As you enjoy cooler temperatures, we hope you will join us for a wide variety of webcasts.
From managing diarrhea in kittens, to making hard changes to lifesaving protocols for at-risk shelter dogs, we have something for everyone this fall. Each webcast will be available to view on-demand after the live webcast, so don’t fret if you can’t make that date and time (but still register so we can send you the link!)
Four of the webcasts are co-presented with the Association of Shelter Veterinarians and have been approved by the AAVSB RACE program and by The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement for continuing education credit.
Strap on that learning cap and sharpen those pencils; here’s our fall webcast lineup:
The Million Cat Challenge: Interventions and observations associated with survival of orphaned shelter kittens undergoing treatment for diarrhea
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
12 noon PT / 3pm ET
30 minutes
Drs. Jody Gookin and Sandra Strong provide information for veterinarians and medical support staff on survival statistics and novel treatments for orphan kitten diarrhea.
Caring for Exotic Pets in the Shelter
Thursday, October 3, 2019
12 noon PT / 3pm ET
60 minutes
Does your shelter have protocols in place for your shelter population other than dogs and cats? Dr. Lena DeTar will give practitioners of shelter medicine the tools they’ll need to address the welfare, husbandry, and medical/surgical needs of small mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians that may come into the shelter.
Change Management: Principles to Make Hard Changes Simpler
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
12 noon PT / 3pm ET
60 minutes
Change is really hard in a shelter, especially if it involves organizational process or cultural changes. Dr. Cristie Kamiya, Chief of Shelter Medicine at the Humane Society of Silicon Valley, will share an 8-Step Change Management Process to help simplify change.
Lifesaving Protocol for At Risk Dogs: a 2-part webcast
Part I. What is the Lifesaving Protocol for At Risk Dogs?
October 23, 2019
12 noon PT/ 3pm ET
60 minutes
When it comes to saving healthy medium and large dogs who are declining in shelters, there are four key elements to a successful approach: transparency, urgency, collaboration and case management. Kristen Hassen-Auerbach, Director of Animal Services Pima Animal Care Center will show you how to change the way you approach making life and death decisions for more challenging dogs by using these four strategies.
Part II. The Challenges of Saving Medium and Large Dogs in Shelters
October 24, 2019
12 noon PT/ 3pm ET
60 minutes
Dr. Sheila Segurson, Director of Research, Maddie’s Fund, and Kristen Hassen-Auerbach, Director at Pima Animal Services, will detail how to make changes to better serve this at-risk population of shelter pets, in this interactive webcast.
Ergonomics for Shelter Veterinarians
Thursday, November 14th
12 noon PT/ 3pm ET
60 minutes
Weren’t you always told to stand up straight as a kid? Dr. Sara White discusses the importance and aspects of ergonomics for veterinarians and medical staff in this eye-opening webcast.
If you want to start learning even sooner, be sure to check out any webcasts on-demand that you may have missed!