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Webinar – 10/20/21 – Managing Eye Care in the Shelter Environment – The AAWA
Learn about eye injury treatment and disease management both in the shelter and in foster care. This presentation will discuss common eye diseases in the shelter environment, including causes of corneal ulceration, conjunctivitis, and eye loss. Attendees will gain an understanding of the challenges of providing proper eye care to shelter animals, including staff training, equipment, and costs. The presenters will discuss:
• Managing ophthalmologist referrals
• Deciding which animals to send to foster and when
• Monitoring eyes in foster care, including selecting fosters and training them
• Getting buy-in from your staff and board to support the staff time, equipment needs, and training related to eye careThey will review a special needs case, including how the shelter’s communication/fundraising staff raised community funds and awareness to treat an animal in need of eye care.
This presentation is geared towards shelter medical personnel including veterinarians, technicians, as well as shelter and foster leadership.
Presenters from Charleston Animal Society, SC:
Lucy Fuller, DVM, Chief Veterinary Officer
Jodi Osborne, Foster & Rescue CoordinatorThis session is part of the Shelter Medicine series, a collaboration between the Association of Shelter Veterinarians and The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement.
This live and recorded program is pending approval for:
- 1 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credit
- 1 hour of continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize RACE
WEBSITE LINK: https://learning.theaawa.org/p/sheltermed-10-20-21
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Online Conference – 11/4/21 to 11/5/21 – Canadian Violence Link Conference – Humane Canada (fee applies)
Animal abuse often occurs before or alongside the abuse of people. This is known as the Violence Link. In a social system that is over taxed and underfunded, the sector marginalizes animal welfare even though evidence shows there is greater benefit in acting holistically, thereby providing better support for victims and reducing the vulnerability of animals and people.
The Canadian Violence Link Conference is an innovative, ground-breaking event that examines the link between interpersonal abuse and animal abuse, looking at the vulnerabilities in both populations and how they intersect. This biennial conference brings together criminal justice system stakeholders that work to prevent and address violence against people or animals for cross-sectoral training on how to collaborate and stop the cycle of violence.
What to Expect
The National Violence Link Conference is an opportunity for stakeholders whose work intersects the Violence Link to gather, learn and network. You will have the opportunity to deepen your understanding of the Violence Link and learn about the latest trends and intervention strategies designed to end the cycle of violence. This two-day conference will feature interactive, engaging sessions where you can network with professionals in your region, learn how to break down silos and build important relationships that will assist you in your day to day work.
Learning and Networking Opportunities
- Skills to examine the correlation between human vulnerability and animal vulnerability
- An understanding of the root causes of animal abuse and its connection to interpersonal and societal violence
- An ability to identify the indicators of interpersonal violence and the steps to responding
- An ability to identify the indicators of animal abuse and the steps to investigation and prosecution of these crimes
- The opportunity to create new networks and relationship that will enhance your work toward ending violence
- The opportunity to explore community-level partnerships and collaborations
WEBSITE LINK: https://humanecanada.swoogo.com/cjsr/1253225
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Online Event – 9/14/21 – YouTube LIVE: Lepto Cliff Notes – Screen, Test and Treat Leptospirosis Better in Small Animal Practice – VETGirl
About to see an azotemic, icteric, ADR, 10-pound Yorkie?
Here’s what you need to know! Join us for a complimentary, 30-minute VETgirl–Merck Animal Health YouTube LIVE event, where Dr. Natalie Marks reviews all you need to know about canine leptospirosis! Tune in to learn what breeds get it, what lab abnormalities are “classic” for it and which ones we might miss, and how to rapidly recognize and treat leptospirosis! Learn all things lepto over lunch!
NOTE: To attend this YouTube LIVE session, there is no “registration.” To attend, simply go to our YouTube Page at the time of the event where the webinar will be hosted, LIVE! NOTE: 7 days prior to the event the specific link for the event will replace the YouTube link above.
Thanks to sponsorship from Merck Animal Health, this YouTube LIVE event is free to all! Get free RACE-approved CE when you watch it LIVE!
WEBSITE LINK: https://vetgirlontherun.com/webinars/september-14-2021-youtube-live-lepto-cliff-notes-screen-test-and-treat-leptospirosis-better-in-small-animal-practice/
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Webinar – 9/21/21 – Resource Guarding in Dogs: A Fear Free Approach – Fear Free
Resource guarding is a common problem in dogs with a wide variety of behavioral presentations. The condition is sometimes referred to as possessive aggression, and it poses a serious risk of injury when aggression is directed toward humans or other animals. Resource guarding can negatively affect the human-animal bond and the dog’s social relationship with other animals. In this webinar, Kenneth Martin, DVM, DACVB, will discuss prevention, establishing a diagnosis, and treatment recommendations.
Attendees will learn:
– How to provide dog owners with general recommendations for the prevention of resource guarding in dogs
– Specific training exercises helpful for preventing and treating resource guarding in dogs
– Behavior modification techniques and medications that can be helpful in treating possessive aggressionPresenter Dr. Kenneth Martin is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists and a licensed practicing veterinarian in the state of Texas. He has been treating animal behavior disorders and training problems for over 20 years. Dr. Martin is a Fear Free Certified Elite Professional and a subject matter expert for Fear Free.
Brought to you by our friends at Blue Buffalo.
WEBSITE LINK: https://fearfreepets.com/resources/webinars/
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Webinar – 8/26/21 – Managing Chronic Pain in Cats Following P3 Amputation – Fear Free
Cats’ paws and toes play a critical role in their lives. Sometimes, however, we see cats in our practices who have had their P3s amputated. These cats, no matter how carefully their surgeries were performed, are subjected to the same nervous system aberrations that occur in humans post-amputation, which can result in chronic maladaptive, neuropathic pain in up to 80% of patients.
In this session, Robin Downing, DVM, MS, DAAPM, DACVSMR, CVPP, CCRP, will explore ways to “unwind” the peripheral and central sensitization that occurs in the wake of P3 amputation, both in the feet, and downstream from altered biomechanics.
WEBSITE LINK: https://fearfreepets.com/resources/webinars/
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Webinar – 8/17/21 – Beyond Fences and Fences For Fido: Unchaining Dogs by Providing Support Services – HSUS
Join HSUS’ Amanda Arrington (Director, Pets for Life) and Kelly Peterson (Oregon state director) to learn about their experiences co-founding Beyond Fences and Fences For Fido, respectively. You’ll learn about how these organizations have worked with families and provided alternatives to tethering for thousands of dogs in North Carolina and Oregon through fencing, veterinary care, and pet supplies at zero cost to the people and families with pets that are kept outside.
This webinar will be at 1:00 pm ET, 12:00 p.m. CT.
WEBSITE LINK: https://humanepro.org/trainings/beyond-fences-and-fences-fido-unchaining-dogs-providing-support-services
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New Edition of Infectious Disease Management in Animal Shelters Available in Paperback
Here’s a new release to add to your summer-and-beyond reading list: the revised second edition of Infectious Disease Management in Animal Shelters is now out in paperback, and it’s an essential resource for every shelter. Editors Dr. Lila Miller, former ASPCA Vice President of Shelter Medicine; Dr. Stephanie Janeczko, ASPCA Vice President of Shelter Medicine; and Dr. Kate Hurley, UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program Director, have updated and expanded the first edition, published in 2009, to reflect advances in shelter medicine and best practices in preventing, managing and treating infectious diseases affecting cats, dogs and exotic small companion mammals in shelters.
In the new edition, shelter veterinarians, managers and staff will find everything they need to help maintain animal health and wellbeing and improve outcomes:
- Guidelines for general management and disease prevention and control in cats and dogs
- Shelter medicine’s core principles of humane population management in the context of supporting shelters’ goals for preserving welfare, saving lives and protecting human health
- A new chapter on exotic companion mammals
- Practical strategies that draw on the latest research and evidence-based medicine and the authors’ personal experience in the field
Though sheltering models have changed over the last twelve years, the focus on individual animal care and herd health is as foundational as ever. Successful disease management not only lowers euthanasia rates but also bolsters the very community-centered sheltering approach we are working toward. As Drs. Miller and Hurley note in their introduction, “the improved public confidence that a healthy population tends to generate can lead to greater support of the shelter, higher adoption rates, and an increased capacity to invest in programs to decrease shelter admission and keep pets healthy and safe with their families.”
Infectious Disease Management in Animal Shelters, 2nd edition, is available to order online. Read the full introduction below.
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Webinar – 8/10/21 – Struggle and Triumph in this Moment of Animal Welfare: An Inside Look from Pilot Shelter Directors – HASS
The last year and a half has been one for the history books. In this moment of animal welfare, as intake numbers soar, people and pets are being evicted, and COVID is coming in another wave, there is struggle but there is also triumph. Join HASS Pilot Shelter Directors and members of the Managing Executive Committee, Chris Fitzgerald, Director of Rochester Animal Services, and Rebecca Guinn, CEO of LifeLine Animal Project, in a live webinar to discuss their wins and their losses. This webinar will be moderated by Maddie’s® American Pets Alive! Director, Kristen Hassen.
WEBSITE LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3316280110728/WN_-NhItPuDR7OmADRKVp8coA
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Webinar – 8/26/21 – Service Animals: What Shelter Staff & ACOs Need to Know – CalAnimals
Attorney Shelby Clark will review what’s happening with federal laws, our state regulations, touch on local ordinances and share information about court decisions. This is an important topic and as animal welfare professionals working in shelters or in the field, the public expects us to have answers. Don’t miss out!
WEBSITE LINK: https://www.calanimals.org/on