members and help bond clients to your practice for life.

VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary, 2-hour VETgirl–Royal Canin webinar, Dr. Meghan Herron, DACVB and Dr. Margie Scherk, DABVP (Feline Practice) will review common elimination problems in cats and the diagnostic approach to cats with lower urinary tract signs. Learn how the integration of behavior and medicine can help your feline patients achieve the best possible outcomes in this two-part session.

VETGirl Presents (fee applies to non-members): In this 1-hour VETgirl veterinary technician webinar, Rachel Bassett, CVT, VTS (Anesthesia) reviews how to recognize acute and chronic pain in your hospitalized patients and how to monitor and score pain post-operatively too! Tune in to learn about various techniques and scoring scales in pain management.

The AAWA Presents: In this webinar, we’ll discuss using analytics and modeling to reveal the wealth in your file, crafting a communication strategy that speaks to mid and major donors, and combining structure and energy to steward these donors properly.

HASS Presents: Join us for an info-packed webinar where our speakers, Kaycey Adair from Greenville County Animal Services, Ana De Luccia from Adopt-A-Pet and Lucy Fernandez from Austin Pets Alive!, will highlight how organizations can begin offering supported self-rehoming options to pet parents who need it.

HSVMA Presents: The presentation will allow practitioners the following objectives/ skills: a general understanding of what the Dog Aging Project is and how it collects data, understanding of factors that were reported to be the cause of death in this population of dogs, understanding of what frailty is and what affects it, and more.

VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): In this 1-hour, VETgirl leadership webinar, Dr. Sally Ryan will review difficult conversations. Do you tend to communicate more passively, aggressively, or assertively? In this webinar, you will learn the difference between these communication styles and the benefits of assertive communication in the workplace.

GoodPup Presents: In this webinar, we will discuss working with skittish dogs. We’ll break down the management required to prevent or stop the stress; talk about how to improve communication; and look at how to begin to change the underlying emotion, ultimately changing the behavior.

CalAnimals Presents: This webinar will lay out the basics for intake and holding periods under California law, explain the interactions of these issues with other laws, and explore some of the gray areas and public policy behind it all.

The AAWA Presents (fee applies): This three-hour live, interactive session presented by Josh Vaisman will introduce participants to positive psychology, the scientific study of human flourishing.  We’ll explore the challenges of the “Cult of Happiness” and lay out an evidence-based approach for a more nuanced, psychologically healthier path to well-being.

NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Present: This workshop highlights successful efforts from agencies across the country that have shown to significantly increase the field RTO rate for those animals without obvious identification.  

VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): In this 1-hour VETgirl webinar, VETgirl’s Chief Happiness Officer, Jeannine Moga, MA, MSW, LCSW explores the “challenge zone” of futility in veterinary practice as it relates to treatment decision-making, moral distress, and the skills required to effectively – and compassionately –navigate ethical dilemmas that push the boundaries of care.

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.

VETGirl (fee applies for non-members): In this 1-hour VETgirl small animal webinar, Dr. Michelle Trappler, DACVS is giving you a crash course in cystotomies. She’ll review the anatomy of the bladder, focusing on surgically relevant points. Then she’ll go through a step-by-step cystotomy, common indications and review of some tips and tricks to increase your confidence with bladder surgery.

VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary, 1-hour, VETgirl–Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets webinar, Alison Manchester, DVM, MS, DACVIM (SAIM) reviews dietary management of canine chronic enteropathy. Tune in for case examples and practical information that can be applied to clinical practice!

The AAWA Presents: In this webinar, we’ll look at how to translate this shift into a fundraising offer. We’ll discuss the potential challenges of convincing a group of animal lovers to give money to people to help animals, and we’ll share what we’ve learned so far about this culture shift.

VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary, 1-hour, VETgirl–Merck webinar, Dr. Laura M. Greene, DACVIM discusses Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease Complex (CIRD). Tune in to get the latest in diagnosis, management, and prevention.

CalAnimals Presents: On September 22nd, our friends at DocuPet will present a free webinar outlining three surefire ways to boost your pet license sales right away. Spoiler alert! They will also be revealing their new comprehensive community canvassing software for those interested in hitting the streets to drum up new business.

ACVB Presents (fee applies): Do you get lost in learning theory? Not sure how to explain different types of learning to clients? This interactive webinar will review different concepts of learning in animals, then go into more detail on how those theories of learning can be applied to our companion species.

PPG Presents (fee applies): This webinar will offer a deep dive into the everyday practice of canine sniffing—not organized nose or scent work, but the behavior dogs constantly engage in when left to their own devices out in the backyard or just walking down the block.

VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary, 1-hour VETgirl–Elanco webinar, Dr. Denis Marcellin-Little, DEDV, DACVS, DECVS, DAVSMR reviews the management of osteoarthritis (OA) in dogs. Tune in to learn how he has developed a management plan for dogs with OA over the last 20 years, incorporating evidence-based approaches used to treat humans who have OA.

The AAWA Presents: RKD Group recently formed a task force to study the data around what drives donors to monthly giving, and we’ll share our findings in this webinar. We’ll also provide examples of how to structure an “always on” approach to sustainer conversion.

NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: This webinar will take you through the budget-friendly process Loudoun County Animal Services implemented to get lost pets back home, and help you keep owned pets with their families, saving room at the shelter for animals who need it most.

FDSA Presents (fee applies): Have you had it with your dogs barking …..when they want stuff? When they have FOMO in class or a trial? When they see something exciting? When they just feel Extra? Leslie will give you a simple program to help your dog get calm and quiet.

Think Anesthesia Presents: Dynamically presented by a panel of experts and enthusiasts in anesthesia and analgesia, the presentation will provide a balanced perspective and share how these advancements in veterinary anesthesia and analgesia improved the quality of life of pets as well as the ease of administration and use with confidence by veterinary professionals.