Institutional bias and systemic inequity can have a negative impact on pets and there is a great need to understand and deepen the connection between animal welfare and social, racial, and economic justice. Join Amanda Arrington, HSUS Pets for Life program, in a webinar hosted by UW Shelter Medicine Program. No registration required!

 

Hello National Shelter Medicine Rounds attendees,

For rounds this tomorrow  UW Shelter Medicine Program is hosting Amanda Arrington from HSUS Pets for Life program on Tuesday May 12^th form 3-4pm CST to share and lead discussion on ‘Why Access to Pet Resources is a Social Justice Issue’. Pet ownership crosses all boundaries of socio-economics, race, ethnicity, and geography. But access to information and services does not. Institutional bias and systemic inequity can have a negative impact on pets and there is a great need to understand and deepen the connection between animal welfare and social, racial, and economic justice.

We will be recording this session and sharing the invitation more widely than just the National Rounds group.

Join at the following link:

https://zoom.us/j/520278731

Meeting ID: 520 278 731

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National Shelter Medicine Rounds is held on the same Zoom link for every session:

https://zoom.us/j/520278731

Meeting ID: 520 278 731

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COVID-19 Rounds info:

We will be more regularly offering National Shelter Medicine Rounds short term to discuss COVID-19 impacts on shelter medicine on Tuesdays from 3-4pm CT (1pmPT/2pmMT/4pmET)  and Thursdays from 2-3pm CT (12pmPT/1pmMT/3pmET). You are welcome to email questions or topics you hope to be discussed during rounds in advance to nationalsheltermedicinerounds@vetmed.wisc.edu and you are always encouraged to come prepared to unmute to ask questions and participate in discussion at any point. I will be sending email reminders of upcoming rounds in advance. Note: Rounds is typically held the 2^nd and 4^th Tuesdays of the month and will return to that format once the need for regular COVID-19 discussion passes. Recordings will not be available during COVID-19 discussions but can be accessed from previous regular rounds and will again be available once we return to the usual format.

This group is made up of shelter veterinarians, shelter vet trainees, and upper level shelter leadership. If you know anyone that would like to be added to the national shelter medicine rounds email list to regularly receive scheduling updates moving forward, please have them email a request to be added to the email group to nationalsheltermedicinerounds@vetmed.wisc.edu.

Shared documents/links info:

As this group size and information shared grows we are working to get things as organized and streamlined as possible. Each rounds session I will be saving any documents and links that are shared in the chat in a folder called ‘COVID-19 shared documents’ that can be accessed at the Box link found at the end of each email in all rounds emails. You should be able to access the box folder as a guest at any time without a sign in necessary.

https://uwmadison.box.com/s/lh21g6odt0ab569qbdm2r2b0h4glg8gk

Web Conference System Details:

If you have not used Zoom before I’d recommend you join at the zoom link in advance to give it a test run on your computer as you’ll likely need to do a quick download. For audio, you can use either your computer if you have microphone capabilities or you can dial in from your phone. Here is a link to test your audio in advance if you would like to: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362283-Testing-computer-or-device-audio  In order to see the visuals that may be shared you must join either through your computer or download the app if joining from a mobile device.

Thank you,

Stephanie Koester, CVT

Assistant Director, Shelter Medicine Program

University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine

nationalsheltermedicinerounds@vetmed.wisc.edu

Rounds related documents, recordings, and details can be accessed here at any time.

 

National Shelter Medicine Rounds is held on the same Zoom link for every session:

https://zoom.us/j/520278731

Meeting ID: 520 278 731

 

One tap mobile

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As we work together for a future where no adoptable or treatable dog or cat is euthanized, animal shelters need tools that work that empower communities to be part of the solution. Already a best practice for keeping pets out of shelters, rehoming programs are being used in communities across the USA to help pets go from one home to another without ever entering a shelter. This webinar will focus on the impact through data and story sharing, plus information on how you can have a lifesaving program in your community – even if your staff is working from home!

Mandy Evans, Executive Director, Panhandle Animal Shelter

REGISTER:  https://www.calanimals.org/on

Join Best Friends and our technology partners Adopets, Adoptimize and Rehome to learn about how their platforms can save lives during the coronavirus pandemic and beyond

Moderator:

Sue Cosby, Senior Director of Lifesaving Centers, Best Friends Animal Society

Panelists:

Jeremy Macdonald, Chief Customer Officer, Adopets

Jessica Schleder, Founder and CEO, Adoptimize

Abbie Moore, Chief Operating Officer/Chief Product Officer, Rehome

REGISTER:  https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6484635213884546064?source=web

How can animal shelters support keeping pets with their people through COVID-19? How have programs at one of the largest No Kill shelters in the country pivoted to keep the community and pets safe through this trying time? What has been learned that we will keep doing? Where is there still room for growth and improvement?

Hosted by Pima Animal Care Center

REGISTER:  https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eQ1omTcQTimd1W6kbPAkkw

Worried you can’t foster because you have pets of your own? Feel like your NYC apartment is too small? Not sure where to start? This webinar is for YOU! Our foster extraordinaires will share their different journeys to debunk myths and prove anyone can save lives by fostering.

Join Petco Foundation President Susanne Kogut and foster parents from across the nation as they debunk the biggest foster myths!

REGISTER:  https://petco.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ag14pgn_TWWU18GRO215Mg

Reward-based training improves the lives of dogs and their human families. You might not be able to attend group class right now, but you can “home school” your dog during this time and improve their behavior by fitting some simple training exercises into your everyday interactions with your dog. Fear Free Head Trainer Mikkel Becker will give you the basics and answer some questions, as well!

REGISTER:  https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BT7v79uoQXiknU-luB1dEQ?utm_source=Fear+Free+Happy+Homes+Members&utm_campaign=f906e226c2-NEWSLETTER_Happy_Homes_2018_06_30_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7772fcba2b-f906e226c2-199971717

Nosework is an amazing sport/activity for shelter dogs – pet owners are becoming involved in this training in record numbers.  It uses positive reinforcement, helps dogs to develop confidence and optimism and doesn’t require dogs to interact with each other to be successful.

Every day more dogs are being used by government agencies to find drugs, explosives, human remains, and other animal species. At the same time, pet owners have discovered the sport of canine nose work and are enjoying the benefits of this engaging and stimulating activity.

There is much we do not know about the canine olfaction system and what factors may influence a dog’s ability to perform scent work appropriately.

This webinar will examine the canine olfaction system and examine various drugs that may, or may not, affect scenting ability.