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  • Online Event – 9/7/22 – Return to Home Challenge Huddle 1 – Maddie’s Fund

    Online Event – 9/7/22 – Return to Home Challenge Huddle 1 – Maddie’s Fund

    Please join us for 4 info-packed meetings with time for your questions. You need only register once and you’ll get a confirmation email with a single link you can use to log on each time.

    All huddles start at 12n Pacific. They will be 20-minute presentations followed by 30 minutes for Q+A.

    Wednesday, September 7
    All animals in the community have identification / Animals are returned in the field rather than at the shelter
    With Bobby Mann (Humane Rescue Alliance) and Adan Parra (El Paso Animal Services)

    Bobby Mann Chief Programs Officer at Humane Rescue Alliance and adan parra Research & Management Assistant at El Paso Animal Services will be presenting on the first two Return to Home practices .

    1. All animals in the community have identification

    1. All animals leave the shelter microchipped and registered to both the chip manufacturer and Found Animals Registry whether adopted or Returned to Home
    2. All animals are registered to Petco Love Lost
    3. All animals leave the shelter wearing an ID tag and collar
    4. All animals are given free or low-cost ID tags and collars when needed at the shelter or in the field
    5. Organization offers microchipping to the public in a variety of ways (microchipping during open hours, community chipping/registration events and clinics, “Check-a-Chip” Event, individual outreach via Pets for Life-type programs)

    2. Animals are returned in the field rather than at the shelter

    1. Microchips are scanned in the field and searches are run in field (by officer or through dispatch, etc.)
    2. Lost and found animals are posted on social media when staff receives call or finds animal
    3. Neighbors and community are engaged immediately to help find owner
    4. Ear-tipped cats are left in the field and not brought to the shelter (unless sick or injured) e. Signs are posted and door hangers are left for found animals​​

    Upcoming:

    Wednesday, September 14
    Return to Home polices and lost/found techniques are marketed to the community / Technology is used to help reunite pets and owners
    With Holly Reycraft (Castle of Dreams Animal Rescue Inc.), Aldwin Roman, CAWA (Charleston Animal Society) and Stefani Buzzard (Contra Costa County Animal Services)

    Wednesday, September 21
    Organization embraces a culture of Return to Home / Organization works with community to help facilitate Return to Homes
    With Dyanna Uchiek (Portsmouth Humane) and Sandra Solis (Best Friends for Life (cats))

    Wednesday, September 28
    Regulations and laws encourage Return to Home / Other
    With Glenda Davis (Animal Rez-Q, Inc.) and Mike Wheeler (Cabot Animal Support Services)

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://maddies.fund/RTHChallengeRegistration

  • Time’s on Your Side in a New Course from Maddie’s®️ Million Pet Challenge

    Time’s on Your Side in a New Course from Maddie’s®️ Million Pet Challenge

    If you’re seeing length of stay trending upward and adoptions slowing, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed and maybe lose sight of the many factors that we can control, which is why it’s so important to take stock of all the tools we have at our disposal to reduce bottlenecks and move animals as quickly as possible to positive outcomes. If you’re feeling challenged by the current climate, it’s the perfect time to check out Right Time, the newest Self-Paced Online Training module (SPOT mod) from the Maddie’s®️ Million Pet Challenge Learniverse.

    The Right Time has two dimensions, and you’ll learn how to work successfully within both: There’s the right time for an animal to come into the shelter (which could be immediately, at a scheduled time in the future, or, for animals who are best served where they are, maybe never), and then there are right times within the shelter, which include setting open hours and offering services by appointment, as well as managing animals in care through pathway planning, hold periods, and daily population management rounds, all components critical to keeping animals moving efficiently to appropriate outcomes.

    Subject matter experts from the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program will discuss strategies for streamlining tasks, reducing length of stay, capturing lost resources, and making the most of the resources you have, all while balancing community need, animal and human welfare and shelter capacity. You’ll learn about interventions you can make at your shelter to lead animals to the right outcome in the right time, and you’ll see how other animal shelters have successfully made changes to improve services in their communities.

    This short course has been approved for 2.0 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator (CAWA) continuing education credits by The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement (AAWA) and the National Animal Care and Control Association (NACA); it has also been approved for 2.0 units of RACE credit.

    Right Time is the second course in a self-paced series that will explore each of the Four Rights, an evolution of the Million Cat Challenge’s Five Key Initiatives and the foundation of Maddie’s® Million Pet Challenge. Within the Four Rights, every element works in concert to support one another: animals and people are treated as individuals, empowering shelter staff to make the best decisions for everyone; community safety net services are in place and flourishing; and humane care within the shelter is provided, with appropriate outcomes for the animals that do come in, allowing shelters to deliver the Right Care, in the Right Place, at the Right Time, to the Right Outcome.

    Whether we’re talking about the hours our shelter is open or the demands on our staff time, the system we build directly impacts the time an animal spends in our shelter. There’s no time like the present to make some improvements in your systems: Enroll today for free! #ThankstoMaddie, Right Time and other SPOT mods, along with cohort-style, coach-led Bootcamps, are available in the Learniverse at no cost.

    Do you have comments, questions, or ideas related to the Four Rights? Join the discussion on Maddie’s Pet Forum.

    Enroll now
  • Webinar – 8/22/22 – Developing and Sustaining a Strong Kitten Program – AWLA

    Webinar – 8/22/22 – Developing and Sustaining a Strong Kitten Program – AWLA

    We will discuss the development of the Kitten College at the Animal Welfare League of Arlington; lessons learned; tips to build and grow a specialized foster program. This presentation is geared towards shelter/rescue administrators and staff.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://fb.me/e/4BUmrsyg3

  • Webinar – 8/17/22 – Best Practice Webinar: Safety Net Toolkit – Pedigree Foundation

    Webinar – 8/17/22 – Best Practice Webinar: Safety Net Toolkit – Pedigree Foundation

    Join us Wednesday, August 17th for a PEDIGREE Foundation sponsored presentation led by Kristen Hassen, Director, American Pets Alive! and Human Animal Support Services. In this webinar, attendees will walk through the HASS Safety Net Toolkit and learn the basics of helping people keep their pets instead of taking them to shelters. The Safety Net Toolkit is aimed at all levels of shelter professionals to demonstrate easy, low-cost ways to keep human and animal families together. Please join us and receive a copy of the toolkit after the session!

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://bit.ly/PFwebinarAug17

  • Webinar – 9/1/22 – An overview of key aspects of the puppy education literature & possible implications for trainers – Dog iBox (fee applies)

    Webinar – 9/1/22 – An overview of key aspects of the puppy education literature & possible implications for trainers – Dog iBox (fee applies)

    Our aim as trainers and behaviourists is to support puppy education to minimize the risk of unwanted behaviour developing and maximize successful adaptation to a modern human environment. Over the past few decades the literature regarding puppy rearing and puppy education has grown. Although many questions are still to be answered, there is information available which can help inform our practice. This includes information which can support best practice in puppy classes as well as the advice we give owners and breeders regarding raising their puppies. This talk will examine some of the available literature from the perspective of what it might mean for what we do in practice.

    Presenter: Dr. Helen Zulch MRCVS

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.dog-ibox.com/en/market/catalog/live-webinars/an-overview-of-key-aspects-of-the-puppy-education-literature-possible-implications-for-trainers.html

  • Webinar – 9/14/22 – Is That Old Dog Frail? Perspectives from the Dog Aging Project – HSVMA

    Webinar – 9/14/22 – Is That Old Dog Frail? Perspectives from the Dog Aging Project – HSVMA

    The Dog Aging Project is an innovative and enormous initiative that brings together a community of dogs, owners, veterinarians, researchers, and volunteers to carry out the most ambitious canine health study in the world. It is a longitudinal study of aging in over 37,000 American dogs. Its work is centered on two fundamental goals:

    • understanding how genes, lifestyle, and environment influence aging; and
    • intervening to increase health span, the period of life spent free from disease.

    The presentation will allow practitioners the following objectives/ skills:

    • A general understanding of what the Dog Aging Project is and how it collects data
    • Understanding of what community science is
    • Being able to define “health span”
    • Understanding of factors that were reported to be the cause of death in this population of dogs
    • Understanding of what frailty is and what affects it
    • Being able to define cachexia and sarcopenia
    • Understanding of how you can get involved and support this project

    This webinar is FREE for all attendees.
    1.5 hours of RACE CE credits (medical) will be available for HSVMA members only (RACE approval pending).

    Presented by Dr. Genna Fishgold Atiee, DVM, DACVIM
    Genna Atiee is a boarded small animal internist currently practicing at Texas A&M University. She completed her rotating internship and internal medicine residency at North Carolina State University. Upon completion of her residency, she went into private practice and spent several years practicing in Texas and Arizona. After a few years in private practice, she went back to academia and completed a fellowship in interventional radiology at the University of Georgia. She enthusiastically went back to her alma mater, Texas A&M, to help start the interventional radiology service in addition to joining the internal medicine faculty. She has a strong interest in nephrology and urology, hematology, aging, and interventional radiology. She is also the clinical veterinary liaison for the Dog Aging Project.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://hsvma.memberclicks.net/webinar-is-that-old-dog-frail
     

  • Webinar – 8/11/22 – Hélène Lawler – Success with Sensitive Dogs – FDSA (fee applies)

    Webinar – 8/11/22 – Hélène Lawler – Success with Sensitive Dogs – FDSA (fee applies)

    Does your dog melt like ice cream on a hot day at the first sign of pressure? Does she shut down, quit, or otherwise avoid training despite how much fun you try to make things? Are you worried that you’ll never see the inside of a competition ring as a team, or even a training hall?

    Don’t despair! Sensitive dogs can seem tricky to work with, but they offer an incredible opportunity to grow and expand our understanding of working with dogs. In fact, sensitive dogs have become my favourite type of dogs to both live and work with! I have a house full of them.

    Join me in this exploration of how to build a strong and confident relationship to bring out the best in your sensitive dog.

    Note: This webinar is back by popular demand. Please check your webinar library before purchasing.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.fenzidogsportsacademy.com/index.php/self-study/webinars

  • VIN/NAVAS Rounds – 8/11/22 – Pain Scales in Small Animals: Options and How to Use Them – VIN/VSPN

    VIN/NAVAS Rounds – 8/11/22 – Pain Scales in Small Animals: Options and How to Use Them – VIN/VSPN

    Verónica Salazar, LV, MS, PhD, DACVAA, DECVAA, presents, “Pain Scales in Small Animals: Options and How to Use Them.”

    Invite your staff to attend via VSPN.
    Attend this session to earn 1 hour free CE credit.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.vin.com/doc/?id=11028155

  • Online Course – Starts 9/6/22 – Compassion Fatigue – VIN/VSPN (fee applies)

    Online Course – Starts 9/6/22 – Compassion Fatigue – VIN/VSPN (fee applies)

    Viktor Frankle said it so clearly; “That which is to give light must endure burning”. We have watched so many talented and devoted caregivers in our field give up and leave our field because of compassion fatigue and burnout. Our Compassion Fatigue prevention training is designed to help you recapture your sense of purpose, joy, and hope as an animal care professional. Our training will provide evidence-based professional resiliency skills to help you manage the stress and emotional demands of your work. This course is appropriate for veterinary care professionals at any stage of their career, working in all areas of our profession.\

    Presenter: Bree Montana, DVM, CCFP
    Course Open: September 6-October 21, 2022
    Real Time Sessions (RTS): Tuesdays, September 13, 20, 27, October 4, and 11, 2022; 9-10:30pm ET (USA) World Clock Converter
    Total CE Credit: 7.5
    RACE Category: 7.5 hours Non-Medical
    Tuition: $165 ($149 early bird special if enrolled by August 23, 2022)
    * Students currently enrolled in an AVMA accredited or CVMA approved Veterinary Technician Program may be eligible to receive a 50% discount off the regular rate for this course (upon verification of student status).
    Prices are listed in US dollars.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.vin.com/CE/STAF183-0922_VSPN.htm

  • Webinar – 8/10/22 – Self Preservation: Safety Precautions When Handling Live Animals in a Veterinary Setting – VETGirl (fee applies)

    Webinar – 8/10/22 – Self Preservation: Safety Precautions When Handling Live Animals in a Veterinary Setting – VETGirl (fee applies)

    Deadlifting dogs on the daily?

    In this 1-hour, VETgirl veterinary technician webinar, Philip J. Seibert, Jr., CVT reviews the most common injuries to veterinary professionals when handling animals for treatment. Tune in to learn ways to avoid injury while still getting the job done!

    Not a VETgirl ELITE member? Get your learning on with the #1 veterinary CE resource – clinically relevant, practical, and accessible 24/7 on your own time! Don’t miss out – click HERE to join now! All the webinars are recorded and can be viewed 24/7 after their release date for CE credit. If you’re watching the recording later on, don’t forget to take the CE quiz with it when you’re done to get your CE certificate!

    *Note: Viewing this webinar is for individual use only; VETgirl webinars are not designed nor meant to be viewed in a group setting due to RACE-CE audit purposes. Inappropriate sharing or viewing of the webinar may result in revoking of membership.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://vetgirlontherun.com/webinars/august-10-2022-osha-animal-handling/