NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: Participants will learn of the bi-directional relationship between community violence and family violence. Topics such as attachment/internal working models, adverse childhood experiences, and toxic stress effects will be discussed with an emphasis on how community violence impacts these critical mental health components.
VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary, 30-minute VETgirl–Merck Animal Health YouTube LIVE event, Dr. Petra Cerna, MRCVS, AFHEA, AdvCertFB will provide a case-based approach to different feline upper respiratory diseases. Tune in as she discusses how to approach these cases, including differential diagnosis and what to consider for your diagnostic workup for upper respiratory tract signs in cats!
ASPCAPro Presents: This webinar will discuss ways to increase access to pyometra surgery, including performing surgery in nonspecialized and outpatient facilities, as well as stabilization before referral. It will also discuss recommended surgical techniques for complicated pyometras.
Dogs Playing for Life Presents: In this webinar, we will teach the fundamentals of our “Fancy Footwork” techniques that focus on achieving good leash manners through the use of your FEET instead of your hands. Come learn this unique and highly effective approach that promotes dogs happily walking softly by your side, offering tons of eye contact, and wowing adopters!
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. We’ll cover getting along with neighbors, preparations for trapping, trapping itself (including entire colonies at once), feeding, providing winter shelter, and more.
Online Certificate Program – Starts 12/4/23 – Animal Shelter Management Certificate Program – Community Program Development – Humane Network/UoP (fee applies)
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 hosts a weekly 50-minute Zoom call for animal well-being professionals. These calls are a collaborative space to share exciting new programs and research, discuss uncomfortable topics, connect with peers in the industry, and more, all while sharing a common goal of preserving the human-animal bond.
The National Kitten Coalition Presents (fee applies): Due to popular demand, we have made the 2023 National Kitten Coalition Veterinary Conference recorded sessions available for purchase. Access these recordings, and achieve up to 6.75 RACE® CE credits for $55.
EveryCat Health Foundation Presents: Dr. Ford will discuss several key issues pertaining to the diagnosis, management, and prevention of FeLV infection, emphasizing long-term patient management as it relates to the origins and development of infection, interpretation of diagnostic test results, and the practical side of vaccination decisions.
PPG Presents (fee applies): Training and being a conscientious dog volunteer involves so much more than simply taking a dog on a walk and this webinar aims to highlight skills that will benefit nearly every dog during their shelter stay. Our volunteers are here to help, so let’s be sure we’re providing them with the tools they need to make interactions with shelter dogs as stress-free as possible for both ends of the leash!
Join us in this two-part series as we embark on a fun, interactive journey to demystify California’s legal landscape and discover how California laws and regulations can work in harmony with shelter policy to reduce unnecessary intakes and shorten shelter stays.
Dogs Playing for Life Presents: Reactivity on the part of dogs living in shelters is a rampant issue that can contribute to behavioral deterioration, increased length of stay, and even loss of life. From a misdiagnosis of “aggression” to dogs whose reactive behavior escalates to problematic and potentially unsafe levels, learning how to help dogs suffering from reactivity issues is a crucial need shared by our entire industry.
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Discover practical strategies to create more space, incorporate contemplative practices into your life, and align personal values with your actions and activities, boosting your productivity while maintaining balance. In this meeting series, Jyothi V. Robertson, DVM, DABVP (Shelter Medicine) will guide you in exploring the concepts and practices covered in the Maddie’s University® course The Journey You Own: Practices for Wellbeing and Productivity
The AAWA Presents: In this session, we will explore some of the nuances between safe spaces and brave spaces, and identify skills and actions for leaders to create thriving environments that are both safe and brave. Leaders who wish to establish an inclusive work environment will especially benefit from this webinar.
Hatching Presents: Looking to enrich your life, personally and professionally? Hatching Hour is your community. Join Hatching CEO & Founder José Ocaño at the Hatching online gatherings to serve up expert insights, compelling stories, and actionable wisdom to help you #LiveBetter and #WorkBetter.
The Bridge Club Presents: This year has been filled with major legislative wins, stalls and losses. Our conversation will discuss where issues like VCPRs, title protection and more, stand.
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Registration for Camp Maddie is now open and free! This is where expanding your dog foster program begins. Camp Maddie is a new learning series beginning with a virtual half-day dog foster edition on Thursday, December 7, 9am-1 pm PT (12 pm-4 pm ET).
Petfinder Presents: Discover how easy it is to apply for and secure funding to support your organization’s mission of helping pets in need. Join us for a webinar highlighting the impact of Petfinder Foundation grants on member organizations.
Karen Pryor Academy Presents: Join Ken Ramirez and Dr. Kristina Spaulding on the next Live from The Ranch as they explore the science behind stress in dogs and how to help dogs build resilience to environmental stressors.
HASS Presents: Join us for a live webinar that promises a celebration of the work done by the HASS community and valuable insights into tools, resources, and the work shaping the future of supporting people and pets!
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Maddie’s Fund hosts a weekly 50-minute Zoom call for animal well-being professionals. These calls are a collaborative space to share exciting new programs and research, discuss uncomfortable topics, connect with peers in the industry, and more, all while sharing a common goal of preserving the human-animal bond.
VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary, 1-hour VETgirl – Ceva Animal Health webinar, Dr. Harry Cridge, MVB, MS, PG Cert Vet Ed, DACVIM (SAIM), DECVIM-CA, FHEA, MRCVS reviews emesis and management of vomiting in dogs and cats. Tune in as he reviews differentials, recognition of dehydration and treatment!
The UW Shelter Medicine Program Presents: As news and social media continue to circulate information about a new severe respiratory disease in dogs, we’d like to offer the next National Rounds as an opportunity for informal, open discussion, questions, sharing observations and (maybe) some answers. Please join us to go over what’s been in the news, share experiences and review foundational practices that reduce the risk of disease spread in shelters no matter the pathogen.
The AAWA Presents: In this discussion co-hosted by CalAnimals and The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement, we will have a candid conversation with two representatives from the insurance industry who will share the big picture of what – from their inside perspective – is causing insurance challenges and what organizations can do to mitigate their risks and improve their chances of securing coverage.
Join us in this two-part series as we embark on a fun, interactive journey to demystify California’s legal landscape and discover how California laws and regulations can work in harmony with shelter policy to reduce unnecessary intakes and shorten shelter stays.
Best Friends Presents: Join us for a practical session on making daily population rounds in shelters! Daily rounds are a vital practice that help shelters reduce length of stay, keep animals moving through the shelter system, and ensures that every pet gets what they need to arrive happy and healthy at a live outcome.
ASPCAPro Presents: In this webinar, we will present results from an ASPCA-funded study that investigated the impact of dental cleaning on the quality of life of canine patients. This project aimed to answer the question of whether or not providing some care was better than providing no care for patients with end-stage canine dental disease.
Maddie’s Fund Presents: The Family Bondedness Scale (FBS) was designed to measure scores which represent the degree to which a person is emotionally and affectionately bonded to a pet as a member of their family. This presentation will cover the development and use of, and research to date on, the FBS when measuring equivalence between cat and dog owners.
Fear Free Presents: During this webinar, Dr. Maryse Osborn-Doser, DVM, Insights Discovery Client Practitioner with IDEXX, and Rebeka Graham, a Licensed Practitioner with Insights Discovery, will walk through the value of a deeper understanding of psychology preferences in communications, along with tools to adapt and connect more effectively in conversations with your colleagues and clients.
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! Even for the private dog trainer or dog owner, the skills taught in this webinar will help support your stranger danger dog to expand their comfort level when meeting new people at home!
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Maddie’s Fund hosts a weekly 50-minute Zoom call for animal well-being professionals. These calls are a collaborative space to share exciting new programs and research, discuss uncomfortable topics, connect with peers in the industry, and more, all while sharing a common goal of preserving the human-animal bond.
Hatching Presents: We are also excited to announce our next Hatching Hour session The Art of Deep Listening: Sensing the World Differently, featuring special guest, Marilou Chanrasmi, co-founder of Four Winds Canine Connections, whose work spans from indigenous and Asian American communities to tech startups, all rooted in mindfulness and the art of deep listening.
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Hear about the three most important things you can ask and do to help a person with a pet who is facing housing insecurity or unable to find housing because of their pet. This will be a highly interactive discussion, so bring your questions for Dianne Prado (Founder and President of the Housing Equity & Advocacy Resource Team – HEART LA) to answer as well as any issues or topics related to pets and housing that you have for her.
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Discover practical strategies to create more space, incorporate contemplative practices into your life, and align personal values with your actions and activities, boosting your productivity while maintaining balance. In this meeting series, Jyothi V. Robertson, DVM, DABVP (Shelter Medicine) will guide you in exploring the concepts and practices covered in the Maddie’s University® course The Journey You Own: Practices for Wellbeing and Productivity
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.