Shelter Learniverse

Webinar - 10/16/24 - Northern Tier Shelter Initiative Zoomies: Contracts, Compensation and Collaboration - ASPCAPro
2024-10-16 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Join us for an insightful session in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin Shelter Medicine Program that will help your agency navigate the complexities of contracting for animal sheltering services. Our panelists will discuss the necessities of developing contracts with local governments, outline essential steps to build collaborative relationships with key government stakeholders and explore ways to demonstrate the need for adequate compensation for these valuable services.
Takeaways

The essentials for building and maintaining collaborative relationships with key government stakeholders
Key elements to include and what to avoid in contract negotiations for animal sheltering services
Pros and cons of various contractual models

Suited for:
This session is best suited for animal welfare leaders and staff as well as local governments that contract for animal sheltering services.
Speakers:

Triniti Halverson, CAWA, Executive Director of Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter
Megan Dennis, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at the Humane Society for Southwest Washington
Kate Meghji, Chief Operating Officer at Humane Rescue Alliance
Julianna Tetlow, Senior Director of Government Relations at the San Diego Humane Society & Civic Alliance Solutions
The University of Wisconsin Shelter Medicine Program

WEBSITE LINK: https://www.aspcapro.org/training/webinar/ntsi-zoomies-contracts-compensation-collaboration-how-build-animal-sheltering

Online Training - 10/16/24 - Surrender Prevention Certification Workshop Presented by Dr. Rachel Geller - Community Cats Podcast (small fee applies)
2024-10-16 16:00 - 17:30 | Virtual
Community Cats Podcast is teaming up with renowned cat behaviorist Dr. Rachel Gellar to present a certification workshop designed to keep more cats and families together.
The workshop aims to help anyone on the front lines of animal shelters or rescues, who routinely work with families thinking about giving their cat or kitten over to the shelter for reasons related to feline behavior. This session will offer more information about surrender prevention, what it is and why it works, and some common interventions.
Instructed by Dr. Rachel Geller, she will share real examples, with proven results, setting the potential surrenderer and cat on the road to a happy relationship together and keeping the cat in her home. Attendees will receive a certificate after completing a short quiz.
But that’s not all! Everyone who registers will also receive access to four (4) mini-courses, perfect for anyone looking to keep more cats in homes, regardless of experience level! Mini-courses will cover common behavior topics, such as:

Litter box issues
Scratching concerns
Introducing your new cat to your home
Introducing your new cat to your resident cat

WEBSITE LINK: https://www.communitycatspodcast.com/events/surrender-prevention-certification-workshop-oct-2024/

Webinar - 10/17/24 - Better Outcomes: Harnessing Narrative Change to Transform Animal Welfare - CalAnimals
2024-10-17 10:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Pets rely on people, making human connections crucial to improving their lives. The problem is our stories and messages often undermine our best efforts. For decades mainstream narratives have been villainizing, blaming, and shaming pet owners, community members, and other animal welfare advocates. Stories and messages have failed to describe the root causes of issues. The result is that precious energy and resources go to faulty strategies and infighting. Pet families are separated, and animals go without the care they need. In this webinar we explore how better stories and messages can help us overcome these challenges and help us focus on doing our best work for pets and people together.
Presenter:
Hanna Lentz, Executive Director
Supporting People and Animal Relationships for Change (SPARC)
WEBSITE LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OoMWeOsuSYia2DrFCVvijw#/registration

Online Conference - 10/20/24 - 5th Annual National Kitten Coalition Veterinary Conference - National Kitten Coalition (fee applies)
2024-10-20 06:45 - 15:15 | Virtual
Affordable Group Pricing Options Available!
Groups of five or more: don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to provide your entire clinic team with RACE® CE-approved kitten-specific training and education at an unbeatable price! Contact webevents@kittencoalition.org today to secure your team’s spot and unlock exclusive savings!
The National Kitten Coalition Veterinary Conference is a kitten-focused, virtual event intended for veterinarians, veterinary technicians/nurses, those currently enrolled in veterinary or veterinary technician schools, veterinary staff members in private practices and shelters, and those involved in veterinary education and research.
This one-day conference will include sessions on kitten hospitalization, spay/neuter techniques, upper respiratory tract infections, diarrhea, kitten toxicities, fetal and neonatal mortality, and more! Explore the full conference lineup here.
Since this is a virtual event, you’ll have an opportunity to gain valuable insights and to have your questions answered by some of the most knowledgeable veterinary experts —without having to travel. Registration includes access to on-demand recordings of the sessions after the October 20, 2024 conference date.
The National Kitten Coalition is an American Association of Veterinary State Boards (AAVSB) approved provider for RACE® CE. This conference program (AAVBS Course Number: 20-1194430) has been approved by the AAVSB for 6.5 credits of live, interactive RACE® CE for veterinarians and veterinary technicians/nurses in jurisdictions that recognize RACE® approval.
The 2024 National Kitten Coalition Veterinary Conference will be recorded. The on-demand recorded version of the conference and CE quizzes are also being submitted for RACE® CE approval. All who register for the live conference will also have access to the recorded sessions and optional quizzes through December 31, 2024.
WEBSITE LINK: https://events.zoom.us/ev/AovGtH5vpkec4Z1jsavFskiv6qY1DFsrTFq5aEeCIPi711dE9Pcg~ArKaUQQIQ5XKa5f1qrAhtf0GyAoQb1Ybd6TlMkTDxJy1PjNYrd9ksC8y5mVIFQTM3JAqKVBRS5_odoU_YlV7l5dVMA

Online Course – Starts 10/21/24 – Compassion Fatigue Strategies Plus – University of Florida – Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program (fee applies)
2024-10-21 | Virtual
Today’s animal welfare and veterinary medical professionals are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible for animals, people, and the organizations that heal, connect, and protect them. If that’s you, it’s easy to feel like nothing you do is ever good enough. The work feels never-ending. Taking care of your own needs might seem impossible.
Transforming empathic distress (aka compassion fatigue) is absolutely possible for you and your staff. That’s why the Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida is once again offering its Compassion Fatigue Strategies online course with certified compassion fatigue educator Jessica Dolce.
This course will help you recognize signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue, burnout, and vicarious trauma, learn how to reduce stress injury, increase your self-care and team-care practices, build compassion satisfaction, restore resiliency, and make successful changes in your life and in your organization.
By the end of class you’ll:

Have 6 strategies to help you do the work you love, without being sidelined by compassion fatigue and burnout, so that you can feel energized and happy again
Know which self-care and stress management practices work for you
Have a personal mission statement so that you can feel clear about why you do this work even when it’s challenging
Have clear and manageable goals, so that you can make lasting changes in your sleep, diet, friendships, or anything else that really matters to you
Feel comfortable using super simple meditation practices, so that you can restore your balance
Clearly understand how and when to get professional mental health help, without shame
Know how to collaborate with your staff and coworkers on these issues so that you can all benefit from what you learned in the course

Regular individual registration is $349 per person through October 21st, 2024.
Bring the whole team for a 10% discount on groups of 10 or more.
WEBSITE LINK: https://sheltermedicine.vetmed.ufl.edu/education/continuing-education/compassion-fatigue-strategies/

Online Meeting - Mondays - Weekly Community Conversations #ThanksToMaddie - Maddie's Fund
2024-10-21 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-10-28 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-11-04 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-11-18 11:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
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.
Who Should Join?
Executive directors, animal well-being leaders, shelter workers, pet support professionals, volunteers, rescue organizations and anyone who shares the common goal of preserving the human-animal bond.
Win Ca$h for Attending!
Each month, Maddie’s Fund will be giving away up to $10,000 in grants. You can enter to win each time you attend a call or watch on-demand during the month by completing the giveaway drawing entry forms shared in the chat during the calls.
Register Today
Join us each Monday at 11am PT/2pm ET to receive support and learn about innovative ideas other organizations across the country are seeing success with. If you registered prior to May 2024 or are new to these meetings, please use this link to register:
https://maddies.fund/CommunityConvoRegistration2024
All calls are recorded and uploaded to the Community Conversations page on Maddie’s Pet Forum https://forum.maddiesfund.org/communityconversations
Please note: All views expressed on these calls are not necessarily endorsed by Maddie’s Fund.
WEBSITE LINK: https://maddies.fund/CommunityConvo2024Registration

Webinar - 10/23/24 - Counter-conditioning for Fearful and Anxious Dogs: How to Get it Right with Dr. Zazie Todd - PPG (fee applies)
2024-10-23 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
When a dog is frightened, we often make use of classical conditioning. Counter conditioning is a very effective tool to help dogs learn to like things they were previously afraid of, but many people make mistakes in its implementation—and then think it hasn’t worked. This talk will give an overview of those all-important details and why they matter.
The details include how to make a clear contingency, when and how to combine counterconditioning with desensitization, and the role of an element of surprise. Plus we’ll talk about the best ways to explain these ideas in client-friendly ways. Along the way there will be nods to the science of counter-conditioning and how it has changed since the days of Pavlov.
Learning Objectives

Spot common mistakes that people make in counter-conditioning
Understand the role of an element of surprise
Develop and perfect counter-conditioning plans

WEBSITE LINK: https://www.petprofessionalguild.com/webinars-events/webinars/counter-conditioning-for-fearful-and-anxious-dogs-how-to-get-it-right-wiht-dr-zazie-todd/

Online Event - 10/24/24 - Maddie's Monthly Behavior Connection - Play Aggression in Cats: Taming the Too-Frisky Kitty - Maddie's Fund
2024-10-24 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
The name play aggression is a misnomer as it can be a painful behavior for clients and other pets in the home to live with! This presentation will explain the overlap between play and predatory behavior in cats, and why some cats take their predatory behavior too far. I’ll discuss how to distinguish play aggression from other forms of feline aggression. I’ll also present several humane ways to help prevent and stop play aggressive behavior, while channeling all of that feline energy in positive directions!
Guest Speaker: Mikel Delgado, Cat Behavior Consultant, Feline Minds
Join us on the fourth Thursday of every month as we talk about dog and cat behavior – supporting pets in our community and animal shelters. Each month, we hear from speakers about topics of interest to our group, such as behavior medications, modifying animal behavior, assessing and improving animal welfare, and how organizations successfully provide behavior support to dogs and cats.
Who should join: Animal welfare staff and volunteers who are interested in dog and cat behavior, and everyone who works to keep pets out of shelters and in homes.
You only need to register once for all meetings: https://maddies.fund/MonthlyBehaviorRegistration
Can’t attend live? Register anyway and you will get a link to the recording within a day or two after each meeting.
All recordings and resources shared during the webcast will also be available in the Maddie’s Monthly Behavior Connection group on Maddie’s Pet Forum – https://maddies.fund/monthlybehaviorconnectionMPF
Maddie’s Fund does not share registration information.
The opinions expressed by webinar presenters are their own and do not necessarily represent those of Maddie’s Fund.
WEBSITE LINK: https://maddies.fund/MonthlyBehaviorRegistration

Online Event - Fourth Thursdays - Maddie's Monthly Behavior Connection - Maddie's Fund
2024-10-28 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Join us on the fourth Thursday of every month as we talk about dog and cat behavior – supporting pets in our community and animal shelters. Each month, we hear from speakers about topics of interest to our group, such as behavior medications, modifying animal behavior, assessing and improving animal welfare, and how organizations successfully provide behavior support to dogs and cats.
Who should join: Animal welfare staff and volunteers who are interested in dog and cat behavior, and everyone who works to keep pets out of shelters and in homes.
You only need to register once for all meetings: https://maddies.fund/MonthlyBehaviorRegistration
Can’t attend live? Register anyway and you will get a link to the recording within a day or two after each meeting.
All recordings and resources shared during the webcast will also be available in the Maddie’s Monthly Behavior Connection group on Maddie’s Pet Forum – https://maddies.fund/monthlybehaviorconnectionMPF
Maddie’s Fund does not share registration information.
The opinions expressed by webinar presenters are their own and do not necessarily represent those of Maddie’s Fund.
WEBSITE LINK: https://maddies.fund/MonthlyBehaviorRegistration

Online Event - 10/29/24 - The Roundtable: How to Retain a Diverse Workforce - The AAWA
2024-10-29 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
This roundtable features panelists who share the realities of sustaining a workforce with employees from various backgrounds, needs, and experiences. Hear different perspectives on what to consider to keep professionals from diverse backgrounds engaged and committed to their teams and organizations.
This discussion is especially for hiring managers, leaders, and committees who are interested in learning about resources that can help empower, support, and maintain a diverse workforce. This roundtable has been approved for 1 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credit.
The Roundtable Panel:

Rachel Levine, Director of People Development, Dumb Friends League
Jessica Lopez, Executive Director, The PAW Mission
Jessica Umunnabuike, Senior Talent & Diversity Specialist, San Diego Humane Society

Moderated by Jasmin Robinson, Director of DEI Initiatives, The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement
WEBSITE LINK: https://learning.theaawa.org/p/RT-10-29-24

Webinar - 10/29/24 - Sharing Solutions to Support Lost Pet Programs - HASS
2024-10-29 15:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
Stray pet intake is overwhelming animal shelters and there is a rising need for solutions to get those pets back home. Join industry experts from three HASS pilot shelters—Cincinnati Animal CARE, Greenville County Animal Care, and San Diego Humane Society, to learn about their pet reunification programs and how their efforts can be replicated where you live to get more lost pets home.
Register below and join us live on Tuesday, October 29 at 5 p.m. CT. After the live event, a recording will be emailed to all registrants within one week.
WEBSITE LINK: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/7816739797796/WN_htCUCWZzSuyhnwXUy3px7Q#/registration

Online Event - 10/30/24 - The ASPCA-AAWA Research Forum 2024 - ASPCA and AAWA
2024-10-30 08:00 - 13:30 | Virtual
Don’t miss this FREE online event showcasing how to help vulnerable pets using data. Whether you love geeking out over data, want to help pets in your community—or both—you don’t want to miss the ASPCA®-AAWA Research Forum online on October 30 from 11 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. ET. Last year, nearly 1,300 of your colleagues registered for the Forum to explore new research results in community and shelter animal welfare.Get access to cutting-edge research that supports your lifesaving work, including studies on:

Tag! You’re Home! Reunification of Pet Cats with Their Owners Using a Community Engagement Approach
Benefits of Pair-Housing Dogs on Welfare Measures and Length of Stay
Using a behavior modification protocol to improve nail trim success in adult shelter cat
Rest or Rehabilitate? The Impact of Early Behavioral Treatment on Shelter Dog Rehabilitation Outcomes
Evaluation of StrayCare – a Targeted Cat Neutering Intervention

Attendees will leave with practical suggestions for applying what they’ve learned to benefit their communities and are eligible for CAWA and NACA credit, as well as IAABC CEUs!
Participate in a live Q&A with the researchers following the presentations.
The Research Forum is for anyone interested in advancing animal welfare, including veterinarians, shelter leadership, staff, and volunteers. Register here for free: aspca.org/researchforum
PS: Can’t attend live? Register anyway, and we’ll make the recordings available.
WEBSITE LINK: http://aspca.org/researchforum

Webinar - 10/30/24 - A Case Study – Animal Behaviour In Local Government: Proactive initiatives from the City of Charles Sturt - PPG (fee applies)
2024-10-30 15:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
What do trainers, animal management officers and dog owners have in common? A love of dogs and a need to understand animal behaviour.
This webinar provides a case study for the value of a collaboration between a trainer and a progressive, proactive local government council in South Australia – the City of Charles Sturt.
Local government councils in Australia have legislative requirements and work extensively with their residents in order to promote responsible pet ownership. However, it can be incredibly challenging for councils to educate the public in an area that, let’s face it, is rather boring to hear about. Dog owners aren’t lining up to learn about the laws for registration, desexing, microchipping or leash requirements, and the educational messages can often be lost.
As a trainer working in local government, Petra has been able to incorporate her understanding of animal behaviour and learning theory principles into some incredibly proactive, informative community engagement initiatives, including educational resources, dog park design, seminars and a ‘thank you’ campaign acknowledging responsible pet owners.
This presentation will explore how important animal management messages can be spread through an animal behaviour lens, provide examples of where and how trainers can collaborate with local government agencies, and showcase opportunities to share responsible pet ownership messages through their own work.
Learning Objectives

Identify opportunities to incorporate animal management messaging as part of your training curriculum
Identify opportunities to partner with local government in educational initiatives for their residents

Presenter: Petra Edwards
WEBSITE LINK: https://www.petprofessionalguild.com/webinars-events/webinars/a-case-study-animal-behaviour-in-local-government-proactive-initiatives-from-the-city-of-charles-sturt/

Online Event – 11/2/24 – Neighborhood Cats TNR Certification Workshop – Community Cats Podcast (small fee applies)
2024-11-02 11:00 - 13:30 | Virtual
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. Take advantage of the interactive format, extensive handouts, and video footage of actual projects. Attendees will receive a certificate of attendance and gain access to an ongoing Facebook group for networking with other TNR activists. Instructed by Susan Richmond, executive director, and Bryan Kortis, national programs director.
Session duration is 2.5 hours, followed by an optional 15-minute Q&A session.
This course/webinar/series/conference has been approved for Continuing Educational Units by the National Animal Care & Control Association (NACA). National certificate holders can submit for credit consistent with the NACA CEU policy located https://nacatraining.org/continuing-education-recertification/
WEBSITE LINK: https://www.communitycatspodcast.com/events/the-neighborhood-cats-tnr-certification-workshop-nov-2024/

Webinar - 11/5/24 - Using Innovative Alternatives to Incarceration and Recognizing the Role of Trauma in Violence Against Animals - NACA/Justice Clearinghouse
2024-11-05 10:00 - 11:15 | Virtual
The animal law movement has, for the most part, been successful in showing society that animal cruelty is a problem. Now, a dynamic and evolving area of focus is creating targeted criminal justice outcomes to better help animal victims, heal individuals who committed cruelty, prevent future crimes against animals, and build healthier and more resilient communities. This webinar will discuss innovative work that identifies alternatives to traditional sentencing practices, which appropriately and accurately address underlying causes of animal cruelty, provide fairness to all parties involved in animal cruelty, and that work to curb the rate of future cruelty. Specifically, this webinar will discuss the role trauma can play as an underlying cause to cruelty, as well as methods to address and heal such trauma so it does not perpetuate animal cruelty in the future.
WEBSITE LINK: https://www.justiceclearinghouse.com/webinar/using-innovative-alternatives-to-incarceration-and-recognizing-the-role-of-trauma-in-violence-against-animals/

Online Event - 11/5/24 - All Call: Integrating Social Work Into Shelters - California for All Animals
2024-11-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Join your colleagues at noon on November 5 for a conversation with veterinary social worker Raquel Bernaldo, Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter (FAAS) Community Services Manager, and Deja Johnson, FAAS Community Services Lead. Submit your questions for Raquel and Deja in advance.
About the presentation: At Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter (FAAS), we are an open-admission shelter and a community resource dedicated to keeping pets and people together. Our presentation will explore FAAS’s Healthy Pets Healthy People programs and our shift from traditional charity models to mutual aid, where we focus on trust, community partnerships, and recognizing pet owners as the experts on their animals. Programs include free pet food, no-cost vaccines, the Skyla Fund for veterinary assistance, spay/neuter vouchers, microchipping, and up to 90 days of emergency boarding.
Mutual aid moves beyond charity’s limitations by eliminating conditions like income verification, fees, adherence to timeliness, etc. and focusing on building connection, trust, and safety. We’ve redefined volunteer roles, differentiating between the shelter’s animal care expertise and our department’s role in supporting pet owners. This shift required intentional work to reestablish leadership, align programs, and build collaborative partnerships with local businesses, veterinary clinics, grooming services, and social service providers.
The presentation will feature a conversational dialogue, supported by slides, to illustrate how FAAS has created a sustainable, humane model for community-based animal welfare.
About the All Call: The All Call is a twice-monthly, California community call for animal well-being professionals that occurs on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday. The one-hour call is a dedicated space to share and learn from each other. Popular topics include initiatives that create a more inclusive culture for both staff and community, programs that keep pets with their people, industry trends, research studies, as well as the hard stuff, like what’s not working or what is particularly difficult during times of scarcity. The call is a mix of presentations, storytelling, open discussion, and Q&A time.
The All Call is hosted by California for All team members Allison Cardona, Nadia Oseguera, and Ivy Ruiz, and is enriched by rotating facilitators. You only need to register one time. Calls are sometimes recorded; recap emails with supplemental resources are sent post-call.
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/all-call

Webinar - 11/6/24 - 2024 Veterinary Medicine Legislative Review - The Bridge Club
2024-11-06 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual
Back by popular demand, our annual review of the legislative efforts that are changing veterinary medicine across the country. We will go state by state on major issues of title protection, new schools, virtual care and more. Don’t miss out on this one!
WEBSITE LINK: https://www.thebridgeclub.com/events/2024-veterinary-medicine-legislative-review-1

Online Event - 11/7/24 - Maddie's Monthly Foster Connection: Long Stay Pet Workshop - Maddie's Fund
2024-11-07 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
With every shelter stuffed to bursting, finding fosters and adopters is crucial. For some pets this is simple, but others are harder to place. In this workshop, we’ll discuss your favorite long stay pets to identify strategies for marketing them to fosters and adopters. This workshop is not just for foster staff– it’s open to anyone who is interested in marketing pets who are harder to place!
Make sure to bring information about your own favorite or most challenging long stay. We’ll choose several and work through them together, discussing what works, what doesn’t work and some innovative new ways that can get extra attention and help them find the right home. We’ll discuss how we talk about behavioral and health challenges in bios and social media and discuss the optimal ways to be frank about issues while also not deterring potential adopters. We’ll look at different social media channels and how to optimize content about those pets for those channels to get the message across and help these pets put their best paw forward. Be prepared for a fun, frank and useful webinar with a lot of workshopping and participation!
Guest Speaker: Finnegan Dowling, Shelter Program and Engagement Manager
Finnegan Dowling is Mutual Rescue’s Shelter Engagement Manager. She has been in animal welfare for more than 25 years and has worked in shelters in Washington, Colorado, California, and Nicaragua. Prior to working for Mutual Rescue, she was the social-media manager for HSSV where her work was honored with Shorty and Communicator Awards. Finnegan’s writing has been published in The Bark, Bay Woof, and Huffington Post. In her current role she works with shelters around the country to help them start day foster programs. She often presents on day fostering and marketing at animal welfare conferences. She has spoken at Best Friends, Virginia Federation of Humane Societies, New Mexico Humane Conference and many others. She lives in coastal Texas with an opinionated dog and her husband.
About Maddie’s Monthly Foster Connection:
Join us on the first Thursday of every month to discuss successful foster innovations and programs, collaborate with others in the field, answer questions and talk through complex foster-related issues.
Who should join: Foster managers, coordinators, volunteers and any staff who are interested in learning about what’s working in foster programs.
You only need to register once for all meetings: https://maddies.fund/MonthlyFosterRegistration
Can’t attend live? Register anyway and you will get a link to the recording within a day or two after each meeting.
All recordings and resources shared during the webcast will also be available in the Maddie’s Monthly Foster Connection group on Maddie’s Pet Forum https://maddies.fund/monthlyfosterconnectionMPF
Maddie’s Fund does not share registration information.
The opinions expressed by webinar presenters are their own and do not necessarily represent those of Maddie’s Fund.
WEBSITE LINK: https://maddies.fund/MonthlyFosterRegistration

Online Event - 11/13/24 - Camp Maddie: Pet-Inclusive Housing Edition - Maddie's Fund
2024-11-13 09:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Camp Maddie is back! Join us for the third edition of Camp Maddie, a free virtual half-day event on Wednesday, November 13th from 9AM-1PM PT / 12PM-4PM ET.
Across the country, many people face tough choices due to housing restrictions, often having to give up their pets. At Camp Maddie: Pet-Inclusive Housing Edition, we will cover a variety of topics related to pet housing in presentations, videos and question and answer sessions.
Presenters will share ideas about:

Understanding human homelessness response systems for better animal welfare advocacy and program design
Dog-inclusive housing
Legal protections for tenants with pets and the eviction process
Engaging rental housing providers with pet-inclusive approaches and pet owners with information they need to access pet-inclusive rental housing

Presenting on these topics will be:

Christine Kim, Founder, My Dog is My Home
Shannon Glenn, Executive Director, My Pit Bull is Home
Dianne Prado, Founder and President, HEART LA
Diana Cruz, Program Director and Law Clerk, HEART LA
Zaira Bernal, Paralegal, HEART LA
Ross Barker, Program Director for the Pet-Inclusive Housing Initiative (PIHI), Michelson Found Animals Foundation
Sara Maria Muriello, Senior Program Manager for the Pet-Inclusive Housing Initiative (PIHI), Michelson Found Animals Foundation

Camp Maddie: Pet-Inclusive Housing Edition is perfect for those interested or involved in animal shelters or foster-based organizations, social workers and anyone passionate about keeping pets and people together.
At the end of the free half-day event, presenters will share a collection of resources to help you apply what you learn in your own organization and community. By embracing pet-inclusive policies, we can help families stay together and create neighborhoods where pets are valued as part of the family. Come make new friends and help make housing accessible to all members of the family!
REGISTER HERE: https://maddies.fund/CampMaddieHousingRegistration
Can’t make it? Register anyway to get notifications about the recordings.
Find out more about the speakers and their presentations on Maddie’s Pet Forum: https://forum.maddiesfund.org/campmaddiepetinclusivehousing#agenda
WEBSITE LINK: https://maddies.fund/CampMaddieHousingRegistration

Webinar - 11/13/24 - Neonatal and Early Kittenhood Emergencies - National Kitten Coalition
2024-11-13 16:30 - 17:30 | Virtual
The National Kitten Coalition is presenting a free RACE® CE webinar!
We want to say thank you to our veterinary professional community!
Mark your calendars for a FREE Webinar approved by the AAVSB for 1.00 credit of live, interactive RACE® CE for veterinarians and veterinary technicians/nurses in jurisdictions that recognize RACE® approval.
This webinar is open to all veterinary professionals. Please share with any of your colleagues who might be interested in attending, need CE credits, or simply love kittens.

Date/Time: Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at 7:30 PM EST
Title: Neonatal and Early Kittenhood Emergencies: Be ready to save the next one that walks through your door
Speaker: Emily Coleman, DVM

Webinar Overview
Kittens are very fragile beings that require immediate and intensive care in the face of a medical emergency. Conditions that will leave an adult cat only mildly ill or uncomfortable can quickly become life-threatening for a neonatal or young kitten. Neonatology and early kittenhood are often overlooked topics during veterinary medical education and continuing education opportunities, leaving both the recent graduate and the seasoned practitioner without the necessary knowledge of how to handle various emergencies commonly seen in kittens.
This talk will discuss how to recognize, diagnose and make treatment recommendations for several types of emergencies including ocular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, parasitic, congenital and traumatic. These emergencies, while varying in levels of urgency as well as ease of treatment, all often involve a kitten that is just days to weeks old.
As the nation adopts a no-kill outlook to animal rescue, it is only expected that more kittens will be seen in veterinary hospitals, making it very important for veterinary practitioners to be empowered to have frank, honest conversations with their clients on treatment recommendations and prognosis, whether they be rescue organizations or good Samaritans of the general public. As early veterinary intervention is almost always required, this tiny, vulnerable population deserves a chance to survive by being evaluated and treated appropriately.
Session objectives: After attending this virtual lecture an individual should be able to:

Identify the most common neonatal and early kittenhood emergencies seen in practice
Confidently treat these neonatal and early kittenhood emergencies
Understand the critical importance of complete supportive care for the neonate and kitten during an emergency
Create a kitten emergency kit for use in her hospital

Register today for this FREE webinar!
WEBSITE LINK: https://kittencoalition.org/event/neonatal-and-early-kittenhood-emergencies/

Webinar - 11/14/24 - Maddie’s Insights: Beyond "Doing Better" - Using Behavior Data to Monitor Well-Being in Cats - Maddie's Fund
2024-11-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Safeguarding the well-being of cats is essential to the mission of any responsible animal shelter. Environmental enrichment and behavior modification are often key to this goal. Measuring response to these interventions is essential to ensure strategies are successful. This webinar will present 4 ordinal rating scales designed to evaluate different expressions of cat behavior/welfare on a 0–5 scale (modified Fear, Anxiety, and Stress score; Response to Petting score; Participation in Play score; and Food Intake Summary score) that have excellent interobserver agreement and reliability, and a few other tools to describe behavior in a quantitative way. These tools are exceptionally useful to evaluate the response individual cats have to specific interventions, make decisions about which interventions should be tried first by looking at what was effective in cases presenting similarly in the past, and evaluating the efficacy of different interventions across a population of similar cats in a research project.
Register: https://maddies.fund/MIwebcastsRegister
Can’t attend live? Register anyway and you will get a link to the recording after the webcast.
This webinar has been pre-approved for 1.0 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credits by The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement and by the National Animal Care & Control Association. It has also been approved for 1 hour of continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize the Registry of Approved Continuing Education (RACE) approval.
What attendees will come away with:

An understanding of the value of using standardized rating tools to evaluate behavior and welfare in shelters
The ability to identify a range of practical applications for these tools, in both in the shelter and beyond

Speaker:
Jacklyn Ellis, PhD
Director of Behavior, Toronto Humane Society
Jacklyn Ellis is board certified by the Animal Behavior Society as a Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist, is Certified in Shelter Behavior – Cat by the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants and is the Director of Behavior at Toronto Humane Society. She earned her PhD in Animal Welfare at the Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, where she conducted research on methods for reducing stress in shelter cats. Her work has been published widely in peer reviewed journals and she has presented at many national and international conferences, particularly on feline stress and elimination behavior. She has recently authored two chapters for a new edition of the leading textbook on the behavior and welfare of shelter animals.
WEBSITE LINK: https://maddies.fund/MIwebcastsRegister

Webinar - 11/14/24 - What We’re Learning with Community Programs - HASS
2024-11-14 15:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
What are leaders of community-centered programs in Baltimore and Dallas learning as they work with people and pets beyond the shelter? Hear from them on the many issues they face and the questions their experience has raised: What societal factors contribute to shelter intakes? How do you work with your community members to understand what they need and to divert intakes by offering community resources; and how are these leaders reaching towards understanding their impact?
WEBSITE LINK: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/2616740581796/WN_1jBTDPpdQyeM20kz1H0pPg

Webinar – 11/16/24 – Colony Caretaking Tips and Tricks – Community Cats Podcast
2024-11-16 11:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Ants getting into the cats’ bowls or slugs making mealtime a slimy mess? Raccoons invading your colony? Got fleas? 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. Come and share your battle-worn secrets too!
WEBSITE LINK: https://www.communitycatspodcast.com/events/colony-caretaking-tips-and-tricks-presented-by-neighborhood-cats-nov-2024/

Online Event - 1st Tuesdays - All Call - California for All Animals
2024-11-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
The All Call is a twice-monthly, California community call for animal well-being professionals. The one-hour call is a dedicated space to share and learn from each other. Popular topics include initiatives that create a more inclusive culture for both staff and community, programs that keep pets with their people, industry trends, research studies, as well as the hard stuff, like what’s not working or what is particularly difficult during times of scarcity. The call is a mix of presentations, storytelling, open discussion, and Q&A time.
The All Call is hosted by the California for All Animals team, Nadia Oseguera-Ramón, Ivy Ruiz, and Allison Cardona. You only need to register one time. Calls are sometimes recorded; recap emails with supplemental resources are sent post-call. Find past call resources and recordings, including the recent Multicultural Engagement Community of Practice series, at the Cal for All Animals website.
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/all-call

Conference - 11/18/24 to 11/20/24 - The Annual Conference 2024 - The AAWA (fee applies)
2024-11-18 - 2024-11-20 | Sheraton New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, United States
THE Conference for Animal Welfare Professionals, featuring intermediate level content on topics you need to succeed in your life-saving work leading people and helping animals.
Featuring four tracks that will provide the professional development you want:
Fundraising
Industry Innovations
Internal & External Communications
Strategic Workforces
Three Keynotes:
Dan Heath
Phil Gwoke
Dr. Christi Monk-Andrews
Join The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement in New Orleans!
WEBSITE LINK: https://theaawaconference.org/

Online Event - 11/19/24 - All Call: Exploring Promising Systems to Support People and Pets - California for All Animals
2024-11-19 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
At the next All Call on November 19, we’ll explore how we can integrate public health models into our work. Rachel Rae Williams will lead us in discovering and applying promising systems designed to achieve health equity in order to design programming that prioritizes the well-being of people, pets, and the planet.
All levels of learners and leaders are welcome!
Learning Outcomes:

Explore the intersection of human and animal wellbeing
Participants will receive resources and instruction to design, implement and expand sustainable programming to support people and pets

About the All Call
The All Call is a twice-monthly, California community call for animal well-being professionals that occurs on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday. The one-hour call is a dedicated space to share and learn from each other. Popular topics include initiatives that create a more inclusive culture for both staff and community, programs that keep pets with their people, industry trends, research studies, as well as the hard stuff, like what’s not working or what is particularly difficult during times of scarcity. The call is a mix of presentations, storytelling, open discussion, and Q&A time.
The All Call is hosted by the California for All Animals team, Nadia Oseguera-Ramón, Ivy Ruiz, and Allison Cardona. You only need to register one time. Calls are sometimes recorded; recap emails with supplemental resources are sent post-call.
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/all-call

Online Event - 11/21/24 - Maddie's Monthly Behavior Connection - Dog-Dog Matchmaking: Setting Adopters and Their Dogs Up for Success - Maddie's Fund
2024-11-21 12:00 - 12:50 | Virtual
Conducting dog meets for adopters and their resident dogs can feel stressful and full of pressure. What if it doesn’t go well? How can I tell if they actually like each other? What do they do when they get home?
All of these questions and more will be answered during this session! From quick body language cues, to tips and tricks for integration, to having tough conversations – maybe the dog they chose isn’t a good fit! – Sam will guide you through the do’s and don’ts to help you get more comfortable and have more success in dog to dog matchmaking.
Guest Speaker: Sam Wolfman, Certified Professional Dog Trainer, Animal Welfare League of Arlington
Register here: https://maddies.fund/MonthlyBehaviorRegistration
About Maddie’s Monthly Behavior Connection:
Join us on the fourth Thursday of every month as we talk about dog and cat behavior – supporting pets in our community and animal shelters. Each month, we hear from speakers about topics of interest to our group, such as behavior medications, modifying animal behavior, assessing and improving animal welfare, and how organizations successfully provide behavior support to dogs and cats. Webcasts hosted by Board-Certified Veterinary Behaviorist, Dr. Sheila Segurson
All recordings and resources shared during the webcast will also be available on the Maddie’s Monthly Behavior Connection page in Maddie’s Pet Forum – https://maddies.fund/monthlybehaviorconnectionMPF
WEBSITE LINK: https://maddies.fund/MonthlyBehaviorRegistration
