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
Online Course – Starts 5/1/23 – Feline Behavior Solutions: Teaching Foundation Behaviors for Modifying Behavior – IAABC (fee applies)
IAABC Presents (fee applies): Modification of any problematic or unwanted behavior requires mechanical skill, knowledge of species-specific behavior, and experience with a variety of strategies and techniques. This course will provide opportunities for anyone who works with cats to gain all of that, and more.
Online Course – Starts 5/3/23 – Animal Behavior Consulting: Principles & Practice – IAABC (fee applies)
IAABC Presents (fee applies): The IAABC Animal Behavior Consulting Principles & Practice Course is a unique twelve-week, a multi-module course providing a comprehensive overview of the many facets of animal behavior consulting for all species. The course is appropriate for experienced behavior consultants and practitioners as well as those newer to the field with a strong interest in animal behavior.
Webinar Series – 4/6/23 and 5/5/23 – Take Charge to Make Change: Policy Advocacy for Network Partners – Best Friends
Best Friends Presents: In this new webinar series, the Best Friends advocacy team sits down to discuss topics around policy, advocacy, and grassroots efforts for animal welfare organizations. The series aims to provide information to help you save lives in your everyday work. Topics covered include working with elected officials, lobbying, fundraising, data, coalitions, strategic plans, and more.
Online Meeting – Mondays – Weekly Community Conversations #ThanksToMaddie – Maddie’s Fund
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.
Webinar – 5/1/23 – YouTube LIVE: Expanding our Minds with Lyme – VETGirl
Webinar – 5/1/23 – YouTube LIVE: Expanding our Minds with Lyme – VETGirl
VETGirl Presents: In this complimentary, 30-minute VETgirl – Merck Animal Health YouTube LIVE event, Dr. Kathryn Duncan, DVM, PhD, DACVM (Parasitology) reviews canine Lyme disease as it relates to the tick vector, clinical signs, and available diagnostics. Tune in for case discussions to learn about the latest recommendations on treatment and prevention!
Conference – 5/2/23 to 5/4/23 – Humane Canada’s Summit for Animals – Humane Canada (fee applies)
Conference – 5/2/23 to 5/4/23 – Humane Canada’s Summit for Animals – Humane Canada (fee applies)
Humane Canada Presents (fee applies): Humane Canada is hosting the 10th anniversary of the largest animal welfare event in Canada. This annual event brings together animal welfare professionals, advocates and volunteers to learn cutting-edge information from thought leaders in the sector, while building long-lasting professional connections that will help advance attendees’ advocacy efforts in benefit of animals and their welfare.
Zoom Meeting – 3/28/23 to 5/16/23 – Summit Fast Track: How to Make Your Shelter Software Help You Work Smarter, Not Harder – Maddie’s Million Pet Challenge
Zoom Meeting – 3/28/23 to 5/16/23 – Summit Fast Track: How to Make Your Shelter Software Help You Work Smarter, Not Harder – Maddie’s Million Pet Challenge
Maddie's Million Pet Challenge Presents: Is what your shelter software has to say getting lost in translation? Start transforming numbers and patterns in your intake and outcome reports into concrete benefits for animals and staff. Discover how to increase live release and lower length of stay based on information you already have at your fingertips.
Webinar – 5/2/23 – Survey Results: Access to Vet Care in California Shelters – CalAnimals
Webinar – 5/2/23 – Survey Results: Access to Vet Care in California Shelters – CalAnimals
CalAnimals Presents: An important statewide survey was conducted in the fall of 2022 to help assess and quantify the veterinary shortage in California shelters and the impact it is having on our operations. Spoiler alert: The impact is significant and is affecting hundreds of thousands of shelter pets! Join us for a review of the data and a discussion about possible solutions. Where do we go from here?
Online Event – 5/2/23 – Your PPG Shelter & Rescue Divisional Meetup – SFACC FETCH: Helping Long-term Shelter Dogs Thrive via Consistency and Enrichment – PPG
Online Event – 5/2/23 – Your PPG Shelter & Rescue Divisional Meetup – SFACC FETCH: Helping Long-term Shelter Dogs Thrive via Consistency and Enrichment – PPG
PPG Presents: A casual presentation with live group chat and Q&A. Informal, Fun & Educational Just For PPG Members
Conference – 5/2/23 to 5/4/23 – Humane Canada’s Summit for Animals – Humane Canada (fee applies)
Conference – 5/2/23 to 5/4/23 – Humane Canada’s Summit for Animals – Humane Canada (fee applies)
Humane Canada Presents (fee applies): Humane Canada is hosting the 10th anniversary of the largest animal welfare event in Canada. This annual event brings together animal welfare professionals, advocates and volunteers to learn cutting-edge information from thought leaders in the sector, while building long-lasting professional connections that will help advance attendees’ advocacy efforts in benefit of animals and their welfare.
Zoom Meeting – 3/29/23 to 5/17/23 – Summit Fast Track: Proven Barrier-Busting Strategies That Send Animals Home – Maddie’s Million Pet Challenge
Zoom Meeting – 3/29/23 to 5/17/23 – Summit Fast Track: Proven Barrier-Busting Strategies That Send Animals Home – Maddie’s Million Pet Challenge
Maddie's Million Pet Challenge Presents: Uncover hidden and not-so-hidden roadblocks that are keeping animals in the shelter, contributing to shelter team overwhelm and fatigue, and tying up precious resources. Discover how to clear the way to ensure more pets are reunited with their families or placed in new homes. Tap into opportunities to increase live outcomes and build relationships with potential partners, volunteers, fosters, and adopters in your community.
Zoom Meeting – 3/29/23 to 5/17/23 – Summit Fast Track: Feeling Overwhelmed with Making Outcome Decisions? We can help! – Maddie’s Million Pet Challenge
Zoom Meeting – 3/29/23 to 5/17/23 – Summit Fast Track: Feeling Overwhelmed with Making Outcome Decisions? We can help! – Maddie’s Million Pet Challenge
Maddie's Million Pet Challenge Presents: Shelter teams are faced daily with high-stakes outcome decisions made harder by an increasingly complex and strained system. We’ll discuss some of the issues at play and help you to develop tools to remove bottlenecks to outcomes and overcome the toughest decision-making dilemmas, from adoption to euthanasia, with transparency and compassion.
Webinar – 5/3/23 – Listening Skills for Leaders – The AAWA
Webinar – 5/3/23 – Listening Skills for Leaders – The AAWA
The AAWA Presents: One of the most important skills for any leader is the ability to listen. However, many of us need to learn how to listen effectively. We usually prepare our response rather than trying to process and understand the other person's message. This webinar will explore the power of listening and identify practices to help you listen at a deeper level to gain a better understanding and build trust with your employees.
Webinar – 5/3/23 – Fluid Therapy – VETGirl (fee applies)
Webinar – 5/3/23 – Fluid Therapy – VETGirl (fee applies)
VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): In this 1.5-hour, VETgirl small animal webinar, Dr. Garret Pachtinger, DACVECC, will review updates in small animal fluid therapy while taking a case-based, clinical approach to understanding the principles of fluid therapy. We will discuss the importance of judicious crystalloid fluid therapy, controversies around colloid therapy, and the importance of blood products.
Hybrid Conference – 5/4/23 to 5/7/23 – IAABC Foundation Animal Behavior Conference – IAABC (fee applies)
Hybrid Conference – 5/4/23 to 5/7/23 – IAABC Foundation Animal Behavior Conference – IAABC (fee applies)
IAABC Presents (fee applies): Are you interested in animal behavior and training? If so, you won't want to miss the IAABC Foundation Conference 2023 coming to Houston and via livestream May 4-7th. The IAABC Foundation, sister organization to the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (the IAABC), will be hosting its annual conference at the The Royal Sonesta Houston Galleria, and you're invited to join us for four days of learning, networking, and fun.
Conference – 5/2/23 to 5/4/23 – Humane Canada’s Summit for Animals – Humane Canada (fee applies)
Conference – 5/2/23 to 5/4/23 – Humane Canada’s Summit for Animals – Humane Canada (fee applies)
Humane Canada Presents (fee applies): Humane Canada is hosting the 10th anniversary of the largest animal welfare event in Canada. This annual event brings together animal welfare professionals, advocates and volunteers to learn cutting-edge information from thought leaders in the sector, while building long-lasting professional connections that will help advance attendees’ advocacy efforts in benefit of animals and their welfare.
Zoom Meeting – 3/30/23 to 5/18/23 – Summit Fast Track: Are You Staying Within Your Capacity for Care? – Maddie’s Million Pet Challenge
Zoom Meeting – 3/30/23 to 5/18/23 – Summit Fast Track: Are You Staying Within Your Capacity for Care? – Maddie’s Million Pet Challenge
Maddie's Million Pet Challenge Presents: Capacity for Care (C4C) is such a wonderful place to be, yet it can feel so out of reach. What is your shelter’s capacity for care, what is it based on, and are you staying within it? Even just understanding what C4C is can feel overwhelming, much less getting there. Need a refresher or don’t know where to start? Answer — right here!
Webinar – 5/4/23 – Social Media Marketing Strategies for Animal Shelters – CalAnimals
Webinar – 5/4/23 – Social Media Marketing Strategies for Animal Shelters – CalAnimals
CalAnimals Presents: This live presentation is designed specifically for animal shelter representatives who want to learn more about the basics of social media marketing and how to build out a social media marketing strategy. Posting compelling content to social networking platforms can be utilized to increase online reputation, receive community support to increase staff morale, while increasing visibility to possibly decrease the animal length of stay/increasing adoptions and so much more!
Zoom Meeting – 3/30/23 to 5/18/23 – Summit Fast Track – Coordinated Care: Ensuring Animals & People Get the Right Care in Right Place – Maddie’s Million Pet Challenge
Zoom Meeting – 3/30/23 to 5/18/23 – Summit Fast Track – Coordinated Care: Ensuring Animals & People Get the Right Care in Right Place – Maddie’s Million Pet Challenge
Maddie's Million Pet Challenge Presents: Learn progressive and collaborative ways of respecting all of the members of your community, especially those who come to us for supportive services. We’ll focus on ways to help pets stay in their current homes when possible and effectively reserve shelter intake for animals who really need to be in our care. We’ll discuss not only how these techniques can reduce shelter intakes, but also how this approach will set everyone up for success, including families, animals, and shelter team members.
Online Event – 5/4/23 – Live from the Ranch with Amber Quann – Karen Pryor Academy
Online Event – 5/4/23 – Live from the Ranch with Amber Quann – Karen Pryor Academy
Karen Pryor Academy Presents: Do you dream of dining out with your canine companion? Tune into the next episode of Live from The Ranch to learn about brewery and cafe manners for you and your dog with guest Amber Quann and Ken Ramirez, KPCT’s Chief Training Officer. Enjoy this free virtual event with real-time training demos, audience Q&A, and more!
Webinar – 5/4/23 – Guardians of their Galaxy: Addressing Resource Guarding in Dogs – FDSA (fee applies)
Webinar – 5/4/23 – Guardians of their Galaxy: Addressing Resource Guarding in Dogs – FDSA (fee applies)
FDSA Presents (fee applies): Resource guarding is a common issue. It can lead to aggression and other undesirable behaviours that can put human and other animal family members at risk. During this webinar, we’ll explore effective management and training techniques to address resource guarding.
Webinar Series – 5/6/23, 5/20/23, and 6/3/23 – The Art of Raising a Happy, Healthy Kitten – National Kitten Coalition
Webinar Series – 5/6/23, 5/20/23, and 6/3/23 – The Art of Raising a Happy, Healthy Kitten – National Kitten Coalition
The National Kitten Coalition Presents: The National Kitten Coalition and the EveryCat Health Foundation are hosting a three-part Webinar Series. If you are planning to or have recently added a new kitten to your family, or are looking for information to share with new kitten families in your community, this series will provide crucial information for raising a kitten into a happy, healthy cat.
Online Course – 5/6/23 – Neighborhood Cats TNR Certification Workshop – Community Cats Podcast (small fee applies)
Online Course – 5/6/23 – Neighborhood Cats TNR Certification Workshop – Community Cats Podcast (small fee applies)
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.