Kelley Bollen here. In conjunction with the non-profit organization Humane Network I am launching a new program called Alive & Thriving.
I named my new program Alive & Thriving because its so important that we not only work to save lives, but also to help the animal in our care to THRIVE – both in our shelter and in their new home.
To launch Alive & Thriving I am offering a FREE live 4-session animal behavior seminar. Each Zoom video session will last 90 minutes and will only be available live (these sessions will not be recorded). You are welcome to sign up for any or all of the workshops.
The four workshops include:
Reading Dog and Cat Body Language – Aug.19
Stress Recognition and Reduction for Shelter Animals – Aug. 26
Enrichment for Shelter Dogs and Cats – Sept. 2
Training Animals in the Shelter – Sept. 9
All sessions on are on Wednesdays at 9 a.m. PDT, 10 a.m. MDT, 11 a.m. CDT, and noon EDT. As time permits, questions will be answered at the end of each session.)
Seminar attendees will be eligible for discounted behavioral consulting services. Contact me with any questions about the seminar or my shelter behavior consulting services. http://www.kelleybollen.com
Space is limited so register now
Register for free animal behavior seminar series
When: Wednesdays Aug. 19 & 26 and Sept. 2 and 9, from 9 to 11 a.m. Pacific (starting 10 a.m. Mountain, 11 a.m. Central, noon Eastern)
What: Four-session online seminar presented by Kelley Bollen, MS, CABC, specifically designed for staff at animal shelters, rescues, and nonprofit veterinary clinics.
How: 90-minute Zoom video sessions – only viewable live; no recordings will be available later. The Zoom links will be sent starting Aug. 12.
Cost: Free, thanks to a generous donation from a private funder. Attendees will be eligible for discounted behavioral consulting services by Kelley Bollen.
Questions: If you have questions, please email Kelley Bollen at info@humanenetwork.org.
Kelley Bollen here. In conjunction with the non-profit organization Humane Network I am launching a new program called Alive & Thriving.
I named my new program Alive & Thriving because its so important that we not only work to save lives, but also to help the animal in our care to THRIVE – both in our shelter and in their new home.
To launch Alive & Thriving I am offering a FREE live 4-session animal behavior seminar. Each Zoom video session will last 90 minutes and will only be available live (these sessions will not be recorded). You are welcome to sign up for any or all of the workshops.
The four workshops include:
Reading Dog and Cat Body Language – Aug.19
Stress Recognition and Reduction for Shelter Animals – Aug. 26
Enrichment for Shelter Dogs and Cats – Sept. 2
Training Animals in the Shelter – Sept. 9
All sessions on are on Wednesdays at 9 a.m. PDT, 10 a.m. MDT, 11 a.m. CDT, and noon EDT. As time permits, questions will be answered at the end of each session.)
Seminar attendees will be eligible for discounted behavioral consulting services. Contact me with any questions about the seminar or my shelter behavior consulting services. http://www.kelleybollen.com
Space is limited so register now
Register for free animal behavior seminar series
When: Wednesdays Aug. 19 & 26 and Sept. 2 and 9, from 9 to 11 a.m. Pacific (starting 10 a.m. Mountain, 11 a.m. Central, noon Eastern)
What: Four-session online seminar presented by Kelley Bollen, MS, CABC, specifically designed for staff at animal shelters, rescues, and nonprofit veterinary clinics.
How: 90-minute Zoom video sessions – only viewable live; no recordings will be available later. The Zoom links will be sent starting Aug. 12.
Cost: Free, thanks to a generous donation from a private funder. Attendees will be eligible for discounted behavioral consulting services by Kelley Bollen.
Questions: If you have questions, please email Kelley Bollen at info@humanenetwork.org.
Kelley Bollen here. In conjunction with the non-profit organization Humane Network I am launching a new program called Alive & Thriving.
I named my new program Alive & Thriving because its so important that we not only work to save lives, but also to help the animal in our care to THRIVE – both in our shelter and in their new home.
To launch Alive & Thriving I am offering a FREE live 4-session animal behavior seminar. Each Zoom video session will last 90 minutes and will only be available live (these sessions will not be recorded). You are welcome to sign up for any or all of the workshops.
The four workshops include:
Reading Dog and Cat Body Language – Aug.19
Stress Recognition and Reduction for Shelter Animals – Aug. 26
Enrichment for Shelter Dogs and Cats – Sept. 2
Training Animals in the Shelter – Sept. 9
All sessions on are on Wednesdays at 9 a.m. PDT, 10 a.m. MDT, 11 a.m. CDT, and noon EDT. As time permits, questions will be answered at the end of each session.)
Seminar attendees will be eligible for discounted behavioral consulting services. Contact me with any questions about the seminar or my shelter behavior consulting services. http://www.kelleybollen.com
Space is limited so register now
Register for free animal behavior seminar series
When: Wednesdays Aug. 19 & 26 and Sept. 2 and 9, from 9 to 11 a.m. Pacific (starting 10 a.m. Mountain, 11 a.m. Central, noon Eastern)
What: Four-session online seminar presented by Kelley Bollen, MS, CABC, specifically designed for staff at animal shelters, rescues, and nonprofit veterinary clinics.
How: 90-minute Zoom video sessions – only viewable live; no recordings will be available later. The Zoom links will be sent starting Aug. 12.
Cost: Free, thanks to a generous donation from a private funder. Attendees will be eligible for discounted behavioral consulting services by Kelley Bollen.
Questions: If you have questions, please email Kelley Bollen at info@humanenetwork.org.
Kelley Bollen here. In conjunction with the non-profit organization Humane Network I am launching a new program called Alive & Thriving.
I named my new program Alive & Thriving because its so important that we not only work to save lives, but also to help the animal in our care to THRIVE – both in our shelter and in their new home.
To launch Alive & Thriving I am offering a FREE live 4-session animal behavior seminar. Each Zoom video session will last 90 minutes and will only be available live (these sessions will not be recorded). You are welcome to sign up for any or all of the workshops.
The four workshops include:
Reading Dog and Cat Body Language – Aug.19
Stress Recognition and Reduction for Shelter Animals – Aug. 26
Enrichment for Shelter Dogs and Cats – Sept. 2
Training Animals in the Shelter – Sept. 9
All sessions on are on Wednesdays at 9 a.m. PDT, 10 a.m. MDT, 11 a.m. CDT, and noon EDT. As time permits, questions will be answered at the end of each session.)
Seminar attendees will be eligible for discounted behavioral consulting services. Contact me with any questions about the seminar or my shelter behavior consulting services. http://www.kelleybollen.com
Space is limited so register now
Register for free animal behavior seminar series
When: Wednesdays Aug. 19 & 26 and Sept. 2 and 9, from 9 to 11 a.m. Pacific (starting 10 a.m. Mountain, 11 a.m. Central, noon Eastern)
What: Four-session online seminar presented by Kelley Bollen, MS, CABC, specifically designed for staff at animal shelters, rescues, and nonprofit veterinary clinics.
How: 90-minute Zoom video sessions – only viewable live; no recordings will be available later. The Zoom links will be sent starting Aug. 12.
Cost: Free, thanks to a generous donation from a private funder. Attendees will be eligible for discounted behavioral consulting services by Kelley Bollen.
Questions: If you have questions, please email Kelley Bollen at info@humanenetwork.org.
Ants getting into the cats’ bowls or slugs making mealtime a slimy mess? Raccoons invading your colony? Got fleas? How do you keep the water from freezing in the middle of winter? Or calm the irate neighbor whose flower bed has been turned into a litter box? Find out how to deal with these and many more colony caretaking challenges from Neighborhood Cats with their 20 years of experience dealing with all things community cat. Come and share your battle-worn secrets too!
Are you ready to be part of the solution for feral and stray cats in your neighborhood? Learn what TNR is, why it works, and how to get started. Our expert instructors will teach you the best practices for Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) and colony management. Plus, you’ll receive a certificate of completion after you attend.
Join Neighborhood Cats and The Community Cats Podcast on August 22, 2020, from 2:00–4:30 p.m. EDT. to find out everything you need to know to become part of the solution for feral and stray cats in your neighborhood. Expert instructors will teach you the 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.
PLEASE NOTE – Webinar registration links will appear on the page you will be sent to after completing your purchase and on your receipt. You must complete this step in order to participate in the event. If you do not receive a receipt, please email support@communitycatspodcast.com before August 17th for assistance.
We all know kittens are at risk during transitional periods. In fact, they remain the most vulnerable species to enter our sheltering systems. That’s why the Million Cat Challenge and Royal Canin have partnered up to bring shelters an all inclusive, tip-to-tail free webinar series that explores community-focused sheltering strategies that expand our kitten safety net.
Join experts as they dive into new and emerging kitten intake philosophies and discuss when kittens are best served outside shelters walls, streamlining your foster program, providing mom and kitten support, pediatric spay and neuter and successful adoption strategies that will send these tiny cats out the front door two by two.
Register now to save your spot and watch live every Thursday @ 12pm PST! Series runs from the first Thursday in August (8/6/20) through the first Thursday in September (9/3/20).
1. Kitten Intake in Animal Shelters – 8/6/20
Length: 90 minutes (60 presentation, 30 min Q+A)
Dr. Kate Hurley, together with Hannah Shaw, a.k.a. the Kitten Lady, we’ll discuss new intake philosophies and management models that prioritize kittens’ safety, community engagement and keeping feline families together. Plus! Find out about the industry powerhouses that are stepping up to support you in your next chapter of kitten lifesaving.
Join us on Thursday, August 6 at 12n Pacific / 3pm Eastern for a presentation and Q&A with Million Cat Challenge co-founder Dr. Kate Hurley and Hannah Shaw (the Kitten Lady).
Maddie’s Fund® has applied for advanced approval of Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credit.
Speakers – Kate Hurley, DVM, MPVM, Dip. ABVP (Shelter Medicine) and Hannah Shaw
2. Support for Kittens in the Field – 8/13/20
Length: 90 minutes (60 presentation, 30 min Q+A)
Description Supporting kittens and their families starts before they show up on your intake counter. Find out what field officers, volunteers and fosters are doing to give kittens the best chance of survival while streamlining operations and expanding safety nets outside shelter walls.
Join us on Thursday, August 13 at 12n Pacific / 3pm Eastern for a presentation and Q&A with Million Cat Challenge co-founder Dr. Julie Levy.
Maddie’s Fund® has applied for advanced approval of Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credit.
Speaker – Julie Levy, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, DABVP
3. Foster Greatness – 8/20/20
Length: 90 minutes (60 presentation, 30 min Q+A)
Description Gone are the days of handwritten applications and in-person volunteer orientations. Foster programs are evolving at lightning speed, leveraging new technologies to give their program a digital makeover. If you’d like to recruit, train and onboard volunteers quicker, better, faster, then grab your foster coordinators and a seat in this action-packed webinar now.
Join us on Thursday, August 20 at 12n Pacific / 3pm Eastern for a presentation and Q&A with Dr. Sara Pizano.
Maddie’s Fund® has applied for advanced approval of Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credit.
Speaker – Sara Pizano, DVM, MA, Founder and Animal Welfare Strategist, Team Shelter USA, LLC
4. Kitten Care in the Shelter – 8/27/20
Length: 90 minutes (60 presentation, 30 min Q+A)
Description In this hour-long webinar, we’ll go inside the shelter to find out what’s new in the world of kitten care, pathway planning, wellness, and pediatric spay/neuter. We’ll discuss which shelter protocols are impacting flow-through and length-of-stay, which kittens should stay in the shelter and for how long, what you should consider when modernizing your sterilization protocols, and how technology is advancing our shelters by maximizing our efficiency. Still have questions? Stay for the Q&A!
Join us on Thursday, August 27 at 12n Pacific / 3pm Eastern for a presentation and Q&A with Dr. Cynthia (Cindi) Delany.
Maddie’s Fund® has applied for advanced approval of Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credit.
Speaker – Cynthia (Cindi) Delany, DVM, Shelter Veterinarian/Manager, UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program; Executive Director, California Animal Shelter Friends, Inc.
5. Going Home – 9/3/20
Length: 90 minutes (60 presentation, 30 min Q+A)
Description Learn how to take your matchmaking game from the adoption floor to the worldwide web. Our industry is changing fast and early-adopting shelters are already reaping the benefits of modernizing their adoption programs. Online meetups, adoption appointments, automated scheduling, Facetiming cats and virtual paloozas: It’s a whole new matchmaking world out there!
Join us on Thursday, September 3 at 12n Pacific / 3pm Eastern for a presentation and Q&A with Dr. Sara Pizano.
In this webinar we’ll work mostly on statistic-type reports, including activity and kennel stats. We’ll go over subreports, tables and joins, basic formulas, and built in functions like summaries and counts.
For many of our clients, they unknowingly drift between training and management. Because they are not clear on the difference, they believe their dog has learned X, Y or Z when in reality, they have managed the dog’s behavior, not taught actual skills. This frustrates the handler and leads to misunderstandings.
Both management and training have their place in humane, effective training. Knowing the difference between the two modes of interacting with the dog is key to helping your clients set clear expectations in any training program.
This webinar focuses on:
What is management?
Benefits & drawbacks of management
Does management always fail?
What is training?
Training vs prevention
The Think & Learn zone
Decision points: when to train, when to manage
Daily lives with our dogs are an ever changing blend of management and training, depending on the individual dog, our lifestyle, our skill level, expectations, and so many other factors. When a handler knows which mode they using at any given time, they can set realistic expectations for their dog’s behavior.
This video will be recorded in case you cannot attend live. 48 hours after the event, all who are registered will receive a link to the recording.
In the dog training community, a great deal of effort goes into teaching dogs “attention.” But what does that mean? Staring into the handler’s eyes? Moving in an abnormal position gazing at a toy? Ignoring all distractions? Maintaining focus? Working for hours on end? Be willing to eat all the chicken and cheese we dole out? Is a dog’s attention span based on his age, sex, or breed?
However we may define it, here’s the reality: We can get frustrated and confused when a dog doesn’t (can’t?) focus, or won’t give us his attention no matter how much we know or how good our timing may be. We’re smart trainers, so we know it’s not dominance or being stubborn or blowing us off but sometimes, we’re left scratching our own heads and asking, “What’s really going on in that dog’s head?”
Let’s take a deep dive into Attention, which is an awfully big, vague label for many complex interactions and networks in the mammalian brain. At any given moment, a dog’s brain (like yours!) is juggling:
different types of attention
alertness and arousal
sensory sensitivities and deficits
internal and external factors
focus and distractions
individual attention span
Understanding what’s at work in that canine brain (and your own, and your clients!) helps you make good choices for the dogs in our hands.
We’ll look at:
the 4 main functions of conscious attention
cognitive resources
expending a limited commodity
how expectations and salience affect attention
what captures attention?
temperament and sensory awareness
to Carnegie Hall and beyond (the value of practice)
When you are clear what factors may be at work with any individual dog, it becomes easier to select appropriate techniques, use thinner slices, shift your expectations or simply help the handler see what the dog is saying and doing.
