Shelter Learniverse and Industry-Wide Calendar

Community Cats Podcast Presents (fee applies): Each year, the worldwide CCP community joins together at this unique virtual event—no travel required! During three comprehensive days of cat-centric content, speakers from a wide variety of roles in animal welfare will give you their perspectives on the industry and valuable information that will help you or your organization create a more humane world for community cats.

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.

The AAWA Presents: Does your organization make staff development a Number 1 priority? Three leaders will discuss why professional development is a vital part of their organizational culture and strategy. Join this roundtable to learn why and how your organization should develop your staff’s skills and put them on a trajectory for success.

PPG Presents (fee applies): This presentation examines the concept of training as enrichment through three distinct ways training procedures could enrich: (1) training facilitates enrichment usage, (2) training modifies interactions, conspecific or otherwise, and (3) training expands behavioral repertoires.

VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): In this 1-hour, VETgirl veterinary technician webinar, Donna Sisak, CVT, LVT, VTS (Anesthesia/Analgesia) reviews the role the veterinary technician anesthetist plays in monitoring and managing a patient for a successful outcome. Tune in to learn tips to improve anesthetic patient care within your practice.

The AAWA Presents: Regardless of the intentions of the message sender, the impact of such actions are often deeply felt by the receiver, especially if they have been on the receiving end of exclusionary treatment many times before. This session will help you recognize some common microaggressions, understand the impact of such actions, and develop techniques to respond effectively when they occur.

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 […]

Learn how to train working dogs with positive reinforcement, deal with distractions, and the importance of training generalization on the next Live from The Ranch broadcast. Join Ken Ramirez, KPCT’s Chief Training Officer, Melissa Millett, an advanced trick trainer in film and TV, and Michele Pouliot, a pioneer in guide dog clicker training and Canine […]

HASS Presents: When people experience a crisis, it often leads to being separated from the pets they love. The Human Animal Support Services project is a collective of animal welfare organizations working to create a system to better support pets and their people. In this live webinar, HASS leaders will continue the discussion of human services, animal services, and, overall, the “H” in HASS.

PPG Presents (fee applies): Introducing The Control Unleashed (CU) Program, Deaf Dog Style: Deaf Dogs Unleashed! The CU program, developed by Leslie McDevitt, was designed to help dogs learn how to relax and focus in challenging environments, while simultaneously building confidence by giving the learner control through predictable patterns in an otherwise unpredictable environment.

Community Cats Podcast Presents (small fee applies): Are you ready to be part of the solution for feral and stray cats in your neighborhood? Our expert instructors will teach you best practices for Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) and colony management. Learn what TNR is and why it works.