Week of Events
Online Certificate Program – Starting 1/9/23 – Animal Shelter Management Certificate Program – Community Program Development – Humane Network/UoP (fee applies)
Humane Network/UoP Presents (fee applies): This award-winning online certificate program provides practical information and valuable networking for current sheltering professionals, those looking to advance their career, or move into the field of animal sheltering. The program’s courses include leadership, shelter operations, community program development, animal health/clinic operations, and marketing/development.
Online Course – Starts 1/10/23 – Canine Social Behavior – IAABC (fee applies)
IAABC Presents (fee applies): This course will teach you about canine communication, play, greetings, conflict resolution behaviors, and puppy social development. Dig into the science of canine social behavior, with an emphasis on dog-to-dog social interactions.
Online Course – Starts 1/11/23 – Fundamentals of Ethology – IAABC (fee applies)
IAABC Presents (fee applies): True expertise requires going beyond instrumental and classical conditioning, and understanding everything possible about each individual animal and species we’re training. This course will forever change how you think about the animals we live and work with.
Online Course – Starts 1/11/23 – Canine Ethology Online Training Bundle – IAABC (fee applies)
IAABC Presents (fee applies): Introducing our new Canine Ethology Online Training Bundle! Combining Dr. Kristina Spaulding’s Fundamentals of Ethology and What Is a Dog? The Ethology of Our Best Friend courses, this package will provide an in-depth view of ethology and how it pertains to the canine species.
Online Course – Starts 1/11/23 – Shelter Dog Behavior Mentorship with Trish McMillan – Shelter Behavior Hub (fee applies)
Shelter Behavior Hub Presents (fee applies): This 13 week deep dive into all things shelter behavior will help you create evidence-based policy and procedures for your shelter behavior department. Weekly live mentorship meetings and a discussion community allows us all to help one another!
Webinar – 1/8/23 – First Impressions 101 – How Ritualized Introductions Can Turn a Scaredy Cat into a Social Butterfly – PPG (fee applies)
PPG Presents (fee applies): In a shelter setting, the more quickly cats approach potential adopters, the sooner they get adopted. At Friends For Life Animal Shelter, Melissa and colleagues have developed a simple, novel, and effective ritualized introduction method that trains undersocialized cats to display genuinely friendly and affectionate behavior towards new people.
Webinar – 1/8/23 – Acute Diarrhea: Should I Really Reach for Metronidazole? – VETGirl (fee applies)
VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): In this 1-hour, VETgirl small animal webinar, Dr. Adam Rudinsky, MS, DACVIM reviews canine acute diarrhea management. Once a patient is diagnosed, how are we going to treat it? Is prescribing metronidazole truly helping our patients? Are there more effective and beneficial treatments available? Tune in to get a clinical update on treatment of acute canine diarrhea.
Online Meeting – Mondays – Weekly Community Conversations #ThanksToMaddie – Maddie’s Fund
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Maddie’s Fund hosts a weekly 50-minute Zoom call for animal well-being professionals. These calls are a collaborative space to share exciting new programs and research, discuss uncomfortable topics, connect with peers in the industry, and more, all while sharing a common goal of preserving the human-animal bond.
Online Course – 1/10/23 or 1/25/23 – New Laws for 2023 – CVMA (fee applies)
CVMA Presents (fee applies to non-members): With several new laws taking effect in 2023, it is important for veterinary practices to have a clear view of the legal landscape to ensure continuing compliance. This talk will cover new and important laws that all employers and employees should be aware of moving forward.
Webinar – 1/10/23 – The Fear, Anxiety & Stress Scale Deconstructed – Fear Free
Fear Free Presents: In this webinar, Fear Free’s Education Manager Lori Chamberland will take a closer look at each level of the FAS scale to empower you to score pets with greater confidence. You’ll watch video examples of pets at each level of the scale and discuss why it’s important to address stress early, rather than waiting until FAS 3 or higher to intervene.
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 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 […]
Webinar – 1/12/23 – Hélène Lawler – Put Your Oxygen Mask On First: Living and Loving Dogs with Big Feelings – FDSA (fee applies)
FDSA Presents (fee applies): Join me in this webinar to learn my unique, step-by-step self-coaching process designed to help YOU help yourself feel peaceful, calm and confident so that you can reclaim the joy of training. Even if your dog’s big feelings about the world never change (although, quite often, when we feel better, so do they!)
Webinar – 1/12/23 – Honoring Our Seniors Healthspan: How to improve their vitality, quality of life, and longevity – FDSA (fee applies)
FDSA Presents: Chris Zink, DVM, has designed this webinar to provide you with dozens of easily applied tips and tricks to not just increase your senior dog’s lifespan, but their health span, so that your senior will live every one of their days healthy, active and enjoying life. What a gift to give your lifetime friend! Join us for this webinar that just might make a huge difference in your dogs’ lives.