Shelter Learniverse

Webinar - Fear Free Spaw Days - (Grooming) - Fear Free
2020-04-20 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
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 Rounds - Tuesday COVID-19 Edition
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.

California Shelters - CASCAR Weekly COVID-19 Check-In Call - link in CA Group Activity Feed
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.

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

Webinar on Exposed Pets - Dr. Sandra Newbury
2020-04-02 14:00 - 15:00
New Recommendations for COVID-19 Exposed Pets from CDC, AVMA, & Shelter Medicine Programs

The “Interim recommendations for intake of companion animals from households where humans with COVID-19 are present” were just published. Take these 4 steps to bring yourself and your teams up to speed:

Click here to view the recommendations in their entirety on the AVMA website
Review University of Wisconsin Shelter Medicine program’s information sheet on temporary sheltering of pets exposed to COVID-19 and recommendations for care
Download the sample protocol for shelters taking in pets exposed to humans with COVID-19
Mark Your Calendar: Dr. Sandra Newbury & the University of Wisconsin Shelter Medicine team will present a Q&A on these recommendations on Thursday, April 2, 2:30 pm ET. Space is limited.
Attend: https://zoom.us/j/924884168
Meeting ID: 924 884 168
Submit questions about recommendations here >>

April Fool's Day
2020-04-01 | Everywhere, CA, United States
Today is April Fool’s Day!
