This calendar is a listing of webinars, other learning opportunities, online meetings and other upcoming national events related to animal sheltering and related areas of interest.
Only some of these events are produced by the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program. Most are being created and sponsored by other groups and agencies. Being listed here does not mean that we have reviewed the material contained. We are trying to provide a variety of resources to hopefully help make your life a little easier. For additional information on any of these items before or after the event please contact the organizer directly (listed in the item description).
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Week of Events
Online Meeting – Mondays – Shelter and Rescue Support Call – Hosted by Maddie’s Fund
Online Meeting – Mondays – Shelter and Rescue Support Call – Hosted by Maddie’s Fund
Maddie's Fund Presents: Maddie’s Fund, in concert with American Pets Alive!, hosts a weekly hour-long Zoom call for animal welfare workers and volunteers. While these calls started out as a response to COVID-19, it’s grown into so much more. These calls are a safe place to discuss uncomfortable topics, all while sharing a common goal of preserving the human-animal bond.
Webinar – 3/15/21 – Perioperative Considerations in Dentistry – VDOS (fee applies)
Webinar – 3/15/21 – Perioperative Considerations in Dentistry – VDOS (fee applies)
VDOS Presents (fee applies): This VDOS webinar will review normal oral structures that may be confused as abnormalities and perioperative complications that can occur during dental and oral surgical procedures, including neurological deficits, tracheal injury, oral edema, orbital injury, trigeminocardiac reflex, iatrogenic lingual trauma, and vomiting and regurgitation. Fabrication of tape muzzles and placement of feeding tubes will also be discussed. The didactic lecture will last 1.5 hours, but the webinar is designed so that there is extra time for interactive participation and answering your questions.
Webinar – 3/17/21 – 15 Must-Have Code Enforcement KPIs and What They Mean for Your Agency – NACA/Justice Clearinghouse
Webinar – 3/17/21 – 15 Must-Have Code Enforcement KPIs and What They Mean for Your Agency – NACA/Justice Clearinghouse
NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: Much of what Code Enforcement officers do, to improve the community’s quality of life, goes unseen. Which makes securing resources, managing reputations, and getting credit where credit is due – hard. Enter Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). KPIs are mutually agreed upon metrics used to gauge success. KPIs shift conversations from opinions to facts.
Online Event – Wednesdays – The Wednesday Summit #ThankstoMaddie – AmPa!
Online Event – Wednesdays – The Wednesday Summit #ThankstoMaddie – AmPa!
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 AmPA! and HASS Staff and 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.
Webinar – 3/17/21 – Triaging Dental and Oral Emergencies – VDOS (fee applies)
Webinar – 3/17/21 – Triaging Dental and Oral Emergencies – VDOS (fee applies)
VDOS Presents (fee applies): This VDOS webinar focuses on triaging dental and oral emergencies. While it would be of benefit to anybody interested in small animal dentistry and oral surgery, it is specifically designed for clinicians and technicians working in an emergency setting. Various dental and oral emergencies are reviewed as they present to the frontline clinical staff, including orofacial pain, bleeding, swelling, burn, bite, laceration, degloving injury, projectile injury, tooth fracture, tooth luxation/avulsion, jaw fracture, temporomandibular joint luxation, etc.
Webinar – 3/17/21 – Is infection causing this dog’s disease? – VETGirl
Webinar – 3/17/21 – Is infection causing this dog’s disease? – VETGirl
VETGirl Presents: Join us for a complimentary VETgirl–Zoetis webinar, where Dr. Linda Kidd, DVM, PhD, DACVIM reviews well known and not-so well-known case context provided by the minimum database that should raise your index of suspicion for infectious disease in a patient. Tune in to review and apply some concepts about infectious disease testing that will help you know when to believe a positive or negative result.
CASCAR Zoom Call for California Shelters – 3/18/21 – Vaccine equity, one health, and how shelters can play a role – CASCAR – UC Davis KSMP
CASCAR Zoom Call for California Shelters – 3/18/21 – Vaccine equity, one health, and how shelters can play a role – CASCAR – UC Davis KSMP
KSMP Presents: On this week's CASCAR call, Jace Huggins from the Front Street Shelter in Sacramento will be describing how they’ve partnered with their local public health department to get vaccine information out to the community (in five different languages!) where it is most needed, in conjunction with the team’s regular activities in the field.
Online Course – 3/18/21 to 3/21/21 – Managing common medical problems in practice today – IVS (fee applies)
Online Course – 3/18/21 to 3/21/21 – Managing common medical problems in practice today – IVS (fee applies)
IVS Presents (fee applies): A series of cases featuring specific clinical problems will be presented by Dr’s Fenimore and Lappin. They will each offer their thoughts on the management of these patients along with a discussion of topics associated with the clinical problem.
Online Course – 3/18/21 – Community Engagement: The lifesaving philosophy – Best Friends
Online Course – 3/18/21 – Community Engagement: The lifesaving philosophy – Best Friends
Best Friends Presents: The term “community engagement” gets thrown around a lot, as if it is something that an officer can do if they have a few extra minutes. To unlock the full potential of community engagement, however, we must start thinking of it as less of a project and more of a state of mind. This lifesaving philosophy will not only help save the lives of animals but could potentially save an officer's life as well. In this course you will learn how embracing community engagement as a mindset can, and will, increase lifesaving efforts and officer safety.
Webinar – 3/18/21 – Confronting Conflict with Teams – Banfield
Webinar – 3/18/21 – Confronting Conflict with Teams – Banfield
Banfield Presents: Conflict is something that, as much as we try, we cannot avoid because conflict is comes up anytime your view differs from another’s — and humans are opinionated beings. While most of us have a strong reactions to conflict, including (but not limited to) fear; avoidance; and/or dread, conflict can also have positive impacts. It can allow for exploration of new and different ways of doing things resulting in better outcomes. When we think of the negatives of conflict it’s because of the emotions that conflict evokes — often making situations feel explosive. By learning how to step up to conflict and confronting it head on by using the right approach, you can turn conflict into a positive for both you and your team.
Virtual Seminar – Thursdays in June – Shelter Behavior with Kelley Bollen – CalAnimals (open to non-members also)
Virtual Seminar – Thursdays in June – Shelter Behavior with Kelley Bollen – CalAnimals (open to non-members also)
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…
Online Course – 3/18/21 – Advanced Return to Owner in the Field: Beyond the Scanner – Best Friends
Online Course – 3/18/21 – Advanced Return to Owner in the Field: Beyond the Scanner – Best Friends
Best Friends Presents: Animal control officers play an integral role today in the reduction of shelter intake by choosing to identify and return stray dogs to their families without bringing them into the shelter, but all too often, officers stop looking for an owner was they find that the animal has no ID, tags, or microchip. This workshop highlights successful efforts from agencies across the country that have shown to significantly increase the field RTO rate for those animals without obvious identification.
Webinar – 3/18/21 – Reuniting and Renesting Orphaned Wildlife – NACA/Justice Clearinghouse
Webinar – 3/18/21 – Reuniting and Renesting Orphaned Wildlife – NACA/Justice Clearinghouse
NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: Does your agency or organization get calls about birds and squirrels fallen out of nests, very young raccoons seen without mom, or fawns and baby rabbits alone in fields or backyards? Whether or not you respond to these types of calls or refer them to a wildlife rehabilitator, this webinar will help you determine and achieve the best outcome for these animals.
Online Course – 3/18/21 – Community Cat Complaint Mitigation – Best Friends
Online Course – 3/18/21 – Community Cat Complaint Mitigation – Best Friends
Best Friends Presents: This session will cover how to respond to residents who don't want community cats, also know as feral, stray or free-roaming cats, on their property. We'll discuss strategic placement of deterrents, de-escalation techniques and information sharing regarding the long-term effectiveness of managing populations of community cats after sterilization.
Webinar – 3/18/21 – Foster Care, Covid and Technology – Getting 2 Zero
Webinar – 3/18/21 – Foster Care, Covid and Technology – Getting 2 Zero
Getting 2 Zero Presents: In this webinar we will discuss the latest advances in technology to help you manage foster programs at scale. Learn how organisations like yours are adapting in a COVID centric world to grow their foster programs to new heights. This webinar will mark the Australian launch of Doobert's latest innovation - Fosterspace!
Online Course – 3/18/21 to 3/21/21 – Managing common medical problems in practice today – IVS (fee applies)
Online Course – 3/18/21 to 3/21/21 – Managing common medical problems in practice today – IVS (fee applies)
IVS Presents (fee applies): A series of cases featuring specific clinical problems will be presented by Dr’s Fenimore and Lappin. They will each offer their thoughts on the management of these patients along with a discussion of topics associated with the clinical problem.
Online Course – 3/18/21 to 3/21/21 – Managing common medical problems in practice today – IVS (fee applies)
Online Course – 3/18/21 to 3/21/21 – Managing common medical problems in practice today – IVS (fee applies)
IVS Presents (fee applies): A series of cases featuring specific clinical problems will be presented by Dr’s Fenimore and Lappin. They will each offer their thoughts on the management of these patients along with a discussion of topics associated with the clinical problem.
Webinar – 3/20/21 – Trapper Tips & Tricks – Community Cats Podcast
Webinar – 3/20/21 – Trapper Tips & Tricks – Community Cats Podcast
Community Cats Podcast Presents: Drawing from almost 20 years of experience working with feral cats, the folks at Neighborhood Cats have gathered together their favorite ways of catching the wiliest of felines. Whether it's putting in a clear rear door, using Spam as bait, wrapping your trap with green garden netting or training a cat to enter a trap, you're bound to learn something new that will improve your trapping success.