7 events found.
Week of Events
Online Course – Starts 1/8/24 – Cat Lifesaving Course – Best Friends and Southern Utah University (fee applies)
Best Friends and Southern Utah University Present (fee applies): During this seven-week, university-endorsed, online course, you’ll learn from experts in the field and explore proven ways to save the lives of cats in animal shelters through adoption, community cat programming, foster programs, strategic intake, shelter medicine, and much more.
$233
Online Course – Starts 1/8/24 – Principles of Contemporary Animal Services Certificate Course – Best Friends and Southern Utah University (fee applies)
Best Friends and Southern Utah University Present (fee applies): The Principles of Contemporary Animal Services certificate course is a great way to develop an understanding of the animal services profession by learning about the field’s history, current state, and future possibilities.
$399 – $699
Online Course – Starts 1/10/24 – 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!
$446.96 – $595
Sunday, January 7, 2024
No events on this day.
Monday, January 8, 2024
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January 8, 2024 –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.
Free
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
No events on this day.
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
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January 10, 2024 –Webinar – 1/10/24 – Trans* Inclusive Workplaces – The AAWA
Webinar – 1/10/24 – Trans* Inclusive Workplaces – The AAWA
The AAWA Presents: How can we ensure inclusion, safety, and belonging for transgender* people in our organizations? Webinar attendees will unpack the importance of DEI work concerning transgender, non-binary, and gender-fluid people in the animal sheltering and well-being movement, and how this work is inherently anti-racist and anti-oppressive.
Free
Thursday, January 11, 2024
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January 11, 2024 –Webinar – 1/11/24 – For Dog’s Sake, Can You Stop That? Canine-Friendly Body Language Improvements for Humans – Dogs Playing for Life
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January 11, 2024 –Webinar – 1/11/24 – Bringing the Past, Present and Future into Focus for Kittens – National Kitten Coalition
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January 11, 2024 –Webinar – 1/11/24 – Maddie’s Insights: Foster Care and the Human-Animal Bond – Maddie’s Fund
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January 11, 2024 –Webinar – 1/11/24 – Sheltering Beyond Shelters: Housing Justice Advocacy and its Role in Animal Welfare – HASS
Webinar – 1/11/24 – For Dog’s Sake, Can You Stop That? Canine-Friendly Body Language Improvements for Humans – Dogs Playing for Life
Dogs Playing for Life Presents: In this session, we will focus on the HUMAN handling that contributes to unwanted behavior, even “aggression”. Get ready to rethink your approach as we reveal the common and widely accepted and taught handling errors that set dogs up for failure. Through extensive video examples, we will demonstrate alternative handling techniques that help dogs to trust and thrive!
Free
Webinar – 1/11/24 – Bringing the Past, Present and Future into Focus for Kittens – National Kitten Coalition
The National Kitten Coalition Presents: This session will provide the inspiration for attendees to continue in their life-saving efforts. Attendees will gain insights into past and present situations for kittens’ survival and will also acquire useful, proven information on new, upcoming programs and protocols being implemented around the country that are saving more kittens than ever.
Free
Webinar – 1/11/24 – Maddie’s Insights: Foster Care and the Human-Animal Bond – Maddie’s Fund
Maddie’s® Fund Presents: This presentation will explore these questions and more: What is the nature of attachment (human-animal bond) between volunteers and their foster animals? What coping and resilience strategies appear to reduce the stress of providing foster care? How can animal shelters help foster volunteers cope with the stress inherent to fostering?
Free
Webinar – 1/11/24 – Sheltering Beyond Shelters: Housing Justice Advocacy and its Role in Animal Welfare – HASS
HASS Presents: Housing is a necessity that impacts all families in the United States, and believe it or not – it also profoundly affects animal shelters. Join us for a webinar on the state of housing and the history of housing justice advocacy efforts in the U.S. (and why animal welfare advocates should care).
Free
Friday, January 12, 2024
No events on this day.
Saturday, January 13, 2024
No events on this day.