Shelter Learniverse and Industry-Wide Calendar

VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): In this VETgirl practice management webinar, Dr. Heather Douglas, MBA, CVA reviews how to empower your veterinary team by helping your staff members reach their own personal career potential. Avoid the trap of squelching your team potential and recognize the true value to your practice.

The University of Tennessee Program for Pet Health Equity Presents (fee applies): Sessions will cover lessons learned during the Pilot Phase of the AlignCare One Health healthcare system. Discussions will focus on strategies used to help increase access to veterinary care for bonded families. Presenters will share the roadmap for communities interested in developing and creating AlignCare communities, which will help families in need to reduce the barriers they face in accessing sick or injury veterinary care for their pet(s).

PPG Presents (fee applies): This session will present an understanding the influence of thyroid disease on canine emotional disorders. Enjoy an evidenced-based journey through the research on thyroid disease and its effect on canine behavior.

The University of Tennessee Program for Pet Health Equity Presents (fee applies): Sessions will cover lessons learned during the Pilot Phase of the AlignCare One Health healthcare system. Discussions will focus on strategies used to help increase access to veterinary care for bonded families. Presenters will share the roadmap for communities interested in developing and creating AlignCare communities, which will help families in need to reduce the barriers they face in accessing sick or injury veterinary care for their pet(s).

Maddie’s Fund Presents: Each Open Arms Challenge Zoom Huddle will consist of two 10-minute presentations followed by a 20-minute Q&A. About this huddle: Getting your entire community involved with keeping pets and people together is essential. This Huddle will provide the how-to’s of engaging your whole community.

UW and UC Davis Shelter Medicine Programs Present: Join us for a check in discussion on capacity, intake, and other successes and challenges during the not-so-post-pandemic times.

VETGirl Presents: Join us for a complimentary VETgirl–Elanco webinar, where Dr. Andrew Jackson, DACVS reviews how we can use multimodal pain therapy during surgical procedures. This webinar will review surgical pain control, discuss how to implement local anesthesia in your veterinary practice, and what the expected effects and cost management of medications are.

HSVMA Presents: During this behavior webinar we will explore the process of diagnosing common behavior problems in dogs and cats and outline the steps needed when creating and implementing a behavior plan. We will discuss the difference between a primary behavioral problem and a training issue and which cases we should handle and which we should refer to a behaviorist.

IVS Presents (fee applies): This all new seminar has been designed to provide you with practical information on the current thoughts on anesthesia along with acute and chronic pain management in your practice.

Maddie’s Fund Presents: Each Open Arms Challenge Zoom Huddle will consist of two 10-minute presentations followed by a 20-minute Q&A. About this huddle: Find out how animal shelters and animal rescue partners can work together to meet the needs of their community.

EveryCat Health Foundation Presents: The lecture will review the common forms of feline heart disease with a concentration on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the most common form of heart disease in cats. Common clinical signs and diagnostic tests will be reviewed. There will also be a presentation of commonly used drugs to treat feline heart disease.

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): All shelter staff and volunteers will benefit from this 6-week Shelter Behavior Seminar. Recordings will be available until January 15, 2022. Member organizations may receive a Group Discount when registering 10 or more. 

FDSA Presents (fee applies): We all know that medical issues can influence behavior. Dogs who don’t feel well can be cranky, or more anxious than normal – just like humans! But what about less obvious “red flags” for a physical problem that you might not be aware of?

ACVB Presents (fee applies): This lecture will give an overview of the main classes of drugs used for daily and as needed treatment of emotional disorders in dogs and cats – how they work, what the therapeutic expectations are for each, and what side effects may be expected. Drug interactions, adverse effects, and weaning protocols will also be discussed.

FDSA Presents (fee applies): A follow-up to Sarah’s Happy Crating program, this webinar dives deeper into next steps, common crating missteps, and the solutions for such issues as barking, FOMO, and refusal to enter the crate. Happy Crating gives you the foundation, and Happier Crating takes it all that much further! 

IVS Presents (fee applies): This all new seminar has been designed to provide you with practical information on the current thoughts on anesthesia along with acute and chronic pain management in your practice.

Maddie’s Fund Presents: Maddie’s Fund, in concert with American Pets Alive!, hosts a weekly hour-long Zoom call for animal welfare leaders. 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.

IVS Presents (fee applies): This all new seminar has been designed to provide you with practical information on the current thoughts on anesthesia along with acute and chronic pain management in your practice.

Community Cats Podcast Presents (fee applies): Online Fundraising Day includes a variety of online sessions to help you learn how to fundraise for your organization in the era of Covid-19 and generate new, innovative ways to fund the programs your community needs to help cats and kittens live safe, healthy lives. Be sure to bring your questions!

HSVMA Presents: HSVMA will host our 7th annual Animal Welfare Symposium for Students online again this year. With the theme of Access to Care, we will present five live lectures and two networking events. Although geared towards veterinary and veterinary technician students, veterinary professionals and affiliates are welcome to attend.