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  • Online Workshop – 11/7/20 – Shelter Enrichment and Inter-dog Communication – Shelter Playgroup Alliance

    Online Workshop – 11/7/20 – Shelter Enrichment and Inter-dog Communication – Shelter Playgroup Alliance

    Saturday, November 7, 2020 1:00 PM Pacific (5 hours)

    SPA Workshop Session 1

    Shelter Enrichment and Inter-dog Communication

    Description: This is the first of a two-part workshop series on the implementation of enrichment and inter-dog playgroups in shelters. During this first session we will review the components of a shelter enrichment program and discuss how inter-dog playgroups play a role. Additionally, we will take a dive into inter-canine communication signals that serve as a foundation for the management of dog playgroup.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.shelterdogplay.org/workshop-dates

  • Online Course – 12/3/20 to 12/6/20 – Feline Finale – IVS (fee applies)

    Online Course – 12/3/20 to 12/6/20 – Feline Finale – IVS (fee applies)

    Tamara Grubb D.V.M., Ph.D.

    Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Anesthesia & Analgesia
    Assistant Professor of Anesthesia & Pain Management
    Washington State University

    Ellen Behrend V.M.D., Ph.D.

    Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
    Joezy Griffin Professor
    Department of Clinical Sciences
    Auburn University

    Garret Pachtinger V.M.D.

    Diplomate, American College of Veterinary
    Emergency & Critical Care
    Co-founder – Vetgirl
    Veterinary Specialty & Emergency Center
    Levittown, PA

    Terri Bonenberger D.V.M.

    Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Dermatology
    Southeast Veterinary Dermatology & Ear Clinic
    Charleston, SC

     

    Seminar Schedule:

    Single day registration available: Limited to 80 registrants each day to enhance the webinar question and answer experience

    All times are Eastern time.

     

    Thursday Dec. 3:    5 CE Hours

    1.00pm – 6.00pm Eastern   (10.00am – 3.00pm Pacific)

    1.00pm –  3.30pm  ET     Dr. Tamara Grubb 

    • Risk factors for anesthetic complications in cats
    • Cat-specific considerations for anesthesia, including patient management, drugs, monitoring and support

     

    3.30pm- 6.00pm  ET    Dr. Garret Pachtinger

    • Emergency management and treatment of the feline urethral obstruction patient
    • Emergency management and treatment of the the “yellow cat” (hepatic lipidosis, hepatitis, triaditis, etc)

     

     

    Friday Dec. 4:   5 CE hours

    10.00am- 3.00pm Eastern   (7.00am – noon Pacific)

    10.00am – 12.30pm  ET   Dr. Tamara Grubb 

    • Chronic and acute pain assessment in cats
    • Chronic and acute pain treatment in cats

     

    12.30pm – 3.00pm  ET    Dr. Garret Pachtinger

    • Emergency management of the cat presented with cardiac vs respiratory symptoms (CHF, pleural effusion, asthma, etc)
    • An update on managing feline toxins

     

    Sat. Dec 5:   5 CE hours

    1.00pm – 6.00pm Eastern   (10.00am – 3.00pm Pacific)

    1.00pm – 4.00pm  ET   Dr. Terri Bonenberger

      • Feline Allergy: What to do with the Itchy & Overgrooming Cat
      • Feline Dermatitis: When you Think It’s Allergy but It’s Not
      • Dermatophytosis Update: A Review of the Clinical Consensus Guidelines
      • Deep Skin Infections in Cats: Beware of the Poorly Healing Wound!

     

    4:00pm- 6.00pm   ET   Dr. Ellen Behrend

    • An update on the management of Feline Diabetes

     

    Sun. Dec 6:   5 CE hours

    10.00am- 3.00pm Eastern   (7.00am – noon Pacific)

    10.00am – noon  ET   Dr. Tamara Grubb

    • Case-based anesthesia for specific feline diseases

     

    noon – 3.00pm ET   Dr. Ellen Behrend

    • Feline hyperthyroidism: finding it and helping your patients live longer
    • Feline hyperadrenocorticism: cats are not small dogs
    • Diagnosing and managing hypercalcemia

     

     

    Seminar Topics:

    Anesthesia and analgesia

    Emergency medicine

    Endocrine disorders

    Dermatologic disorders

    Register Now

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.ivseminars.com/seminars/feline-finale-online-course/

  • Online Course – 11/13/20 to 11/15/20 – Managing the Geriatric Patient – IVS (fee applies)

    Online Course – 11/13/20 to 11/15/20 – Managing the Geriatric Patient – IVS (fee applies)

    Debra Horwitz D.V.M.

    Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Behaviorists
    Veterinary Behavior Consultants, St. Louis MO

    Sheilah Robertson BVMS, (Hons), Ph.D.

    DACVAA, DECVAA, DACAW, DECAWBM (WSEL), MRCVS.
    Senior Medical Director, Lap of Love
    Gainseville, FL

    Heidi Lobprise D.V.M.

    Diplomate, American Veterinary Dental College
    Chief Dental Officer
    Main St. Veterinary Dental Clinic
    Flower Mound, TX

    This all new seminar has been designed to provide you with practical information on the current thoughts on management of common problems encountered in the geriatric patient.  The combination of a behaviorist, an Anesthesiologist/pain management specialist and a dentist will provide a unique approach to the patient management.

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    Seminar Schedule:

    Single day registration available: Limited to 60 registrants each day to enhance the webinar question and answer experience

    All times are Eastern time. 

    Seminars start each day at 5.00am Pacific, 6.00am Mtn, 7.00am Central & 8.00am Eastern

    Friday (5.5 CE hrs)

    8:00am – 1:30pm  ET

    Dr. Lobprise:

    8:00am – 9:40am:

    • What is senior?
    • Senior care programs in your practice

     

    Dr. Horwitz

    9:50am – 11.40am

    • Anxiety and CDS diagnosis and treatment

     

    Dr Robertson

    11:50am -1:30pm

    • Is your practice senior friendly?
    • Too old for anesthesia?

     

    Saturday  (5.5 CE hrs)

    8:00am – 1.30pm  ET

    Dr. Robertson

    8:00am – 9:40am:

    • How do we identify and diagnose cats with osteoarthritis?
    • Now what? – treatment options for cats with osteoarthritis

     

    Dr. Lobprise

    9:50am – 11.40am

    • Little Dog/Big Dog
    • Senior Cats

     

    Dr. Horwitz

    11:50am – 1:30pm:

    • Is it in their head or is it medical?

     

    Sunday (5CE hrs)

    8:00am – 1:00pm  ET

    Dr. Lobprise

    8:00am – 9:40am:

    • Dentistry for Seniors and general dental tips

     

    Dr. Horwitz

    9:50am – 11.20am

    • Environmental Enrichment and behavioral pain management solutions

     

    Dr. Robertson:

    11:30am – 1:00pm

    • The last appointment

    Seminar Topics:

    Behavior

      • Cognitive dysfunction syndrome
      • Anxiety
      • Environmental Enrichment pain management solutions that are behavioral in nature
      • Life stage care
      • Is it in their head or is it medical?

     

    Senior/Geriatric care

      • What is senior?
      • Senior care programs in your practice
      • Little Dog/Big Dog
      • Senior Cats
      • Dentistry for Seniors

     

    Hospice/End-of-Life

      • Is your practice senior friendly?
      • Senior/geriatric anesthesia
      • Chronic pain in seniors
      • Assessing Quality of life
      • End of life care -palliative care and hospice
      • The last appointment

    Register Now

     

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.ivseminars.com/seminars/managing-the-geriatric-patient-online-course/

  • Webinar – 11/15/20 – Dental Radiography and Interpretation – VDOS (fee applies)

    Webinar – 11/15/20 – Dental Radiography and Interpretation – VDOS (fee applies)

    Dental Radiography and Interpretation

    Is your dental x-ray machine unused because nobody knows what to do with it? Let us show you the profitability of dental radiography by demystifying the many shades of gray! See what is going on below the gum line!

    Time & Location

    Nov 15, 10:30 AM – 12:20 PM EST
    Webinar

    About the Event

    This VDOS webinar will review equipment/material needs to perform dental radiography in dogs and cats. Benefits and disadvantages of digital and non-digital options are outlined. Parallel and bisecting angle techniques and the most common positioning mistakes are discussed. Anatomy and pathology on numerous dental radiographs obtained from the upper and lower jaws with various lesions are explained in a systematic fashion. The didactic lecture will last 1.5 hours, but the webinar is designed so that there is extra time for interactive participation and answering your questions.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.vdos.org/event-details/dental-radiography-and-interpretation-4

  • Webinar – 11/14/20 – Oral Examination and Charting – VDOS (fee applies)

    Webinar – 11/14/20 – Oral Examination and Charting – VDOS (fee applies)

    Dental Cleaning and Periodontal Therapy

    Let us show you how to make your ‘dental’ to become a professional one! Get the most out of your sonic/ultrasonic scalers, but also know how to do proper root planing, gingival curettage, and polishing!

    Time & Location

    Nov 14, 12:30 PM – 1:50 PM EST
    Webinar

    About the Event

    This VDOS webinar will discuss power tools and hand instruments (scalers and curettes) needed to perform a professional dental cleaning (scaling and polishing). Closed periodontal therapy (root planing and gingival curettage) and perioceutic treatment (local administration of medications) will be reviewed. Instrument sharpening will be briefly explained. The didactic lecture will last 1 hour, but the webinar is designed so that there is extra time for interactive participation and answering your questions.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.vdos.org/event-details/dental-cleaning-and-periodontal-therapy-4

  • Webinar – 11/14/20 – Oral Examination and Charting – VDOS (fee applies)

    Webinar – 11/14/20 – Oral Examination and Charting – VDOS (fee applies)

    Oral Examination and Charting

    What questions should you ask the pet owner? Feeling anxious when opening the mouth of a dog or cat? What does mesial mean? Don’t worry, all these questions will be dealt with in this webinar!

    Time & Location

    Nov 14, 11:00 AM – 12:20 PM EST
    Webinar

    About the Event

    This VDOS webinar will help you to understand oral and dental anatomy in dogs and cats using proper nomenclature. You will be able to do patient triage, obtain a history, assess clinical signs, perform a dental and oral examination (in the awake and anesthetized patient), and record your findings. The modified Triadan tooth numbering system will be introduced, and an example of a dental record will be shown for entry of your diagnostic findings and treatment performed. The didactic lecture will last 1 hour, but the webinar is designed so that there is extra time for interactive participation and answering your questions.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.vdos.org/event-details/oral-examination-and-charting-4

  • Webinar – 11/15/20 – Dental Nerve Blocks (Regional Analgesia) – VDOS (fee applies)

    Webinar – 11/15/20 – Dental Nerve Blocks (Regional Analgesia) – VDOS (fee applies)

    Dental Nerve Blocks (Regional Analgesia)

    Feeling uncomfortable about sticking a needle through oral mucosa near a neurovascular bundle? Don’t worry, here you learn everything you need to know about nerve blocks for your dental and oral surgical patients!

    Time & Location

    Nov 15, 12:30 PM – 1:50 PM EDT
    Webinar

    About the Event

    This VDOS webinar will review local and regional anesthesia/analgesia for dental and oral surgical procedures in dogs and cats. Suitable local anesthetics and needed equipment will be discussed. Techniques for commonly performed dental nerve blocks (including maxillary, infraorbital, major palatine, inferior alveolar, and middle mental) will be described step-by-step. The didactic lecture will last 1 hour, but the webinar is designed so that there is extra time for interactive participation and answering your questions.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.vdos.org/event-details/dental-nerve-blocks-regional-analgesia-4

  • Webinar – 11/15/20 – Closed and Open Tooth Extraction – VDOS (fee applies)

    Webinar – 11/15/20 – Closed and Open Tooth Extraction – VDOS (fee applies)

    Closed and Open Tooth Extraction

    Do you struggle removing a canine or carnassial tooth? What about root remnants and ankylosed teeth in cats? No worries, here you learn all the tricks you need for safe and complete extraction of teeth!

    Time & Location

    Nov 15, 2:00 PM – 3:50 PM EST
    Webinar

    About the Event

    This VDOS webinar will review the indications, biomechanics, equipment/instrument/material needs, and techniques of tooth extraction in dogs and cats. Closed and open techniques will be described step-by-step, including the creation of flaps in one jaw quadrant and the use of high-speed tools for sectioning of teeth and removal of alveolar bone. Tips will be shared on how to make tension-free flaps for wound closure. The didactic lecture will last 1.5 hours, but the webinar is designed so that there is extra time for interactive participation and answering your questions.

  • CASCAR Zoom Call for California Shelters – 11/5/20 – Office Hours: What’s Next? – CASCAR – UC Davis KSMP

    CASCAR Zoom Call for California Shelters – 11/5/20 – Office Hours: What’s Next? – CASCAR – UC Davis KSMP

    Nope, we haven’t forgotten. Your valuable feedback about community perception, what it is and what we’d like it to be, is what we’ll be discussing on our upcoming office hours call. We’ll share the results (again since it’s been a bit) more in depth and welcome your feedback – both how it strikes you and where we can go from here to bring about the change we’d all like to see. To be clear, change that we can effect as a group of caring individuals in animal welfare – as much as we’d like to, we cannot make sweeping promises about the outcomes of this week. What we can do there is vote.

    See you Thursday at 9:30 a.m.!

    To Join the Zoom Meeting

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  • Webinar – 10/29/20 – Lore Haug, DVM, MS, DACVB, CABC – What? Who? Cognitive Dysfunction in Dogs and Cats – FDSA (fee applies)

    Webinar – 10/29/20 – Lore Haug, DVM, MS, DACVB, CABC – What? Who? Cognitive Dysfunction in Dogs and Cats – FDSA (fee applies)

    Lore Haug, DVM, MS, DACVB, CABC – What? Who? Cognitive Dysfunction in Dogs and Cats

    Date: Thursday, October 29, 2020
    Time: 6pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
    Fee: $19.95 – Registration required PRIOR to scheduled presentation time.

    This webinar will review the psychophysiology of cognitive dysfunction and brain aging. We will also cover common (and less common) signs of CD or brain aging and how brain aging clinically affects behavior. Finally, we will discus various treatment modalities available to try to mitigate symptoms and progression.

    Click here to register.

     

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