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  • Webinar – 12/8/20 and 1/24/21 – Playgroups Part 2: The What – Dogs Playing for Life

    Webinar – 12/8/20 and 1/24/21 – Playgroups Part 2: The What – Dogs Playing for Life

    PLAYGROUPS PART 2: THE WHAT

    EARN 1.5 CAWA & IAABC CEU CREDITS

    With COVID-19 continuing to be a factor in our daily lives, we understand how challenging it’s been to get back to normal. But that doesn’t mean we should stand still and wait. Dogs Playing for Life is moving forward at full speed to continue to improve enrichment for shelter dogs across the nation.

    That’s why we’ve unveiled our 3-part Every Dog, Every Day! Webinar Series absolutely free of charge, thanks to the generosity of the Petco Foundation and the ASPCA. When you sign up, you’ll get access to three, 1.5-hour webinars with our Chief Program Officer, Mike Kaviani!

    Plus, each webinar course (three total) has been pre-approved for 1.5 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator (CAWA) continuing education unit (CEU) credits by The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement (AAWA), as well as 1.5 CEUs by the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC) AND 1.5 CEUs by the International Association of Canine Professionals (IACP). Please send us a request for CEU certification upon course completion!

    Part 1 attendees will be sent the signup links to parts 2 & 3 upon completing the first webinar. View the full webinar schedule below, but be sure to sign up for the first one!

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://dogsplayingforlife.com/webinars/

  • Online Event – 12/3/20 – Ken Ramirez and Lili Chin on Doggie Language Translation – Karen Pryor Academy

    Online Event – 12/3/20 – Ken Ramirez and Lili Chin on Doggie Language Translation – Karen Pryor Academy

      LIVE FROM THE RANCH

    This week, Ken Ramirez, KPCT’s Chief Training Officer, will be joined by artist Lili Chin to talk about doggie language translation. Then, participants will get an inside look at how Ken structures and conducts an initial training session for clients and dogs who are brand new to training!

    Join the Free Virtual Social Event!

    Thursday, December 3 • 12:00 pm (PT)
    Join on Zoom Password: 127704
    Prefer to save the link for later? https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86189083976? | Password: 127704
  • CASCAR Zoom Call for California Shelters – 12/3/20 – The Four Rights – CASCAR – UC Davis KSMP

    CASCAR Zoom Call for California Shelters – 12/3/20 – The Four Rights – CASCAR – UC Davis KSMP

    Join us for this week’s CASCAR discussion around the idea of empowering all shelters to provide animals in need within their communities with the Four Rights: the Right Care, in the Right Place, at the Right Time, to the Right Outcome. Just an idea we’re trying on for size. Find out more Thursday at 9:30 a.m.!

    To Join the Zoom Meeting

    https://sheltermedicine.zoom.us/j/900364297?pwd=WndTUnlidXhqaStMSjNZdlJDVDg0QT09 <https://sheltermedicine.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a75971c5c2718a53106f9e6ea&id=b124ae0ef7&e=268f362992>

    Meeting ID: 900 364 297

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    Find your local number: https://sheltermedicine.zoom.us/u/acRTFiO9ex <https://sheltermedicine.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a75971c5c2718a53106f9e6ea&id=4c60d2305a&e=268f362992>

     

  • Online Certificate Program – Starting 1/25/21 – Animal Shelter Management Certificate Program – Animal Health and Clinic Operations – Humane Network/UOP (fee applies)

    Online Certificate Program – Starting 1/25/21 – Animal Shelter Management Certificate Program – Animal Health and Clinic Operations – Humane Network/UOP (fee applies)

    University of the Pacific Animal Shelter Management Certificate Program

    This award-winning online certificate program provides practical information and valuable networking for current sheltering professionals, those looking to advance their career, or move into the field of animal sheltering.

    ​The program’s courses include leadership, shelter operations, community program development, animal health/clinic operations, and marketing/development. 

    Next session starting January 25, 2021 – Animal Health and Clinic Operations

    Program Content

    The five courses are:

    • Leadership covering strategic planning, analyzing operations, decision-making, managing people and processes to achieve results, organizational responsibilities, and working with a board of directors.
    • Shelter Operations covering adoptions, animal care, and sheltering fundamentals, animal behavior and enrichment, and customer service.
    • Community Program Development covering volunteers, foster care, spay/neuter, pet retention, events, and community relations.
    • Animal Health and Clinic Operations covering understanding shelter medicine, basic animal health considerations and care, euthanasia decisions, and clinic operations.
    • Marketing and Development covering development fundamentals, fundraising strategies, marketing fundamentals, adoption promotion, social media and websites, and media relations.

    Each of these courses includes live video conference sessions with top experts in the field providing students valuable contacts within the field. Additionally, alumni have access to exclusive networking opportunities and receive notification of employment opportunities.

    Who will benefit from the program?
    • Professionals seeking a career change to something more personally fulfilling.
    • New shelter directors.
    • Shelter directors or managers wishing to improve their organization’s live release rate and sustainability.
    • People working in the animal welfare field who wish to advance into management roles.
    • Board members of animal shelters.
    Credit for program/courses

    Upon completion of all five courses, you will receive a Certificate in Animal Shelter Management from the University of the Pacific.

    Each course earns:

    • Continuing Education Units (CEUs) from the University of the Pacific
    • Association of Animal Welfare Advancement CAWA Continuing Education (CE) credits
    Schedule and Registration
    Each of the five online courses are six weeks long and are offered sequentially. The entire program is approximately seven months long and a new round starts again after a short break. More information on start dates of each course and how to register can be found on the University of the Pacific website.

     

    1. Leadership Training

    • Strategic Planning for Impact
    • Analyzing Operations and Decision Making
    • Managing People & Processes to Achieve Results
    • Organizational Responsibilities, Structure, and Board of Directors

    Date: 9/14/20 – 10/25/20
    Instructor: Bonney Brown
    Course Code: UNSM 005 51 (6 CEUs)

    2. Shelter Operations

    • Adoptions
    • Animal Care Fundamentals
    • Enrichment
    • Animal Behavior
    • Customer Service

    Date: 10/26/20 – 12/6/20
    Instructor: Denise Stevens
    Course Code: UNSM 010 51 (6 CEUs)

    3. Community Program Development

    • Community Relations
    • Volunteers
    • Foster Care
    • Spay/Neuter
    • Help Desk
    • Events

    Date: 12/7/20 – 1/24/21
    Instructor: Diane Blankenburg
    Course Code: UNSM 015 51 (6 CEUs)

    4. Animal Health and Clinic Operations

    • Understanding Shelter Medicine
    • Basic Animals Health Considerations and Care
    • Euthanasia Decisions
    • Clinic Operations

    Date:  1/25/21 – 3/7/21
    Instructor: Bonney Brown
    Course Code: UNSM 020 51 (6 CEUs)

    5. Marketing and Development

    • Development Fundamentals
    • Fundraising Strategies
    • Marketing Fundamentals
    • Adoption Promotion
    • Social Media and Websites
    • Media Relations

    Date: 3/8/21 – 4/18/21
    Instructor: Diane Blankenburg
    Course Code: UNSM 025 51 (6 CEUs)

    Individual courses (6 CEUs):  $299
    Certificate/all courses (30 CEUs): $1,395, special bundle pricing if you register for ALL courses up front ($100 discount)
    **This certificate program is not eligible for financial aid.**

     

    HUMANE NETWORK WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.humanenetwork.org/shelter-management-certificate

    UOP WEBSITE LINK:  https://uc.pacific.edu/public/category/courseCategoryCertificateProfile.do?method=load&certificateId=192577

  • Online Course – 1/14/21–1/15/21 and 1/27/21–1/28/21 – Don’t Forget the Pets: Housing People and Pets – Red Rover

    Online Course – 1/14/21–1/15/21 and 1/27/21–1/28/21 – Don’t Forget the Pets: Housing People and Pets – Red Rover

    January 14 & 15, 2021
    9:00 am – 12:30 pm EST
    Online – Zoom video

    January 27 & 28, 2021
    1:00 pm – 4:30 pm EST
    Online – Zoom video

    Have questions or interested in learning more about creating a pet-friendly program? Join us for a “Don’t Forget the Pets: Housing People and Pets” training where we explore ways to create and sustain pet-friendly housing programs.

    Our Outreach Manager, Katie Campbell, and GreaterGood Charities’ Rescue Rebuild Program Director, Bryn Donnelly, will cover topics including:

    • The importance of the human-animal bond
    • The link between human and animal violence
    • Program design including construction and policies and procedures
    • How to apply for funding from RedRover and Rescue Rebuild (plus other funding opportunities!)

    The Don’t Forget the Pets training focuses on the power of collaboration and draws on the experiences of the presenters and the organizations we’ve worked with. Attendees are encouraged to share their successes and challenges with creating a pet-friendly program and our goal is to ensure that everyone leaves with concrete next steps.

    Registration for current trainings: http://rescuerebuild.greatergood.org/january.

    Or join our interest list to hear about upcoming events here.

    Questions? Email Katie at kcampbell@redrover.org to learn more.

     

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://redrover.org/event/dontforgetthepets-2/

  • Webinar – 12/3/20 – Starting Your Community Clinic – Dr. Jena Valdez – UC Davis KSMP

    Webinar – 12/3/20 – Starting Your Community Clinic – Dr. Jena Valdez – UC Davis KSMP

    The Koret Shelter Medicine Program would like to invite you to join us this Thursday as the SF SPCA Director of Community Medicine, Dr. Jena Valdez, shares how the SF SPCA expanded their access to care by creating a community clinic, now celebrating its first birthday, to support historically underserved communities within their city. Learn how the staff made the case to open the clinic to their senior leadership and board, what services they offer, how many patients they are serving, staffing levels, clinic design, pricing, client flow, clinic hours, advertising, and Covid considerations.

    No need to reinvent the wheel, share in their “lessons learned” along the way, and, most importantly, how they’ve made the clinic sustainable and scalable.

    There will be time to ask Dr. Valdez questions, so please bring them along.

    If you can make it, please register in advance for this meeting:

    When: Thursday, Dec 3, 2020 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

    https://sheltermedicine.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0udOqvpjIuG9RvUJFQeNN-gHll9_7DWxYE

    After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

     

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://sheltermedicine.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0udOqvpjIuG9RvUJFQeNN-gHll9_7DWxYE

  • Online Event – 12/1/20–12/24/20 – The International Dog Trainers Winter Summit – Empowered Dog

    Online Event – 12/1/20–12/24/20 – The International Dog Trainers Winter Summit – Empowered Dog

    The International Dog Trainers Winter Summit, is a FREE virtual event designed to inspire and give back to the dog training community from all over the world. Perfect for everyone who works with or dreams of working with dogs.  Every day between December 1-24, an expert speaker will be streaming LIVE into our event page to give you training tips, present a motivational talk, or to share an inspirational story so that you can rediscover your passion for working with dogs and expand your learning. It has been a tough year for many so let’s come together to finish 2020 with a bang, spread hope and inspiration and step into 2021 UNITED with a positive vision for the future.

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    Speakers

    Ian Dunbar – Moira Hechenleitner – Michael Shikashio – Bob Bailey – Nan Arthur – Grisha Stewart – Laura Nativo – Nicole Ellis – Irith Bloom – Steve White – Keelin Clark – Jamie Pound – Christina Cass – Theresa McKeon – Kamal Fernandez – Janet Finlay – Stephanie Price – Clair Hickson – Ellen Naumann – Jason Shelton – Julie Fryman – Jillian Hardwick – Sarah Whitehead – Adam Delderfield – Lisa Gorenflo

    ​

    Register NOW!

    Prepare to expand your knowledge and explore the next stage of your dog training career with the International Dog Trainers Winter Summit.

    December 1-24, 2020 | Online LIVE 11am Pacific Standard Time

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    Reasons to Attend

    As a dog trainer or dog enthusiast, you are the first port of call for dog owners needing support. To advance in your career requires more than grit — it demands a commitment to ongoing education and understanding the latest science in our field. That is what this virtual summit is all about. You’ll get an up-close experience learning what’s new in the industry, examining other training methods and conversing with experts in their field. This is a must-attend for all dog professionals no matter where you are in the world!

    • Challenge yourself with lectures on functional and useful training methods, programming, nutrition, and much more!

    • Transform your own training by applying what you learn to your current client cases.

    • Add to your Training! Get a closer look at new ways to level up your current training packages.

    • Receive a FREE GIFT from every speaker. Each expert will be providing registered attendees a free gift for watching their presentation. This gift can be accessed until Jan 25th 2020.

    • Engage with our Expert speakers on a one to one level with enhanced Q&A panels.

    Join us from the convenience of your home, office, and maintain your training appointments throughout the summit

    • A full recording will be available after the live stream each day. Links will be emailed directly to your registration inbox so there’s no need to worry if you can’t watch along live.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.empowereddog.com/winter-summit

  • Webinar – 12/10/20 – Advances in Understanding Osteoarthritis, Inflammation, and Chronic Pain – What’s New? – VETGirl

    Webinar – 12/10/20 – Advances in Understanding Osteoarthritis, Inflammation, and Chronic Pain – What’s New? – VETGirl

    In this complimentary VETgirl–Zoetis online webinar, Dr. Duncan X Lascelles, PhD, FRCVS, CertVA, DSAS(ST), DECVS, DACVS will discuss the role of inflammation in the chronic pain of OA in dogs and cats. He will also review the neurobiology of pain, and discuss how to improve pain control in companion animals through multiple modalities of analgesics, as well as looking at new targets for therapy.

    Thanks to sponsorship from Zoetis Petcare, this webinar is free to all!

    Not a VETgirl ELITE member? VETgirl ELITE members receive 100+ hours of RACE-approved, online veterinary CE/year ($249). That way, you know that you have flexibility to view any of our webinars (including small animal, large animal, veterinary technician, leadership, practice management) and listen to our podcasts when you have time.

    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.

    RACE-CE provider name: VETgirl, LLC
    RACE Provider number: 785
    RACE Program number: 43488/43485

    This program has been approved for continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB RACE approval; however participants should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories and/or restrictions on certain methods of delivery of continuing education. Call VETgirl (858.859.1838) for further questions.

     

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://vetgirlontherun.com/webinars/december-10-2020-advances-in-understanding-osteoarthritis-inflammation-and-chronic-pain-whats-new/

  • Webinar – 12/6/20 – Using Veterinary Behavioral Medications in Clinical Practice – VETGirl (fee applies)

    Webinar – 12/6/20 – Using Veterinary Behavioral Medications in Clinical Practice – VETGirl (fee applies)

    Are you still using fluoxetine and alprazolam for all of your separation anxiety cases?

    In this VETgirl online veterinary CE webinar, Dr. Lisa Radosta, DACVB reviews how to troubleshoot veterinary behavioral medications if your “go-to” SSRI and benzos don’t work. Learn how to utilize the newer classes of medications – including supplements – effectively in this case-based lecture!

    **Attendees are strongly recommended to view the 1st HERE and 2nd webinar HERE prior to this one to get the full benefit!

    Not a VETgirl ELITE member? VETgirl ELITE members receive 100+ hours of RACE-approved, online veterinary CE/year ($249). That way, you know that you have flexibility to view any of our webinars (including small animal, large animal, veterinary technician, leadership, and listen to our podcasts when you have time.

    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.

    RACE-CE provider name: VETgirl, LLC
    RACE Provider number: 785
    RACE Program number: 38777/38862

    This program has been approved for continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB RACE approval; however participants should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories and/or restrictions on certain methods of delivery of continuing education. Call VETgirl (858.859.1838) for further questions.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://vetgirlontherun.com/webinars/december-6-2020-using-veterinary-behavioral-medications-in-clinical-practice-cases/

  • Webinar – 12/5/20 – Cat Friendly Solutions for Unowned Cats – International Cat Care

    Webinar – 12/5/20 – Cat Friendly Solutions for Unowned Cats – International Cat Care

    In advance of the event we’re inviting you to submit your questions for the Cat Friendly Solutions for Unowned Cats Launch Q&A. Ask Vicky Halls and Kim Horsford, the developers of the content of the new website, any questions you may have about Cat Friendly Solutions for Unowned Cats or unowned cats in general. 

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://icatcare.org/unowned-cats/