Disasters can affect anyone. Preparing to care for your family, pets, fosters, and shelter animals during and after an emergency is vital before the disaster hits.

This session will offer participants a brief overview of emergency planning and response for animal shelters, rescue groups, and foster parents, with a focus on considerations for kittens. It will cover common emergencies to prepare for, information on creating an emergency plan for shelters and foster homes in advance of a crisis, and agencies and organizations that can help with the process. We will also touch on the concept of community animal response teams and how you can join or create a team within your community.

Our speaker is Joanna Fortin, Director of Community Programs for the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria in Alexandria, Virginia.

WEBSITE LINK:  https://kittencoalition.org/event/webinar-are-you-ready-for-catastrophe/

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. We’ll cover getting along with neighbors, preparations for trapping, trapping itself (including entire colonies at once), feeding, providing winter shelter, and more. Take advantage of the interactive format, extensive handouts, and video footage of actual projects. Attendees will receive a certificate of attendance and gain access to an ongoing Facebook group for networking with other TNR activists. Instructed by Susan Richmond, executive director, and Bryan Kortis, national programs director.

WEBSITE LINK:  https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2061792523453401613

The GoodPup Webinar Series focuses on dog behavior topics designed to help anyone who works at rescues and shelters.

The first webinar is on Dog Body Language. Anyone working with animals benefits from being able to identify and understand dog body language. This ensures proper communication and avoids stressful situations for all involved.

Come learn how dogs use their bodies to communicate in their daily interactions.

Presenter:

Kait Hembree VTS (Behavior), CVT, KPA CTP
Head of Training at GoodPup

Kait Hembree and her team designed the GoodPup Training Program using the latest scientific research and positive reinforcement training techniques. Kait’s career in Animal Behavior spans decades. She has extensive experience working with behavior modification both in and outside veterinary practices and animal shelters. She regularly consults as a dog behavior expert across the country.

WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/goodpup-webinar-dog-body-language-tickets-172021229127

As clinicians, we often see behavior issues in our patients. Sometimes clients come to us for advice, sometimes the client is not as aware of the issue as they should be. During this behavior webinar we will explore the process of diagnosing common behavior problems in dogs and cats and outline the steps needed when creating and implementing a behavior plan. We will discuss the difference between a primary behavioral problem and a training issue and which cases we should handle and which we should refer to a behaviorist.

Other topics Dr. Calder will discuss during this presentation include:

• The various behavioral tools available to facilitate management
• How to identify appropriate trainers and other certified professionals to aid in the treatment of behavior problems
• Behavioral euthanasia and how to develop a prognosis

We hope you’ll join us for this important welfare-focused webinar.

This webinar is approved for 1.5 hours of RACE CE credits for veterinarians and veterinary technicians (medical/interactive category). CE credits will be provided FREE to current HSVMA members ONLY. If you are not yet an HSVMA member or need to renew your membership, please visit the HSVMA website HERE.

WEBSITE:  https://www.hsvma.org/webinar_behaviorcases

The doorbell. Ugh. If anything can cause the most canine chaos with the least amount of effort, it’s the common doorbell or a knock at the door. That simple musical chime (or knock-knock) triggers barking, racing through the house, and crowding the entrance. Even when the sound just comes from the TV!

What follows is often the addition of human voices shouting over the noise in an unsuccessful attempt to quiet things down.

There’s a better way. No shouting, no diving for the mute button on the remote, no wading through barking, hopping dogs at the door.

In this webinar we’ll cover the top 3 approaches to curbing the chaotic response to doorbells or knocking, with the aim to restore peace and calm in your home, even when the UPS driver shows up.

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

Most of us know the overt signs of more extreme stress, but if you want to help your dog not get that stressed then you need to intervene early, and that means knowing it’s much more subtle signs! In this webinar we’ll go over signs of stress from the most overt to the most subtle, and consider strategies for lessening stress when it comes up from the environment and from your training choices.

Please 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

The end of the year is swiftly approaching. You know what that means — giving season is almost here! So we ask the question, is your social media year-end ready?