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 Conference – 3/26/24 to 3/28/24 – My Dog Is My Home Conference 2024: Together We Thrive – My Dog Is My Home (fee applies)
My Dog Is My Home Presents (fee applies): This year's conference aims to create a virtual space where advocates, providers, policy makers, and people with lived experience can work hand in hand to redefine the landscape of care and transform pathways to housing for people and animals together.
Online Conference – 3/26/24 to 3/28/24 – My Dog Is My Home Conference 2024: Together We Thrive – My Dog Is My Home (fee applies)
My Dog Is My Home Presents (fee applies): This year's conference aims to create a virtual space where advocates, providers, policy makers, and people with lived experience can work hand in hand to redefine the landscape of care and transform pathways to housing for people and animals together.
Online Conference – 3/26/24 to 3/28/24 – My Dog Is My Home Conference 2024: Together We Thrive – My Dog Is My Home (fee applies)
My Dog Is My Home Presents (fee applies): This year's conference aims to create a virtual space where advocates, providers, policy makers, and people with lived experience can work hand in hand to redefine the landscape of care and transform pathways to housing for people and animals together.
Webinar – 3/25/24 – For Dog’s sake, can you stop that? Canine-Friendly Body Language Improvements for Humans – Dogs Playing for Life (fee applies)
Webinar – 3/25/24 – For Dog’s sake, can you stop that? Canine-Friendly Body Language Improvements for Humans – Dogs Playing for Life (fee applies)
Dogs Playing for Life Presents (fee applies): 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!
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 – 3/27/24 – Kitten 101: A Veterinarian’s Perspective – The National Kitten Coalition
Webinar – 3/27/24 – Kitten 101: A Veterinarian’s Perspective – The National Kitten Coalition
The National Kitten Coalition Presents: The accessibility to individuals willing to foster kittens is crucial to their survival, but fostering kittens, especially neonatal kittens, can seem daunting to community members or even seasoned fosters. This presentation will touch on many aspects of kitten care: recommended supplies, the importance of quarantine, determining kitten age and gender, neonatal kitten care, age-appropriate nutrition, and preventative care, as well as common medical ailments that may be encountered while fostering.
Webinar – 3/28/24 – The Power of Pets: How Pet-friendly Domestic Violence Shelters Aid Healing, Build Morale, and Support Fundraising – NACA/Justice Clearinghouse
Webinar – 3/28/24 – The Power of Pets: How Pet-friendly Domestic Violence Shelters Aid Healing, Build Morale, and Support Fundraising – NACA/Justice Clearinghouse
NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: Join this interactive discussion to learn how creating a pet housing program not only removes a significant barrier to service, but also provides tremendous support in the healing process for people in crisis. You don’t have to be an animal lover to see how including pets in programming can have a powerful effect on everyone involved – from pets, to pet parents, to staff.
Webinar – 3/28/24 – Rescue Organization Essentials: California Laws, Resources, and More! – CalAnimals
Webinar – 3/28/24 – Rescue Organization Essentials: California Laws, Resources, and More! – CalAnimals
CalAnimals Presents: CalAnimals deeply appreciates the incredibly important work of rescue organizations throughout California. As adoption partners to shelters statewide, your success matters. Please join us for this important webinar to learn about state laws that affect your work, get the scoop on what’s happening with respect to insurance for rescues, and explore ideas that will help us get more pets into loving homes.
Webinar – 3/28/24 – Marketing for Community Connection: Words Matter – HeArts Speak
Webinar – 3/28/24 – Marketing for Community Connection: Words Matter – HeArts Speak
HeARTs Speak Presents: This webinar looks at how our marketing efforts -- from our social media posts to our signage -- can welcome more community members to our mission through the words we choose and the consideration we give to our audience.
Online Event – Fourth Thursdays – Maddie’s Monthly Behavior Connection – Maddie’s Fund
Online Event – Fourth Thursdays – Maddie’s Monthly Behavior Connection – Maddie’s Fund
Maddie's Fund Presents: Join us on the fourth Thursday of every month as we talk about dog and cat behavior - supporting pets in our community and animal shelters. Each month, we hear from speakers about topics of interest to our group, such as behavior medications, modifying animal behavior, assessing and improving animal welfare, and how organizations successfully provide behavior support to dogs and cats.
Webinar – 3/28/24 – Shelter Behavior Roundtable: Changing How We Talk About Behavior Dogs and Cats – ASPCAPro
Webinar – 3/28/24 – Shelter Behavior Roundtable: Changing How We Talk About Behavior Dogs and Cats – ASPCAPro
ASPCAPro Presents: How we talk about the pets in our care matters. Whether counseling an adopter about the sassy cat they are interested in or talking with staff about the reactive behavior they observed in a new dog, the words we use will affect the pathway for that animal. Join our panel of experts as they dig into the issue of how we talk and think about some of our more challenging shelter animals. Panelists will share examples and tools with attendees that can be implemented quickly into daily operations.
Webinar – 3/28/24 – Exploring the HASS Playbook: Strategies for Supporting People and Pets – HASS
Webinar – 3/28/24 – Exploring the HASS Playbook: Strategies for Supporting People and Pets – HASS
HASS Presents: Heard about the HASS Playbook, but not sure how it can support your own community? Join Eliza Torres, Education and Implementation Manager, for an expert overview of the Playbook, the accompanying self-assessment tools, and how you can get started. Vincent Medley, Maddie’s® Director of Human Animal Support Services, will moderate.