Shelter Learniverse and Industry-Wide Calendar

Maddie’s Fund Presents: Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, animal shelter workers, volunteers and animal welfare leaders from across the country have been meeting every Monday morning at 7am PT/10am ET to discuss protocols, ideas, obstacles they’re facing and more.

Natural Encounters Presents (fee applies): As much as we may want to, we cannot protect our animals from all the things that will frighten or frustrate them. What we can do is help them build resilience and develop the coping and problem-solving skills to navigate life’s challenges.

VDOS Presents (fee applies): This webinar will focus on the two most frustrating dental and oral conditions in cats, namely tooth resorption and stomatitis. The potential causes of these conditions will be discussed. Tips and tricks how to extract resorbing teeth will be shared, and various treatment options (medical and surgical) for feline stomatitis will be reviewed.

UW-Madison and UC Davis Shelter Medicine Programs Present: Weekly National Shelter Medicine Rounds. Topics will vary. Currently rounds are being held on Tuesdays at 1 PM Pacific, 3 PM Central. They will return to the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at some point in the future.

Want to know how to help undersocialized kittens get adopted? Join us as we cover how the ASPCA Adoption Center and Kitten Nursery have leveraged their foster volunteer pool and trained them to work with fearful kittens using scientifically proven techniques. This webinar will take a deep dive into the “Lion Tamers” program with a spotlight on behavior best practices. We will also provide tools and resources for how to provide training, support and guidance to foster volunteers.

VDOS Presents (fee applies): This webinar will review the indications, biomechanics, equipment/instrument/material needs, and techniques of tooth extraction in dogs and cats. Closed and open techniques will be described step-by-step, including the creation of flaps in one jaw quadrant and the use of high-speed tools for sectioning of teeth and removal of alveolar bone. Tips will be shared on how to make tension-free flaps for wound closure. Complications of tooth extraction and their management will be discussed.

HSVMA Presents – for HSVMA Members (membership free for DVM Students): Dr. Melissa Shapiro will share her story about her dog, Piglet, who was rescued from a hoarding situation. Due to irresponsible breeding, Piglet was born blind and deaf but thrives despite his disabilities. Dr. Shapiro and Piglet educate the public about the importance of spay/neuter and encourage adoption of special needs animals. Attendees will learn about the challenges of working with profoundly disabled dogs and how to educate clients about their needs.

Animal Humane New Mexico Presents: We want to ensure our amazing speakers and attendees stay safe during the current coronavirus pandemic. But that doesn’t mean that learning should stop! We’ll be offering the same amazing speakers and sessions to help you expand your life-saving work via a virtual platform. We will offer three full days of educational session: Thursday, August 6–Friday, August 7–Saturday, August 8.

Chameleon Presents: In this webinar we’ll work mostly on statistic-type reports, including activity and kennel stats. We’ll go over subreports, tables and joins, basic formulas, and built in functions like summaries and counts.

This 4 session VIRTUAL workshop designed for all levels of shelter staff will cover advice to resolve common dog and cat behavior problems to prevent surrender, a behavior perspective on intake and adoptions, canine behavior evaluations and decisions-making, and behavior modification in the shelter. Each session is 90 minutes, from 11am to 12:30pm Pacific Time […]

CalAnimals Presents (fee applies): This 4-session workshop, presented by Kelley Bollen, MS, CABC, and designed for all levels of shelter staff, will dive deeper into understanding and improving animal behavior while helping shelters to improve outcomes.

Suzanne Clothier Presents: However we may define it, here’s the reality: We can get frustrated and confused when a dog doesn’t (can’t?) focus, or won’t give us his attention no matter how much we know or how good our timing may be. We’re smart trainers, so we know it’s not dominance or being stubborn or blowing us off but sometimes, we’re left scratching our own heads and asking, “What’s really going on in that dog’s head?”

Million Cat Challenge/Maddie’s Fund and Royal Canine Present: A series of 4 webinars on kittens in shelters and foster care – including 8/6/20 – Kitten Intake in Animal Shelters, 8/13/20 – Support for Kittens in the Field, 8/20/20 – Foster Greatness, 8/27/20 – Kitten Care in the Shelter, 9/3/20 – Going Home. Join us with the nation’s leading experts on kittens in shelters and foster homes to learn about all things kitten in today’s world.

Animal Humane New Mexico Presents: We want to ensure our amazing speakers and attendees stay safe during the current coronavirus pandemic. But that doesn’t mean that learning should stop! We’ll be offering the same amazing speakers and sessions to help you expand your life-saving work via a virtual platform. We will offer three full days of educational session: Thursday, August 6–Friday, August 7–Saturday, August 8.

Maddie’s Fund Presents – These calls are for executive and leadership level staff. 150 to 200 shelter professionals, national leaders and shelter veterinarians typically participate and we discuss everything from disaster and emergency relief planning, to creating more diverse, equitable and inclusive organizations, to addressing the realities of budget reductions and the need to pivot to better serve people and animals. No registration needed! Just click the meeting link to join.

AmPa! Presents: The AmPA! weekly Maddie’s Instructor Summit offers shelters and rescues a chance to talk through the most current animal sheltering challenges! Topics will change each week. You’ll join Dr. Ellen Jefferson and the instructors from Maddie’s Lifesaving Academy, as well as other industry leaders, but, more importantly, you’ll be able to engage face to face (digitally!) with people like you. Because not feeling alone makes this work a lot easier.

AmPa! Presents: The AmPA! weekly Maddie’s Instructor Summit offers shelters and rescues a chance to talk through the most current animal sheltering challenges! Topics will change each week. You’ll join Dr. Ellen Jefferson and the instructors from Maddie’s Lifesaving Academy, as well as other industry leaders, but, more importantly, you’ll be able to engage face to face (digitally!) with people like you. Because not feeling alone makes this work a lot easier.

AmPa! Presents: The AmPA! weekly Maddie’s Instructor Summit offers shelters and rescues a chance to talk through the most current animal sheltering challenges! Topics will change each week. You’ll join Dr. Ellen Jefferson and the instructors from Maddie’s Lifesaving Academy, as well as other industry leaders, but, more importantly, you’ll be able to engage face to face (digitally!) with people like you. Because not feeling alone makes this work a lot easier.

Animal Humane New Mexico Presents: We want to ensure our amazing speakers and attendees stay safe during the current coronavirus pandemic. But that doesn’t mean that learning should stop! We’ll be offering the same amazing speakers and sessions to help you expand your life-saving work via a virtual platform. We will offer three full days of educational session: Thursday, August 6–Friday, August 7–Saturday, August 8.

This is a 4 part series of live online webinars – 2 hours each Saturday in August.  The seminar will include Assessing Dog-Dog Reactivity and Interactions, Dog Play Dangers:  What to watch for at dog parks, daycare, shelters and among dogs at home, Managing in the Real World with a Reactive or Non-Reactive Dog, and […]