Shelter Learniverse and Industry-Wide Calendar

VIN/NAVAS Presents (for VIN members): Renata S. Costa, DVM, MPhil, GradDipEd, MANZCVS, DACVAA, presents “Anesthetic Considerations for Animals with Endocrine Disease.”

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.

VDOS Presents (fee applies): This VDOS webinar will outline the many additional tasks veterinary technicians/nurses and dental hygienists are doing.

Dogs Playing for Life Presents: In this webinar, we will teach the fundamentals of our “Fancy Footwork” techniques that focus on achieving good leash manners through the use of your FEET instead of your hands. Come learn this unique and highly effective approach that promotes dogs happily walking softly by your side, offering tons of eye contact, and wowing adopters!

NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: This session will explore some tactics agencies charged with addressing rescue hoarders can employ in their community. If you’ve ever struggled to deal with a rescue hoarder in your community, you won’t want to miss this session!

UW and UC Davis Shelter Medicine Programs Present: As our communities become more informed about recognizing and responding to human trauma, there’s growing interest in the impact of chronic stress and trauma on animal behavior. In this session, we’ll discuss Dr. Sheila Segurson’s presentation on practical ways you can prevent trauma and help animals to recover.

National Kitten Coalition Presents: Join us in a free presentation highlighting potential safety hazards and practical ways to keep your kittens safe this summer season!

VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary, 30-minute, YouTube LIVE VETgirl webinar, Dr. Justine Lee, DACVECC, DABT reviews emergency management of the acute kidney injury (AKI) leptospirosis patient.

Network for Good Presents: In this session, Christal Cherry and Renee Rubin Ross will share four questions that you can use to persuade your board members to invest meaningfully in diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The AAWA Presents: Tom Erb, nationally renowned recruiting expert, will provide you with practical, impactful takeaways that you can implement immediately for improved employee satisfaction and retention.

Maddie’s Fund Presents: In this session, you will learn how to assemble your own Long Stay Task Force, implement practical changes to your protocols and start making measurable progress towards your lifesaving goals.

PPG Presents (fee applies): This 1.5 hour webinar was designed for anyone who loves dogs! Whether you are a veterinarian, a veterinary technician, groomer, a dog parent or just a dog lover, this class will help you understand dog language better!

CalAnimals Presents: This presentation, generously sponsored by the National Animal Care & Control Association (NACA), will cover the basics of responding to wildlife emergencies, from taking calls to field response and final disposition.

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 […]

FDSA Presents (fee applies): This webinar will look at the ways that we can build leash skills in baby puppies – starting from the day you first bring them home and splitting the skills into baby brain sized bits – so that you can you can get off on the right foot and build good habits before bad ones get a leash pulling gets a chance to become habitual!

VIN/VSPN Presents (for VIN members): Randolph Baral, BVSc, MACVSc (feline), PhD, presents “So, Does it Mean Anything?: An Introduction to New Clinical Pathology Paradigms.”