Shelter Learniverse

Webinar - 4/23 - COVID-19 Impact Across the Country on Shelters - Best Friends
2020-04-23 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Representing partner organizations from several regions, shelter leaders discuss their challenges and triumphs, and what they hope changes about animal welfare moving forward. This special COVID-19 Town Hall brings local insight to shelters and rescue groups along with the opportunity to learn how different regions are navigating the COVID-19 crisis.
Each week, we’ve been taking input from attendees and applying it to the next town hall. New this week: submit your questions in advance in the Questions & Comments box on the registration form.
Panelists for this week’s town hall are:

Denise Deisler, director of Jacksonville Humane Society in Florida (Southeast)
Ed Jamison, director of Dallas Animal Services in Texas (South Central)
Emily Klehm, director of South Suburban Humane Society in Illinois (Midwest)
Alexis Pugh, director of Memphis Animal Services in Tennessee (Mid-Atlantic)
Teri Rockhold, director of Fresno Humane Animal Services in California (Pacific)
Shannon Wells, director of Lawrence Humane Society in Kansas (Great Plains)

Best Friends medical director Dr. Erin Katribe will also be joining to discuss the most recent update on CDC guidelines. A recording will be available and distributed to registrants.

Webinar - Empowering Fosters to Help Market Pets from Foster Care - Maddie's Fund
2020-04-23 15:00 - 16:00
April 23, 2020 by Kelly Duer, Foster Care Specialist, Maddie’s Fund® and Rachel Jones, Adult Dog Foster Coordinator, Pima Animal Care Center
Audience: Executive Leadership, Shelter/Rescue Staff & Volunteers, Veterinary Team
Recently, shelters and rescues across the country have placed more pets in foster homes than ever before. Now, how can we keep them from coming back before they’re adopted?
This webcast will outline strategies from several progressive organizations that are empowering foster caregivers to assist in efforts to market their foster pets online. Through training, automating processes and making sending foster pet feedback as easy as possible, these organizations are setting up their pets and foster caregivers for success.
Join us on Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 3:00pm Pacific / 6:00p Eastern
This webcast will be recorded.
REGISTER NOW

About Kelly Duer
Foster Care Specialist, Maddie’s Fund®
Kelly’s focus is on helping shelters and rescue organizations increase lifesaving through the implementation of robust foster care programs. Her role includes consulting with shelters, creating and providing training for organizations and their foster coordinators, writing and assisting with research on foster care. Kelly previously coordinated a foster program that brought orphaned children to the United States in order to find them permanent adoptive homes, worked as the Foster Expansion Coordinator for a national study of foster care, and assisted with the behavioral foster study that was conducted at the Fairfax County Animal Shelter. Her work with foster care and social media has been featured in many national publications, websites and networks, including Animal Sheltering magazine, the Huffington Post, Best Friends magazine, BarkPost, iheartdogs.com, HuffPost Live and Fox News.

About Rachel Jones
Adult Dog Foster Coordinator, Pima Animal Care Center
Rachel started fostering big dogs for Ventura County Animal Services in 2017 and has been borderline obsessive compulsive about it ever since. Helping animals “become themselves” in foster and searching for their dream family was addictive. So addictive that she made it her career. In 2018, she became Pima Animal Care Center’s adult dog foster coordinator and she still can’t believe this is what she gets to do every day. She finally foster-failed this year with the goodest girl, Clarity, and sometimes when she’s feeling extra sassy, she makes passive aggressive YouTube PSA’s about animal sheltering.

Webinar - Preparing Neonates - National Kitten Coalition
2020-04-23 14:30 - 15:30
Preparing Neonates: Live Q&A with Casandra Mensing and Rosemarie Crawford Sponsored by Royal Canin
No experience necessary! Whether you are just getting started, or you have been operating a neonatal kitten nursery or foster program for years, there are always questions before the season hits.  This year, more than ever, we need to be prepared for the most vulnerable population who enter our shelters and rescues by the hundreds.  Submit your questions ahead of time at inquiries@americanpetsalive.org, or ask them live.
Date: April 23rd 5:30pm Eastern Time
Click here to register for this free webinar.
Speaker Information:
Casandra Mensing
Neonatal Director, American Pets Alive!
Casandra grew up in South Carolina and received a BA in Psychology from Clemson University. She moved to Austin in 2009 and promptly became a fixture in APA!’s Bottle Baby Program. She worked countless hours as a volunteer before becoming the neonatal ward manager for Austin Pets Alive! in 2011. Under her direction, APA!’s Bottle Baby program celebrated an unprecedented 90 percent save rate during the 2013 season. In her spare time, she enjoys being outside and hanging out with her two dogs and two cats – all APA! alumni.
Rosemarie Crawford, LVT
Director of Educational Programs, The National Kitten Coalition
Rosemarie has long had a passion for helping animals – particularly kittens. She is a licensed veterinary technician, co-founder of The National Kitten Coalition and has almost 20 years of experience in animal welfare. She has served as a medical staff member in a high-volume, open-access shelter, and as a foster program manager in both a private and a municipal shelter. In addition to presenting training sessions for The National Kitten Coalition, Rosemarie works at a six-doctor veterinary practice in northern VA and in her spare time enjoys fostering kittens and spending time with her husband and three cats.

National Rounds - Thursday Edition during COVID-19
2020-04-23 12:00 - 13:00
Hello National Shelter Medicine Rounds attendees,
We are currently hosting National Rounds on Tuesday at 3 PM Central Time and Thursdays at 2 PM Central Time in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
At times we may defer rounds if other national webinars are planned for the same time. Please get on the National Shelter Medicine Rounds email list for future updates:
nationalsheltermedicinerounds@vetmed.wisc.edu
Hello National Shelter Medicine Rounds attendees,

4/23/20 we will be holding a webinar in place of rounds at the usual time of 2pm CST (invite extends to those beyond National Rounds) “How are you getting animals out the door safely and effectively?”

In advance of this webinar on Thursday 4/23, we are asking that you view this 30 minute recording by Dr. Kate Hurley, “Maintaining Live Outcomes During the COVDI-19 Pandemic…and Beyond”. This recording is about best practices for balancing intakes and outcomes during the pandemic and using insights gained during the pandemic to guide best practices going forward. The webinar on Thursday will then be a roundtable of conversations with four shelters who have streamlined these programs and are thriving. If you are unable to view this recording in advance of tomorrows webinar you are still welcome to join us and will gain valuable information.

Thursday Webinar Details: April 23rd at 2:00pm CT “How are you getting animals out the door safely and effectively?”
Join UC-Davis Koret and UW Shelter Medicine Programs for a roundtable discussion with four shelters that have streamlined their programs and are thriving amidst the crisis. From virtual adoptions to taking payments online, innovative scheduling and curbside drop offs, we’re exchanging the tips and tricks behind the new sheltering programs already off and running.

Same Zoom link as National Rounds:
https://zoom.us/j/520278731
Meeting ID: 520 278 731

One tap mobile
+19292056099,,520278731# US (New York)
+16699006833,,520278731# US (San Jose)

Web Conference System Details:
If you have not used Zoom before I’d recommend you join at the zoom link in advance to give it a test run on your computer as you’ll likely need to do a quick download. For audio, you can use either your computer if you have microphone capabilities or you can dial in from your phone. Here is a link to test your audio in advance if you would like to: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362283-Testing-computer-or-device-audio In order to see the visuals that may be shared you must join either through your computer or download the app if joining from a mobile device.

Webinar - Chameleon Shelter Software Basics - Chameleon
2020-04-23 10:00 - 11:30
Are your skills a little rusty? Or maybe you missed a few things during initial training? Our next webinar is on Chameleon basics. We are going to do a basic new user overview, talking about field types and how they are used, navigating the software, settings and basic customizability. Beginners welcome! This will be a 90-minute webinar to make sure we have enough time.

Webinar - Your Data Counts - Ideas and Tools to Activate Data - CalAnimals - Shelter Animals Count
2020-04-23 10:00 - 11:00
Learn how to leverage available data and free resources from Shelter Animals Count to empower all aspects of your organization. Learn from Shelter Animals Count – an independent, collaborative, first-of-its-kind organization gathering standardized data at local, state and national levels on animal intakes and outcomes in animal shelters – how to amplify grant requests through comparative local and national data and how to measure programming success. Even the most basic data collection is valuable in making decisions, steering operations, raising funds and more. Your shelter’s data becomes even more powerful when it is part of The National Database. Review sample use cases that give both basic and more complex actionable ways to apply data insights using free tools and resources. Access the Shelter Animals Count website on their devices. The National Database has data from 2011 – 2019 self-reported by thousands of organizations. Shelter Animals Count provides helpful tools for collecting and viewing data, all free for shelters and rescues to use!

Webinar - Telemedicine in the Veterinary Field - HSVMA
2020-04-22 17:00 - 18:00
Free webinar on telemedicine in the veterinary field. Learn how virtual care can improve practice efficiency, mitigate the effects of the pandemic on your practice, and enable you to expand care to underserved populations.

Webinar - Behavior Helpline - Toss your Community a Lifeline in the COVID-19 Era - ASPCAPro
2020-04-22 12:00 - 13:00
It can be hard to offer adopters, fosters, and pet owners support when you can’t meet them face to face. Learn how you can establish a free Behavior Helpline that allows you to help your community remotely. This webinar will show you how a Behavior Helpline can benefit your shelter, and how you can use the knowledge your shelter already possesses to run this program and assist pet owners in need.

Takeaways

How a Behavior Helpline can help your shelter and community
Logistics of setting up a Helpline
Identify the behavior needs of your community so you can pool your resources efficiently

Suited For

Behavior staff and volunteers in shelters

Webinar - Assessing Pain and Quality of Life in Shelter Animals - The AAWA
2020-04-22 12:00 - 13:00
We will review quality of life concepts and discuss methods for the assessment of subjective states, including pain. The goal of the session is to encourage attendees to develop assessment tools for their own facilities and to consider the perspective of individual animals in making outcome decisions. Finally, attendees will consider how quality of life assessment can be used to consider animal welfare dilemmas. This session is designed for veterinarians, shelter staff, and shelter leadership. Attendees will be able to:

Define quality of life and describe how quality of life may be measured in companion animals
Recognize signs of pain and distress in cats and dogs
List two assessment tools that can be used to assess pain in cats and dogs
Give at least one example of a situation at their organization or facility where considering quality of life could help make care or outcome decisions.

This session is part of the Shelter Medicine series, a collaboration between the Association of Shelter Veterinarians and The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement.
This program (both live and recorded) has been approved for:

1 hour of continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize RACE approval
1 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credit
1 CE by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) for Texas Animal Control Officers

BONUS!
– Members of The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement who are vets or vet students may receive a free 1-year membership with the Association of Shelter Veterinarians (ASV).
– Members of the Association of Shelter Veterinarians may receive a free 1-year membership with The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement.
>> Membership instructions will be sent after you attend your first webinar in full.

Webinar - Don't Just Survive, But Thrive! Practice Management Tips During COVID-19 & Beyond - Fear Free
2020-04-22 10:00 - 11:00
Don’t Just Survive, But Thrive! Practice Management Tips During COVID-19 & Beyond

Practice consultant Louise Dunn will be sharing insights and advice on how veterinary practices can best manage their business through these unprecedented times.
As the owner of Snowgoose Veterinary Management Consulting, Louise will share stories from practices that have successfully navigated this environment and provide management tips for the next phase: recovery and getting back to a new normal.

Webinar - Cultivating Healthy Resilience - Fear Free
2020-04-21 17:00 - 18:00
Presented by Laurie Fonken, Ph.D., LPC, this webinar will define Compassion Fatigue and Moral Distress and acknowledge the impact they have on the professional and personal wellbeing of practitioners. We will then look at explore some key elements necessary to develop a healthy level of resilience, self-compassion, and self-care.

National Rounds - Tuesday COVID-19 Edition
2020-04-21 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-04-14 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-04-07 13:00 - 14:00
Hello National Shelter Medicine Rounds attendees,

Today we will be hosting National Rounds at 3pm CT (1 PM Pacific). Please feel free to send questions or topic requests by email in advance and we will do our best to cover them, otherwise come prepared to ask questions and participate in discussion. Moving forward we will not be recording National Rounds held during COVID-19 discussions, for confidentiality purposes and because there are many other formalized webinars being recorded to share information, so we’d like this to remain more of a discussion forum. We hope you can join live as often as possible.

National Shelter Medicine Rounds is held on Zoom:
https://zoom.us/j/520278731
Meeting ID: 520 278 731

One tap mobile
+19292056099,,520278731# US (New York)
+16699006833,,520278731# US (San Jose)

COVID-19 Rounds info:
We will be more regularly offering National Shelter Medicine Rounds short term to discuss COVID-19 impacts on shelter medicine on Tuesdays from 3-4pm CT (1pmPT/2pmMT/4pmET) and Thursdays from 2-3pm CT (12pmPT/1pmMT/3pmET). You are welcome to email questions or topics you hope to be discussed during rounds in advance to nationalsheltermedicinerounds@vetmed.wisc.edu and you are always encouraged to come prepared to unmute to ask questions and participate in discussion at any point. I will be sending email reminders of upcoming rounds in advance. Note: Rounds is typically held the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month and will return to that format once the need for regular COVID-19 discussion passes. Recordings will not be available during COVID-19 discussions but can be accessed from previous regular rounds and will again be available once we return to the usual format.

This group is made up of shelter veterinarians, shelter vet trainees, and upper level shelter leadership. If you know anyone that would like to be added to the national shelter medicine rounds email list to regularly receive scheduling updates moving forward, please have them email a request to be added to the email group to nationalsheltermedicinerounds@vetmed.wisc.edu.

Shared documents/links info:
As this group size and information shared grows we are working to get things as organized and streamlined as possible. Each rounds session I will be saving any documents and links that are shared in the chat in a folder called ‘COVID-19 shared documents’ that can be accessed at the Box link found at the end of each email in all rounds emails. You should be able to access the box folder as a guest at any time without a sign in necessary.
https://uwmadison.box.com/s/lh21g6odt0ab569qbdm2r2b0h4glg8gk

Thank you,

Stephanie Koester, CVT
Assistant Director, Shelter Medicine Program
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine
nationalsheltermedicinerounds@vetmed.wisc.edu
Rounds related documents, recordings, and details can be accessed here at any time.

Web Conference System Details:
If you have not used Zoom before I’d recommend you join at the zoom link in advance to give it a test run on your computer as you’ll likely need to do a quick download. For audio, you can use either your computer if you have microphone capabilities or you can dial in from your phone. Here is a link to test your audio in advance if you would like to: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362283-Testing-computer-or-device-audio In order to see the visuals that may be shared you must join either through your computer or download the app if joining from a mobile device.

Webinar - Crisis Engagement - 12 Tasks to Sustain Donors in Turbulent Times - The AAWA
2020-04-21 11:00 - 12:00
Amidst a still-unfolding public health and economic crisis, leaders of nonprofit organizations are profoundly challenged to sustain the support of their donors, members, volunteers, and other stakeholders.
This is a 24 minute presentation followed by an extended Q&A period.
Matt offers an espresso shot of substantive & actionable recommendations designed to help you protect the relationships upon which your organization depends.
Topics include:
• Taking care of yourself & your team
• Safeguard your donor management system
• 3 relevant questions to ask your largest donors
• 4 meaningful ways to connect with small donors
• Now what? What needs to change/what must stay the same?
• How to unleash the immense power of your volunteers
• Why your Vision Statement is suddenly more valuable than your Mission Statement

California Shelters - CASCAR Weekly COVID-19 Check-In Call - link in CA Group Activity Feed
2020-04-21 10:00 - 11:00, 2020-04-14 10:00 - 11:00
Join us on Tuesdays at 10 AM for a weekly “California Shelters COVID-19 Check-In” Zoom meeting with Dr. Kate Hurley from KSMP. Zoom meeting registration link is posted in the Private California shelter’s group page.

Webinar - Fading Kitten Syndrome - In Black, White and Gray - National Kitten Coalition
2020-04-20 16:00 - 17:00
This webinar will discuss Fading Kitten Syndrome including signs, causes and treatments. With the information provided in the webinar, veterinary technicians will understand these aspects of FKS and be better able to educate clients on how to help kittens by recognizing early signs of fading, taking immediate and appropriate action, and by providing them with proper daily care to prevent the avoidable cases of fading kitten syndrome from ever occuring in the first place. This webinar is open to all, but intended for veterinary technicians. This program has been approved by the AAVSB for 1 hour of continuing education credit for credentialed veterinary technicians in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval. Program Number: 995-37451.
This program is provided by a grant from Maddie’s Fund® #ThankstoMaddie.
*Note* Others may attend this webinar as space is available. CE credit can only be obtained during the live webinar, and it will NOT be available as a recording. CE credit can only be obtained once per registrant.

Webinar - Fear Free Spaw Days - (Grooming) - Fear Free
2020-04-20 10:00 - 11:00
While your favorite groomer is temporarily closed, you may need to do some basic grooming on your dog yourself. Dogs can develop problems related to brushing, mat removal, nail trims, hair in the eyes, and eye discharges in just a few weeks.
Presented by Fear Free Certified trainer and groomer Daniel Josselyn-Creighton, KPA CTP, this webinar will help you to:
– Introduce new pieces of equipment (brushes, clippers, etc.) and procedures (baths, brushing, and nail trims) to your dog in a safe, fear-free manner.
– Teach your dog impulse control games to help them be more comfortable sitting still for simple procedures.
– Perform basic grooming tasks: brushing, bathing, trimming hair, and nails.
– Use the FAS scale to know when you can continue with a procedure, when you need to proceed with caution, and when you need to stop and give your dog a break.

Webinar - Advanced Neonatal Kitten Care - National Kitten Coalition
2020-04-18 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker: Susan Spaudling
We are taking a deep dive into more advanced topics and special problems in regards to feeding bottle-babies. We’ll answer some of your frequently asked questions and also discuss incubators, nubulizers and more!
Join us for this FREE training to enrich and develop your kitten-care skills.

Webinar - Kitten Lady - Caring for Itty Bitty Bottle Babies
2020-04-18 11:00 - 12:00
Webinar 1: Caring for Itty Bitty Bottle Babies
April 18 at 11am PT/2pm ET – REGISTER HERE
Participants will learn:

How to set up space in your home for foster kittens

How to identify the age, sex, and weight of a young kitten

How to bottle feed, syringe feed, and provide nourishment for hard-to-feed kittens

How to provide bathroom assistance, grooming, and comfort to neonates
…and more!

Webinar 1: Caring for Itty Bitty Bottle Babies

About this Event

To help support first-time fosters and adopters, Royal Canin is teaming up with kitten expert and Internet sensation Hannah Shaw, The Kitten Lady, to offer Catology, an educational kitten care series designed to provide support and resources to people who have welcomed a newly fostered or adopted kitten into their home.
The free, interactive livestreams will cover the most important kitten topics – caring for neonates, feeding and nutrition, kitten behavior and socializing, among others.
In this episode, participants will learn:

How to set up space in your home for foster kittens
How to identify the age, sex, and weight of a young kitten
How to bottle feed, syringe feed, and provide nourishment for hard-to-feed kittens
How to provide bathroom assistance, grooming, and comfort to neonates
…and more!

The webinars will be streamed live on the official Facebook and Instagram of Royal Canin and the official Facebook and Instagram of The Kitten Lady.
Royal Canin is also covering the cost of the first month of nutrition for all new kitten and cat fosters or adopters. To redeem, you must first purchase any Royal Canin kitten or cat food, visit www.royalcaninrewards.com and use code 20-11942. You will need to provide a copy of your kitten’s foster or adoption paperwork and a purchase receipt.
More Information: www.kittenlady.org/webinar

National Rounds - Thursday Edition during COVID-19
2020-04-16 12:00 - 13:00
Subject: National Shelter Medicine Rounds Covid-19
When: Thursday, May 28, 2020 12:00 PM-1:00 PM.
Where: https://zoom.us/j/520278731

Plan: Amanda Arrington and Gabbi

What does diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) mean and why are they so important and often misunderstood? Diversity in cultures, perspectives, knowledge and experiences makes us stronger and more effective in our work. We’ll discuss how to assess your individual and organizational readiness and how to work towards more inclusive initiatives, policies and practices.
COVID-19 Rounds info:
We will be more regularly offering National Shelter Medicine Rounds short term to discuss COVID-19 impacts on shelter medicine on Tuesdays from 3-4pm CT (1pmPT/2pmMT/4pmET) and Thursdays from 2-3pm CT (12pmPT/1pmMT/3pmET). You are welcome to email questions or topics you hope to be discussed during rounds in advance to nationalsheltermedicinerounds@vetmed.wisc.edu and you are always encouraged to come prepared to unmute to ask questions and participate in discussion at any point. I will be sending email reminders of upcoming rounds in advance as well as sharing recordings after the fact.
This group is made up of shelter veterinarians, shelter vet trainees, and upper level shelter leadership. If you know anyone that would like to be added to the national shelter medicine rounds email list to regularly receive scheduling updates and recordings moving forward, please have them email a request to be added to the email group to nationalsheltermedicinerounds@vetmed.wisc.edu.
National Shelter Medicine Rounds is held on Zoom:
https://zoom.us/j/520278731
Meeting ID: 520 278 731
One tap mobile
+19292056099,,520278731# US (New York)
+16699006833,,520278731# US (San Jose)
Information shared during rounds, links to view rounds recordings and more information on National Shelter Medicine Rounds can be accessed in this public box folder: https://uwmadison.box.com/s/lh21g6odt0ab569qbdm2r2b0h4glg8gk
National Shelter Medicine Rounds generally take place every 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month from 3:00-4:00pm CST with some cancellations for holidays and special events.
Web Conference System Details:
If you have not used Zoom before I’d recommend you join at the zoom link in advance to give it a test run on your computer as you’ll likely need to do a quick download. For audio, you can use either your computer if you have microphone capabilities or you can dial in from your phone. Here is a link to test your audio in advance if you would like to: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362283-Testing-computer-or-device-audio In order to see the visuals that may be shared you must join either through your computer or download the app if joining from a mobile device.

Webinar - Flattening the Kitten Curve While Spay/Neuter is on Hold - Million Cat Challenge
2020-04-15 12:00 - 13:00
We’re all doing our part to flatten the COVID-19 curve and keep our staff safe – but we still worry about all the unaltered pets and what this will mean when spay/neuter resumes.
Join a panel discussion with Dr Julie Levy, Hannah Shaw (the Kitten Lady), and Best Friends Animal Society’s Aimee St. Arnaud and Marla Browne to hear ideas on what you can do now, including:
• Getting the public involved in spreading the spay/neuter message while everyone is home to hear it and where to find customized materials
• Sharing easy, virtual fundraising ideas to raise money for spay/neuter subsidies
• Taking your community cat program and caretaker support to the next level
• Messaging to the public for leaving stray kittens with their moms until fixing later
• Reframing how we react to requests for help from the public to allow us to save more kittens than ever by empowering finders of strays and fosters and linking up spay/neuter and shelter intake diversion programs
This webcast is being recorded.

REGISTER: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vHqz1kswQKWdnGkl455_hg?fbclid=IwAR1KuKTOgLWRRe5OO59SjAVNrjM-4Ouf1qgAo23u8yPcr6lCc5VpryFDqJs

Time

Apr 15, 2020 12:00 PM in Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Webinar - What we know about COVID-19 in companion animals
2020-04-14 18:00 - 19:00
What we know about COVID-19
in companion animals
Tuesday April 14 from 6-7 pm
Link to join Webinar via Zoom
https://wsu.zoom.us/j/210528475?pwd=[REDACTED]
Webinar ID: 210-528-475
Webinar Password: [REDACTED]
Webinar Description: This webinar is for veterinarians and veterinary techinicians to hear the most current information on what we know about COVID-19 in animals. Dr. Tim Baszler, Executive Director of the Washington Animal Diagnostic Disease Laboratory will present information from the lab testing as well as current knowledge.

Presenter:
Dr. Timothy Baszler
Executive Director, Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory
Associate Director Disease Surveillance, Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health

National Shelter admission decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic: providing service safely
2020-04-09 14:00 - 15:00
Sheltering services have been defined as essential in most communities, charging us with the collective responsibility to determine the “what” and “how” of providing necessary services in a way that best keeps communities, shelter staff and animals safe. That decision making process begins before an animal is admitted. Recognizing that each intake creates a cascade of risks, NACA guidelines, endorsed by national groups and shelter medicine programs, recommend taking active measures to eliminate non-essential intake while continuing to respond to emergency needs. In this hour-long webinar, Dr. Kate Hurley and Dr. Sandra Newbury will cover practical aspects of communicating intake policies and distinguishing between essential and non-essential intake for dogs, cats and kittens. We’ll cover, not only the most effective ways to message the change in services to your community but the most effective ways to engage them in our first priority during the Covid-19 crisis: keeping animals safely out of the shelter and at home with us.

MCC Home to Home Webinar
2020-04-09 12:00 - 13:00
Mandy Evans and Carina DeVera from Marin Humane– and possibly a panelist or two.
Title and description coming soon.
Please let me know if you see any other webinars advertised at this time! Hoping to go live by tomorrow, so I’ve got a few minutes to choose a new time if you see a conflict out there.

VIROX Webinar - Finding Connection in Times of Challenge
2020-04-09 11:00 - 12:00
WEBINAR
Finding Connection in Times of Challenge
About the Webinar
There are moments in history where society as we know it changes forever. Earthquakes and hurricanes have altered neighborhoods and building codes. Man-made moments such as walking on the moon or the creation of the atomic bomb have created monumental cultural shifts throughout humanity. In early 2020 the entire world started on the journey of living through a novel viral pandemic – COVID 19. Disease pandemics are not new to the human race and examples include the black plague of the middle ages and the Spanish flu of 1918 where illness killed millions across the globe. Finding peace when living during an unprecedented time is challenging. Taking time to press pause and take a deep breath allows us each permission to find our unique path to serenity in our world during the event. Taking the path to recognize where we are, embrace ourselves, and find connection helps us in our resiliency during these extremely difficult times. This will also help us get ahead of wondering what will our world look post COVID 19. This webinar will share actionable steps that we can each take to help us along in this journey of uncertainty. For even though we are isolating and practicing social distancing, we are all still 1 Life Connected.

Kimberly Pope-Robinson, DVM, CCFP
Presenter

Beckie Mossor, RVT
Presenter

REGISTER AT: https://event.webinarjam.com/register/62/7v41gtm4

Webinar: California Shelter Admissions Decisions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
2020-04-07 11:00 - 12:00
Sheltering services have been defined as essential in most communities, charging us with the collective responsibility to determine the “what” and “how” of providing necessary services in a way that best keeps communities, shelter staff and animals safe. That decision making process begins before an animal is admitted. Recognizing that each intake creates a cascade of risks, NACA guidelines, endorsed by national groups and shelter medicine programs, recommend taking active measures to eliminate non-essential intake while continuing to respond to emergency needs. In this hour-long webinar, Dr. Kate Hurley will cover practical aspects of communicating intake policies and distinguishing between essential and non-essential intake for dogs, cats and kittens. We’ll cover, not only the most effective ways to message the change in services to your community but the most effective ways to engage them in our first priority during the Covid-19 crisis: keeping animals safely out of the shelter and at home with us.
You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Apr 7, 2020 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/uJwqdOyvpjstjYx6qxtASRP87FLlqADVKA
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Meeting to Walk Thru ShelterMedPortal - Delany, Andy, Mandy +/- Others
2020-04-06 16:00 - 17:00

Happy Friday!
2020-04-03 | Virtual
