Join us for an insightful session that will help you enhance your organization’s methods for collecting and utilizing behavioral observations in shelter animals. Our expert panelists will examine a mock behavioral communications flowchart and share valuable, practical tips to help you evaluate your shelter’s behavioral communication processes. You’ll walk away knowing how to implement small changes that can significantly improve the behavioral health of shelter animals.

Takeaways

• Learn tips and tools for assessing your current system
• Understand the important role of integrated care in behavioral health

Suited For
This webinar is best suited for animal behavior professionals, shelter professionals, and shelter volunteers.

Credits
This webinar has been submitted for CCPDT credit and is pending approval.

Presenters
Elise Gingrich DVM, MPH, MS, DACVPM, DABVP (Shelter Medicine Practice), Senior Director, Shelter Medicine Shelter Services, ASPCA
K.C. Thompson, Shelter Operations Manager, Humane Society of Charlotte
Katie Donohue, Associate Director of Behavior Services – Adoption Centers CBCC-KA

WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.aspcapro.org/training/webinar/shelter-behavior-roundtable-tracking-behavioral-observations-shelter-animals

When you love a complex or sensitive dog, chances are you’ve experienced some emotional ups and downs along the way. You’ll walk away from this Coping with Canines webinar with concrete tools and mindset shifts rooted in counseling and mental health theories, and a deep reassurance that you’re not alone in this experience.

FREE event, donations optional!

About the Speaker: Jess Adam (she/her)

Jess Adam is a licensed professional counselor who lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, her twin boys, her 10 year old reactive pit mix Dio, and her cat named Bat. Animals and mental health are two of Jess’s passions, and she has brought them together in a unique way by creating a niche coaching business supporting dog owners and canine professionals in navigating the human side of dog training. Jess’s lived experience in managing Dio’s reactivity, along with her decade of experience as a therapist and professor of counseling, gives her a unique perspective to bring effective mental health tools and services to the dog world. Through her business Handlers & Humans, Jess offers individual coaching support to dog guardians and dog trainers, along with group support programs and online courses, all rooted in evidence-based therapeutic skills and a real-life understanding of living with a reactive dog.

WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.everydogaustin.org/event-details/coping-with-canines-navigating-human-emotions-with-a-complex-dog

Dogs don’t speak human but their body can say millions of words. In this webinar you will gain a better understanding of reading a dogs body language through T.E.M.P. (Tail, Ears/Eyes, Mouth, and Posture)

FREE event, donations optional!

This webinar is part of Every Dog Behavior and Training’s  BIPOC Speaker Series.

About the Speaker:  Aaron Jones

I worked as a Vet Tech for over 12 years. Although I enjoyed my role dearly, there was still something missing. The medical side of care just did not feel like I was where I was supposed to be. I had always wanted to volunteer raising puppies to become service dogs, so I started researching non-profit organizations. I soon found one and attended my first meeting and was hooked. Training dogs is what makes me feel complete. It’s my calling.  I attended Animal Behavior College where I earned my certification as a Certified Dog Trainer.  I am a dog lover first, and a dog trainer second. I know from first-hand experience the difference dog training makes in the relationship between dog and owner. I believe in creating an unbreakable bond and a trusting relationship between dog and human using positive reinforcement techniques.

WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.everydogaustin.org/event-details/understanding-dog-body-language-using-t-e-m-p

Todos los perros tienen que ir al veterinario por lo menos una vez a año. Queremos enseñarles técnicas de seguridad y de manejo para que su visita sea más suave y divertida. Su perro y el veterinario se lo agradecerán ya que el propósito es que el perro se sienta más cómodo y coopere a la hora de ser examinado.

EVENTO GRATIS: las donaciones son opcionales

Speaker: Isamar Pérez Biology (B.S.) , RVT, CPDT

Contamos con más de 10 años de experiencia en ambientes de trabajo de ritmo rápido incluyendo clínicas veterinarias y centros de cuido y entrenamiento de mascotas.

Disfrutamos educar a guardianes de perros sobre el bienestar animal en todas sus etapas de vida y sobretodo nos apasiona reconstruir lazos y dar segundas oportunidades luego de que el perro muestra comportamientos de agresividad.

Todas las mascotas que hemos ayudado a regular su instinto defensivo nos han enseñado que muchos comportamientos de agresividad comienzan por una amenaza llamada dolor. Es por esto que el cuidado cooperativo en las visitas veterinarias son imprescindibles para poder llevar al animal al veterinario y poder identificar si hay una condición médica que nos urge atender.

Buscamos un balance para unir los mundos y transformar vínculos.

WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.everydogaustin.org/event-details/de-visita-al-veterinario-a-friendly-vet-visit

Join us for a brand-new season of Maddie’s Insights: Practical tips based on current research to help pets and people.

On September 12, 2024 our guest is Seana Dowling-Guyer, MS. She is the Associate Director for the Center for Shelter Dogs at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University.

Animal sheltering has evolved to focus on community-based services as much as in-shelter care. The philosophy that animal sheltering begins and ends within the community through various support programs is gaining traction. These programs, ranging from food banks and training classes to veterinary services, aim to support pet guardianship and retention in the home. However, there’s often a mismatch between the programs offered and the actual needs of the community. In this session, Seana will share research on pre-COVID retention programs focused on companion dogs offered by US animal sheltering organizations, highlighting gaps between these programs and community needs. She will outline a strategic decision-making process for selecting community programs to support pets in homes and discuss different program options.

In this session, attendees will:

• Learn about common retention programs focused on companion dogs offered by US shelters and identify gaps between available programs and community needs
• Become familiar with a strategic decision-making process that can be used when developing and evaluating community programs that support pets in homes

Can’t attend live? Register anyway and you will get a link to the recording.

These webinars have been pre-approved for 1.0 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credits by The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement and by the National Animal Care & Control Association. They have also been submitted for approval for 1 hour of continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize the Registry of Approved Continuing Education (RACE) approval.

About the Speaker

Seana Dowling-Guyer is the Associate Director of Tufts Collaborative (Center) for Shelter Dogs at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University and teaches in the M.S. in Animals and Public Policy program. Seana is interested in the intersection of animal behavior and people’s perceptions of that behavior, particularly how our attitudes and knowledge of animal behavior impact animal welfare and behavior. Her research examines how to improve the welfare of dogs in shelters and support dogs and other companion animals in the home and community. She also investigates trends in animal sheltering. A long-time cat parent, Seana now takes care of four crazy ferrets while her daughter is away at college.

WEBSITE LINK:  https://maddies.fund/MIwebcastsRegister

While playgroups are the foundation of our shelter training program, teaching shelter teams how to implement a generalized, effective, and enjoyable way to handle and train their dogs is another essential aspect of our canine programming! In this webinar, we will teach the fundamentals of our “Fancy Footwork” techniques that focus on achieving good leash manners through the use of your FEET instead of your hands. Come learn this unique and highly effective approach that promotes dogs happily walking softly by your side, offering tons of eye contact, and wowing adopters! This new approach to leash work will enhance your handling skills and increase your ability to train ALL dogs, even those that are highly aroused, stressed, fearful, or not motivated by food, all in an effort to improve quality of life and lifesaving for dogs living in shelters.

Additionally, we will teach you how to implement our critically important kennel routines. The kennel areas of our nation’s shelters can be one of the most challenging and distressing environments that dogs–and their handlers–ever face. DPFL kennel routines have been developed and taught to shelters across the country in an effort to combat these challenges and to provide safer and more successful ways for dogs and people to maneuver through the kennels.

This is a 1.5-hour presentation followed by a Q&A session. This webinar will NOT be recorded and is scheduled on EASTERN TIME.

WEBSITE LINK:  https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HPGGabv0QBas_RhoNIA5vg#/registration

The word “trauma” is being used a lot these days. It is great that there is more awareness that trauma exists and can affect a person or animals’ behavior. However, if a trainer does not truly understand how trauma affects the brain and behavior (of both the human and the animal) then may not be successful.

Whether your client has experienced trauma or if the animal you are training has experienced trauma, it will affect the way that they learn. The trauma can lead to anxiety, fear and/or stress in places you may not expect. It is important to understand how trauma effects leaning and it is important to have empathy and understanding when working with these humans and animals.

Learning Objectives

• What is trauma really?
•  Understanding how trauma effects the brain and behavior (of humans and dogs)
• How trauma can affect your client’s ability to train their dog
• Ways to help dogs and humans that have experienced trauma

Your Presenter – Shannon Riley  BA, RVT, CPDT KA, KPA-CTP

Shannon Riley is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer, Registered Veterinary Technician, Wellness Coach, and Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner. Shannon has been a pet lover all her life and a dog trainer for over 20 years. She has spent her life observing, caring for and training animals of all kinds. She has worked in the Bird Department at Marine World Africa USA, and worked as a handler and trainer for an African Serval Cat at Safari West, a private zoo in Santa Rosa, California. She has participated in behavior studies including observations of bald eagles and addax antelope through the San Francisco Zoo and Safari West.

Her education includes a Biology Degree, specializing in Zoology from Sonoma State. She is a Registered Veterinary Technician, a Certified Professional Dog Trainer, a member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers, a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner and a member of the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants. Shannon has also spoken at the Annual APDT (Association of Professional Dog Trainers) conferences and covered topics such as “Compassion Fatigue” and “What Is Your Dog’s Currency?” In 2021, she spoke at Pet Professional Guilds Geek Week.

WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.petprofessionalguild.com/webinars-events/webinars/deep-dive-into-trauma-and-how-it-affects-dogs-and-their-humans-with-shannon-riley/

Do you worry each time you take the leash off that your dog will become distracted, or even take off on their own? Has taking off the leash become a cue to disconnect? Imagine if instead when you remove your dog’s leash they sprung to life! That they became immediately engaged, focused, and excited to play the game with you.

In this webinar, we will explore games and activities that help build off-leash reliability and connection with your 4-legged friend and to build a strong skill set that you can carry into any situation. These games are suitable for any age dog or skill level, whether you’re looking to rehab a dog that currently disconnects or build a strong foundation with a future canine sports star.

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