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
Webinar – 4/10/22 – Small Animal Medicine Mini Boot Camp Series: Diabetes Part 2 – UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine (fee applies)
Webinar – 4/10/22 – Small Animal Medicine Mini Boot Camp Series: Diabetes Part 2 – UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine (fee applies)
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Presents (fee applies): In Part 2, Feline Diabetes: The Road to Remission, Dr. Gilor will discuss the recent developments in feline diabetes, including how tot recognize and approach diabetic remission, selecting the best diet for feline patients, understanding what insulin injections or oral glucose medications are available, and more.
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.
Mindfulness for Animal Welfare
Mindfulness for Animal Welfare
Registration NOW OPEN. visit: www.mindfulvetmed.com/coursecalendar This session will include brief practices as well as an overview of mindfulness as it relates to the animal welfare field.…
Grant Opportunity – Deadline 4/11/22 – 2022 Grant Cycle – California Animal Welfare Funders Collaborative
Grant Opportunity – Deadline 4/11/22 – 2022 Grant Cycle – California Animal Welfare Funders Collaborative
CAWFC Presents: The California Animal Welfare Funders Collaborative is excited to offer another year of funding to animal services agencies across California. Projects should propose innovative ideas in improving animal welfare, preserving human-animal connections, lifesaving, or field services programs.
Webinar – 4/12/22 – The Future Is Four: The Right Place – Maddie’s® Million Pet Challenge
Webinar – 4/12/22 – The Future Is Four: The Right Place – Maddie’s® Million Pet Challenge
Maddie’s® Million Pet Challenge Presents: In this webinar, Drs. Cindy Karsten and Chumkee Aziz will guide you through the framework that allows you to remove decision fatigue and get animals where they need to be—or help them right where they are.
Webinar – 4/12/22 – Dog Reactivity – Best Friends
Webinar – 4/12/22 – Dog Reactivity – Best Friends
Best Friends Presents: Provide real world, tangible management and training techniques for shelter staff, volunteers, and dog owners to gain a better understanding of canine reactivity, where it stems from, and why it is a common behavioral challenge in virtually all shelters.
Online Event – Wednesdays 4/6/22 to 4/27/22 – We Foster Challenge Zoom Huddle – Maddie’s Fund
Online Event – Wednesdays 4/6/22 to 4/27/22 – We Foster Challenge Zoom Huddle – Maddie’s Fund
Maddie's Fund Presents: Please join us for 4 weekly, info-packed meetings with time for your questions. There will be 20-minute presentations followed by 20 minutes for Q+A.
Webinar – Wednesdays 3/23/22 to 4/13/22 – Alive and Thriving Series with Kelley Bollen – Humane Network
Webinar – Wednesdays 3/23/22 to 4/13/22 – Alive and Thriving Series with Kelley Bollen – Humane Network
Humane Network Presents: This four-session webinar series presented by Kelley Bollen, MS, CABC, is specifically designed for staff at animal shelters, rescues, and nonprofit veterinary clinics, and will cover reading dog and cat body language and safe humane handling; stress recognition and reduction in the shelter; enrichment for shelter dogs and cats; how animals learn and training dogs and cats in the shelter.
Webinar – 4/13/22 – Finding and Recruiting a Dream Team – The AAWA
Webinar – 4/13/22 – Finding and Recruiting a Dream Team – The AAWA
The AAWA Presents: What are the best places to find qualified candidates? Are your job postings marketing pieces, or are you just copying and pasting your JDs? Like some simple screening and interviewing techniques to help you find the right fit? In this session, we will dive deep into the best ways for maximizing your up-front candidate sourcing and recruiting efforts.
Webinar – 4/13/22 – Handling “Nuisance” Wildlife Calls – NACA/Justice Clearinghouse
Webinar – 4/13/22 – Handling “Nuisance” Wildlife Calls – NACA/Justice Clearinghouse
NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: Getting calls from the public about opossums stuck in garbage cans? Foxes denning under sheds or porches? Woodchucks nibbling in the garden? Learn how to give simple tips and instructions to the public over the phone (without your having to dispatch an officer!) so that they can solve conflicts with wildlife in an effective, humane, and long-term manner.
Webinar – 4/5/22 and 4/13/22 – Alternatives to Declaw – CVMA (fee applies)
Webinar – 4/5/22 and 4/13/22 – Alternatives to Declaw – CVMA (fee applies)
CVMA Presents (fee applies): This presentation aims to provide the veterinarian with talking points for a welfare-centered communication with owners of cats with scratching problems, hopefully eliminating the need for the very controversial surgical approach. We will address the importance of cats performing normal behaviors, such as appropriate opportunities to scratch, and will explore humane solutions that are based in understanding the nature of this behavior.
Webinar – 4/13/22 – Where Will the “Good” Dogs Come From? A Look at the Current and Future Landscape of Dog Acquisition – HSVMA
Webinar – 4/13/22 – Where Will the “Good” Dogs Come From? A Look at the Current and Future Landscape of Dog Acquisition – HSVMA
HSVMA Presents: How can a consumer feel confident that they will find a healthy, long-lived dog who will make a behaviorally sound pet? How do we convince clients to be patient and understand they shouldn’t order puppies online as if they were sweaters? These are difficult and controversial questions; this webinar is just the beginning of the conversation.
Webinar – 4/13/22 – Out With The Old, In With The New: Navigating Protocol Implementation In Your Clinic – VETGirl
Webinar – 4/13/22 – Out With The Old, In With The New: Navigating Protocol Implementation In Your Clinic – VETGirl
VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary, 1-hour, VETgirl–Zoetis webinar, Dr. Robert Gribble, DVM, CVPM explores effective strategies for getting your team engaged in protocol implementation.
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…
Webinar – 4/14/22 – Denise Fenzi – Gaming the System: Develop Your Creative Training Potential! – FDSA (fee applies)
Webinar – 4/14/22 – Denise Fenzi – Gaming the System: Develop Your Creative Training Potential! – FDSA (fee applies)
FDSA Presents (fee applies): This webinar will provide plenty of video examples of creative training, along with ideas to help you come up with your own creative training plans. You can learn to be more creative.
Webinar – 4/15/22 – Optimizing Anesthetic Inductions – Think Anesthesia
Webinar – 4/15/22 – Optimizing Anesthetic Inductions – Think Anesthesia
Think Anesthesia Presents: This live, interactive webinar reviews the ideal characteristics of the anesthetic induction. Learn ways to optimizing a stress free, anesthetic induction, how to secure a patent airway and review medications used for veterinary anesthetic inductions.
Mindfulness for Animal Welfare
Mindfulness for Animal Welfare
Registration NOW OPEN. visit: www.mindfulvetmed.com/coursecalendar This session will include brief practices as well as an overview of mindfulness as it relates to the animal welfare field.…