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  • Webinar – 6/30/20 – Putting the Cat Back – Dr. Kate Hurley & Dr. Cindi Delany – CalAnimals (for CalAnimals Members)

    Webinar – 6/30/20 – Putting the Cat Back – Dr. Kate Hurley & Dr. Cindi Delany – CalAnimals (for CalAnimals Members)

    Return to Field programs across the country have matured, enabling us to finally have an opportunity to look at the data and determine the effectiveness of these programs at managing the cats in our communities. In this workshop we’ll discuss who these programs are really serving and how their evolution impacts the strategies driving your veterinary programs. We’ll dive into the nuts and bolts of a successful RTF program before turning our attention to the best practices behind getting it done.

    This webinar is for CalAnimals members.

    REGISTRATION LINK:  https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_d1in3WkERfy7-wrK0ZNTew

  • Online Event – 6/21/20 – Managing Inter-dog play the LIMA (least intrusive, minimally aversive) way – SPA Workshop Session 4 – Shelter Playgroup Alliance

    Online Event – 6/21/20 – Managing Inter-dog play the LIMA (least intrusive, minimally aversive) way – SPA Workshop Session 4 – Shelter Playgroup Alliance

    Shelter Playgroup Alliance is offering a series of 4 virtual events in the month of June.  Attendance is free but is limited to 500 people per session.  SPA invites shelter staff and volunteers to attend these sessions.  Each session is 10 AM to 2 PM Pacific.  Register in advance for each webinar.

    Here’s the breakdown of the days:
    Day 1 (June 13): Enrichment overview and how dog playgroups fit into a larger enrichment program
    Day 2 (June 14): Inter-canine communication
    Day 3 (June 20): Interdog play overview
    Day 4 (June 21): Managing Inter-dog play the LIMA way

    SPA Workshop Session 1: Enrichment Program Development: How playgroups fit
    When: Jun 13, 2020 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
    Description: This is the first of a four-part workshop series on the implementation of 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.
    Register in advance for this webinar:
    https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8RsF4ymlTWCqN7H1Cixmew

    SPA Workshop Session 2: Inter-canine communication
    When: Jun 14, 2020 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
    Description: This is the second of a four-part workshop series on the implementation of inter-dog playgroups in shelters. During this second session we will take a dive into inter-canine communication signals that serve as a foundation for the management of dog playgroup.
    Register in advance for this webinar:
    https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_whLWSE63QqaW-mvr_APRTQ

    SPA Workshop Session 3: Inter-dog play overview
    When: Jun 20, 2020 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
    Description: This is the third of a four-part workshop series on the implementation of inter-dog playgroups in shelters. During this third session we will discuss appropriate inter-dog play.
    Register in advance for this webinar:
    https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PKACtFrdRBWSGNHwe7TaIw

    SPA Workshop Session 4: Managing Inter-dog play the LIMA way
    When: Jun 21, 2020 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
    Description: This is the fourth of a four-part workshop series on the implementation of inter-dog playgroups in shelters. During this fourth session we will discuss how to manage playgroups using the LIMA ethical standard.
    Register in advance for this webinar:
    https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_k5HCQYAxSY2SjZ93dkOLig

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

    Webinar Speaker

    Mara Velez (Executive Director @Shelter Playgroup Alliance)

    Mara Velez, MA, CPDT-KA, is the Executive Director of the Shelter Playgroup Alliance and a Certified Professional Dog Trainer.  Formerly a behavior and training consultant at Contra Costa Animal Services where she collaboratively designed, developed, and implemented behavior program structures, including a robust volunteer training program, revised behavior evaluation, canine enrichment and playgroup guidelines.  Mara holds both a bachelors and master’s degree in psychology and completed all of the course work for a doctorate in education.

  • Online Event – 6/20/20 – Inter-Dog Play Overview – SPA Workshop Session 3 – Shelter Playgroup Alliance

    Online Event – 6/20/20 – Inter-Dog Play Overview – SPA Workshop Session 3 – Shelter Playgroup Alliance

    Shelter Playgroup Alliance is offering a series of 4 virtual events in the month of June.  Attendance is free but is limited to 500 people per session.  SPA invites shelter staff and volunteers to attend these sessions.  Each session is 10 AM to 2 PM Pacific.  Register in advance for each webinar.

    Here’s the breakdown of the days:
    Day 1 (June 13): Enrichment overview and how dog playgroups fit into a larger enrichment program
    Day 2 (June 14): Inter-canine communication
    Day 3 (June 20): Interdog play overview
    Day 4 (June 21): Managing Inter-dog play the LIMA way

    SPA Workshop Session 1: Enrichment Program Development: How playgroups fit
    When: Jun 13, 2020 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
    Description: This is the first of a four-part workshop series on the implementation of 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.
    Register in advance for this webinar:
    https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8RsF4ymlTWCqN7H1Cixmew

    SPA Workshop Session 2: Inter-canine communication
    When: Jun 14, 2020 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
    Description: This is the second of a four-part workshop series on the implementation of inter-dog playgroups in shelters. During this second session we will take a dive into inter-canine communication signals that serve as a foundation for the management of dog playgroup.
    Register in advance for this webinar:
    https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_whLWSE63QqaW-mvr_APRTQ

    SPA Workshop Session 3: Inter-dog play overview
    When: Jun 20, 2020 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
    Description: This is the third of a four-part workshop series on the implementation of inter-dog playgroups in shelters. During this third session we will discuss appropriate inter-dog play.
    Register in advance for this webinar:
    https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PKACtFrdRBWSGNHwe7TaIw

    SPA Workshop Session 4: Managing Inter-dog play the LIMA way
    When: Jun 21, 2020 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
    Description: This is the fourth of a four-part workshop series on the implementation of inter-dog playgroups in shelters. During this fourth session we will discuss how to manage playgroups using the LIMA ethical standard.
    Register in advance for this webinar:
    https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_k5HCQYAxSY2SjZ93dkOLig

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

    Webinar Speaker

    Mara Velez (Executive Director @Shelter Playgroup Alliance)

    Mara Velez, MA, CPDT-KA, is the Executive Director of the Shelter Playgroup Alliance and a Certified Professional Dog Trainer.  Formerly a behavior and training consultant at Contra Costa Animal Services where she collaboratively designed, developed, and implemented behavior program structures, including a robust volunteer training program, revised behavior evaluation, canine enrichment and playgroup guidelines.  Mara holds both a bachelors and master’s degree in psychology and completed all of the course work for a doctorate in education.

  • Online Event – 6/14/20 – Inter-canine communication – SPA Workshop Session 2 – Shelter Playgroup Alliance

    Online Event – 6/14/20 – Inter-canine communication – SPA Workshop Session 2 – Shelter Playgroup Alliance

    Shelter Playgroup Alliance is offering a series of 4 virtual events in the month of June.  Attendance is free but is limited to 500 people per session.  SPA invites shelter staff and volunteers to attend these sessions.  Each session is 10 AM to 2 PM Pacific.  Register in advance for each webinar.

    Here’s the breakdown of the days:
    Day 1 (June 13): Enrichment overview and how dog playgroups fit into a larger enrichment program
    Day 2 (June 14): Inter-canine communication
    Day 3 (June 20): Interdog play overview
    Day 4 (June 21): Managing Inter-dog play the LIMA way

    SPA Workshop Session 1: Enrichment Program Development: How playgroups fit
    When: Jun 13, 2020 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
    Description: This is the first of a four-part workshop series on the implementation of 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.
    Register in advance for this webinar:
    https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8RsF4ymlTWCqN7H1Cixmew

    SPA Workshop Session 2: Inter-canine communication
    When: Jun 14, 2020 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
    Description: This is the second of a four-part workshop series on the implementation of inter-dog playgroups in shelters. During this second session we will take a dive into inter-canine communication signals that serve as a foundation for the management of dog playgroup.
    Register in advance for this webinar:
    https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_whLWSE63QqaW-mvr_APRTQ

    SPA Workshop Session 3: Inter-dog play overview
    When: Jun 20, 2020 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
    Description: This is the third of a four-part workshop series on the implementation of inter-dog playgroups in shelters. During this third session we will discuss appropriate inter-dog play.
    Register in advance for this webinar:
    https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PKACtFrdRBWSGNHwe7TaIw

    SPA Workshop Session 4: Managing Inter-dog play the LIMA way
    When: Jun 21, 2020 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
    Description: This is the fourth of a four-part workshop series on the implementation of inter-dog playgroups in shelters. During this fourth session we will discuss how to manage playgroups using the LIMA ethical standard.
    Register in advance for this webinar:
    https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_k5HCQYAxSY2SjZ93dkOLig

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

    Webinar Speaker

    Mara Velez (Executive Director @Shelter Playgroup Alliance)

    Mara Velez, MA, CPDT-KA, is the Executive Director of the Shelter Playgroup Alliance and a Certified Professional Dog Trainer.  Formerly a behavior and training consultant at Contra Costa Animal Services where she collaboratively designed, developed, and implemented behavior program structures, including a robust volunteer training program, revised behavior evaluation, canine enrichment and playgroup guidelines.  Mara holds both a bachelors and master’s degree in psychology and completed all of the course work for a doctorate in education.

  • Online Event – 6/13/20 – Enrichment Program Development: How playgroups fit – SPA Workshop Session 1 – Shelter Playgroup Alliance

    Online Event – 6/13/20 – Enrichment Program Development: How playgroups fit – SPA Workshop Session 1 – Shelter Playgroup Alliance

    Shelter Playgroup Alliance is offering a series of 4 virtual events in the month of June.  Attendance is free but is limited to 500 people per session.  SPA invites shelter staff and volunteers to attend these sessions.  Each session is 10 AM to 2 PM Pacific.  Register in advance for each webinar.

    Here’s the breakdown of the days:
    Day 1 (June 13): Enrichment overview and how dog playgroups fit into a larger enrichment program
    Day 2 (June 14): Inter-canine communication
    Day 3 (June 20): Interdog play overview
    Day 4 (June 21): Managing Inter-dog play the LIMA way

    SPA Workshop Session 1: Enrichment Program Development: How playgroups fit
    When: Jun 13, 2020 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
    Description: This is the first of a four-part workshop series on the implementation of 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.
    Register in advance for this webinar:
    https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8RsF4ymlTWCqN7H1Cixmew

    SPA Workshop Session 2: Inter-canine communication
    When: Jun 14, 2020 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
    Description: This is the second of a four-part workshop series on the implementation of inter-dog playgroups in shelters. During this second session we will take a dive into inter-canine communication signals that serve as a foundation for the management of dog playgroup.
    Register in advance for this webinar:
    https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_whLWSE63QqaW-mvr_APRTQ

    SPA Workshop Session 3: Inter-dog play overview
    When: Jun 20, 2020 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
    Description: This is the third of a four-part workshop series on the implementation of inter-dog playgroups in shelters. During this third session we will discuss appropriate inter-dog play.
    Register in advance for this webinar:
    https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PKACtFrdRBWSGNHwe7TaIw

    SPA Workshop Session 4: Managing Inter-dog play the LIMA way
    When: Jun 21, 2020 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
    Description: This is the fourth of a four-part workshop series on the implementation of inter-dog playgroups in shelters. During this fourth session we will discuss how to manage playgroups using the LIMA ethical standard.
    Register in advance for this webinar:
    https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_k5HCQYAxSY2SjZ93dkOLig

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

    Webinar Speaker

    Mara Velez (Executive Director @Shelter Playgroup Alliance)

    Mara Velez, MA, CPDT-KA, is the Executive Director of the Shelter Playgroup Alliance and a Certified Professional Dog Trainer.  Formerly a behavior and training consultant at Contra Costa Animal Services where she collaboratively designed, developed, and implemented behavior program structures, including a robust volunteer training program, revised behavior evaluation, canine enrichment and playgroup guidelines.  Mara holds both a bachelors and master’s degree in psychology and completed all of the course work for a doctorate in education.

  • Webinar – 6/9/20 – How Not to Be My Patient: A physician’s secrets for staying healthy and surviving any diagnosis and the healing power of fur, fins, and feathers – Fear Free and Virox

    Webinar – 6/9/20 – How Not to Be My Patient: A physician’s secrets for staying healthy and surviving any diagnosis and the healing power of fur, fins, and feathers – Fear Free and Virox

    We all need to learn more about how to protect and enhance our health during COVID-19 and beyond. Join us for an evening with famed Mayo Clinic physician, Dr. Edward T. Creagan, who will give you the most current and accurate information on COVID-19, share practical lifestyle advice from his bestselling book “How Not To Be My Patient,” provide health tips from his upcoming book on patient empowerment, and explain why he has written prescriptions for patients to get pets and why he thinks pets are an important part of enhancing our immune system to help fight for our lives. Especially now.

    Dr. Creagan practiced at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, for over four decades before stepping away from active clinical practice. Past president of the Mayo Clinic staff and recipient of the Distinguished Mayo Clinician Award (Mayo’s highest honor), Dr. Creagan is boarded in oncology, internal medicine, hospice, and palliative care.

    He shares his life with his wife, Peggy, two rescue cats, Chloe and Emily, and McKenna, a brilliant Golden Retriever rescue who Creagan says “heels” and “heals.” At the conclusion of the webinar, Dr. Creagan will entertain a lengthy Q&A.

    Join us for this free webinar on Tuesday, June 9, at 2 p.m. Eastern (U.S.) Time.

    Brought to you by Virox Animal Health.

    WEBSITE LINK:  Register for the Webinar Here

  • Online Meeting – 6/3/20 – Evening Parent Gathering – Adisa

    Online Meeting – 6/3/20 – Evening Parent Gathering – Adisa

    Join Dr. Jyothi Robertson in casual conversation to support one another as parents in the animal sector.

    No registration necessary and you don’t need to have attended any of the other sessions.

    Attend using https://zoom.us/j/5097999678 — Meeting ID: 509 799 9678 >>

  • Webinar – 6/4/20 – Welcome Back to Business As Unusual: Practicing Tomorrow’s Veterinary Medicine Today – Fear Free & Virox

    Webinar – 6/4/20 – Welcome Back to Business As Unusual: Practicing Tomorrow’s Veterinary Medicine Today – Fear Free & Virox

    Dr. Marty Becker, Founder of Fear Free, and Teresa Mariscal, Veterinary Technician

    It’s been said that the only person who likes change is a four-month-old baby with a wet diaper. While true for many, the most successful veterinary healthcare professionals look at change as a way to “repot their practice,” so to speak: to cut away dead growth (can be lethargic, uncommitted employees), replenish the soil (new programs and protocols), and facilitate new growth and the bearing of fruit (lower turnover, new bonded clients, more frequent visits, higher profits).

    COVID has forced change in veterinary practice more dramatically and faster than anything in our memories or experience. Telemedicine seemed so far off and now most of us are using it in some capacity. Some of us dreamed of just seeing pets without their people, and those dreams have come true! All joking aside, we can now see how pets respond when mom and dad aren’t in the building with them. We’re discovering new efficiencies we never thought possible. In this webinar you’ll learn how to be forward thinking, creative, adaptive, compassionate, efficient, and healthy (physically and emotionally) while delivering the kind of veterinary care that will have pet parents coming in more often and referring others to taste for themselves. Welcome to “business as unusual” or “returning to business as abnormal” as we embrace the change thrust upon us and harness it for growth.

    Join us for this free webinar on Thursday, June 4, at 2 p.m. Eastern (U.S.) Time.

    Brought to you by Virox Animal Health.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://event.webinarjam.com/register/93/yyl75t54

  • Webinar – 6/4/20 – Michele Pouliot on Being a Changemaker in Dog Training – Karen Pryor Academy

    Webinar – 6/4/20 – Michele Pouliot on Being a Changemaker in Dog Training – Karen Pryor Academy

    Live from the Karen Pryor Academy Training Ranch!

    Ken Ramirez and Michele Pouliot will discuss guide dog training, being a changemaker, Canine Freestyle and competition, and most importantly, having fun with our dogs!

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://theranch.clickertraining.com/live/#next

  • Webinar – 5/28/20 – Patricia McConnell – Exploring Dog Behavior During These Unusual Times – Karen Pryor Academy

    Webinar – 5/28/20 – Patricia McConnell – Exploring Dog Behavior During These Unusual Times – Karen Pryor Academy

    LIVE FROM THE RANCH

    Join Ken Ramirez, KPCT’s Chief Training Officer, for a free hour-long virtual event live from The Ranch on Thursday, May 28 at 12:00 pm (PT). Ken will be joined by Dr. Patricia McConnell and will dive deeper into the dog’s love of sniffing, explore both ours and our dog’s brains during these unusual times, and discuss a variety of topics covered in her books.