Shelter Learniverse and Industry-Wide Calendar

The AVMA Presents (fee applies): Taking place July 14 – 18, AVMA Convention is the premier event for veterinary professionals. Step back from the day-to-day and rekindle your energy and passion for veterinary medicine. Experience over 600 hours of high-quality CE, highly rated special events, innovative solutions, and so much more. Everyone is welcome—it’s your convention!

Puppyworks Presents (fee applies): A groundbreaking webinar series on practical K9 misbehavior & aggression modification and management. Over the course of four engaging sessions, Trish King & Pat Miller will delve deep into theory, and equip you with practical solutions to achieve remarkable results for your clients & their dogs.

The AVMA Presents (fee applies): Taking place July 14 – 18, AVMA Convention is the premier event for veterinary professionals. Step back from the day-to-day and rekindle your energy and passion for veterinary medicine. Experience over 600 hours of high-quality CE, highly rated special events, innovative solutions, and so much more. Everyone is welcome—it’s your convention!

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 AVMA Presents (fee applies): Taking place July 14 – 18, AVMA Convention is the premier event for veterinary professionals. Step back from the day-to-day and rekindle your energy and passion for veterinary medicine. Experience over 600 hours of high-quality CE, highly rated special events, innovative solutions, and so much more. Everyone is welcome—it’s your convention!

The UW Shelter Medicine Program Presents: National Rounds is a platform for discussion of current topics relevant to shelter medicine for continued learning and collaboration.  While primarily intended or shelter veterinarians, others interested in shelter medicine are welcome to join; we believe everyone will take something away from these calls!

VETGirl Presents (fee applies for non-members): In this 1-hour, VETgirl small animal webinar, Dr. Marc Seitz, DACVR, DABVP reviews the radiographic features of gastric dilatation and volvulus (GDV), 360-degree GDV, colonic torsion, splenic torsion, and mesenteric torsion. Tune in to improve your radiographic confidence with abdominal torsions!

PPG Presents (fee applies): This webinar will look at why dogs engage in repetitive or stereotypical behaviours from a neurobiological perspective. Drawing on research from neuroscience, psychology, and neuroethology to develop a broad perspective on these types of behaviours.

PPG Presents (fee applies): This webinar will look at why dogs engage in repetitive or stereotypical behaviours from a neurobiological perspective. With this deepened understanding, Daniel will describe some practical applications of this knowledge to support dogs displaying these behaviours, and dive into some case studies from his practice.

CalAnimals Presents (fee applies): With overflowing kennels and longer lengths of stay, most shelters are seeing no shortage of behavioral challenges among dogs. The most concerning, of course, is aggression, and behavior expert Kelley Bollen will lead this session to take a deep dive into why dogs exhibit aggressive behavior, the different types of aggression we see in dogs, and what situations can trigger aggressive behavior.

Best Friends Presents: In this free webinar, participants will learn practical strategies everyone can implement to reduce work-related stress, build resilience, and increase job satisfaction by understanding compassion fatigue (definitions, symptoms, contributing factors), along with other common occupational stressors. This is a comprehensive introduction to the key healthy changes individuals and leadership can make in order to better support staff wellbeing, so they can thrive in the challenging work they do.   

NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Present: Please join us for this webinar, in which we will discuss the relationship between cats and wildlife, the value of trap-neuter-vaccinate-return (TNVR) programs, protecting community cats from wildlife, protecting wildlife from domestic cats, and tips for keeping cats happily indoors.

FDSA Presents (fee applies): Prey drive is an instinctive behavior that many dogs have been selectively bred for. It’s a fascinating subject that can also cause difficulties between dogs and humans. In fact, it’s often seen as a behavior problem that needs to be resolved. Join me for this exciting webinar where we’ll explore prey drive in depth.

ASPCA Cornell Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Presents (fee applies): This year marks the 20th anniversary of the conference and will kick off with a keynote address by Matt Bershadker, President & CEO of the ASPCA. The agenda features over 40 sessions, workshops, and roundtables for sheltering and veterinary professionals.