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Community Conversations - 9/16/24 - Sneak Peek of New Learniverse Shelter Care Specialist Certification Program

  • 1.  Community Conversations - 9/16/24 - Sneak Peek of New Learniverse Shelter Care Specialist Certification Program

    Posted 26 days ago

    Updated 9/16/24 at 5:43 pm PT: Recording now available to watch on-demand!

    We hope to see you on the next Community Conversations call on Monday, 9/16/24 at 11am PT for a presentation titled,  "Sneak Peek of New Learniverse Shelter Care Specialist Certification Program" with Dr. @Cindi Delany, Director of Online Learning, Maddie's® Million Pet Challenge. 

    Are You a Shelter Team Member on the Frontlines or a Shelter Leader looking for support to level-up your staff training?
    Learn all about the new "Shelter Care Specialist" certification program offered by the Koret Shelter Medicine Program at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. As part of the Maddie's® Million Pet Challenge Shelter Learniverse online learning program has designed this certification program to help provide training, elevate skills, and provide professional development for dedicated shelter team members.

    What We'll Talk About:
    A game-changing professional development program for shelter team members. Elevate your (or your team's) professional skills and credentials, positioning yourself for a fulfilling career in animal welfare. This program will provide you with a robust foundation in critical areas of best practices in animal care and shelter operations, leading to certification as a Shelter Care Specialist.

    Register for Community Conversations hosted via Zoom: https://maddies.fund/CommunityConvoRegistration2024

    If you are unable to make it live on Monday, this thread will be updated with the recording and resources so you can watch and share whenever you'd like.  After you watch the recording on-demand or attend the call live, be sure to complete this new September 2024 entry form to enter to win up to a $5,000 grant: https://www.maddiesfund.org/weekly-community-conversations-sep24-giveaway.htm


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  • 2.  RE: Community Conversations - 9/16/24 - Sneak Peek of New Learniverse Shelter Care Specialist Certification Program

    Posted 19 days ago

    Thanks to the 199+ people and paws who joined us on today's Community Conversations call! The recording is now available to watch on-demand. Below you'll find a recap of today's call and the resources shared. 

    Call Recap

    • Question of the Day: What's the most fun thing you have trained/taught your pet to do? Tell us the pet and the trick!
      • "Taught my Bactrian camel to fetch a toy. 🤣" - Cindi Delany, DVM - UCD KSMP, MMPC
      • "My senior pup Hazel knows how to jump if you tell her 'up!' It's very cute." - Michelle Pease
      • "Boomer, a Bernese Mountain Dog, loved to sit up which we called Raise the Woof!  Everyone would give him treats for that…so he did it often." - Sharon Fletcher
      • "Taught my terrier to dance for treats" - Ernest Hagan
      • "Unintentionally taught our cat Arlo to enter Barbie's Dream House to get treats … 'cause that's how we get her out of there." - Chris Fitzgerald
      • "I work with feral cats so the most fun thing I've taught them is not to be afraid of me! 🙂 (I also taught my horse to rear on command - very dramatic.)" - Kristen Petrie
      • "Reggie, another Berner, will 'take a bow'" - Sharon Fletcher
      • "My German Shepherd knows "fetch a big stick" and will go find a large branch when he brings me a little twig if I give him the command." - Todd Cramer
      • "I am potty training my Parrot!" - Christine Teuscher 
      • "I have a new adoptive dog (2 weeks) who was used as a breeder and wasn't exposed to indoors at all. She has learned to come inside the house AND go through a doggy door! YAY!!" - Stefanie Holzman
      • "My ridgeback will sit up with crossed paws to get treats, we call it bear, and she looks adorable doing it." - Steph Kendrick
      • "PJ (just turned 3 on Friday) learned "Follow Me" when I hold a treat in front of his nose, and I walk past something he might react to. I learned that after attending a training session at East Bay SPCA with Dr. Sophie Liu." - Irene Chansawang
      • "Trained a set of ducks to "go to bed" back into their barn." - Dee Cummins
      • "Mine are the same! If my Lhasa Apso or Maltese hear a crinkly bag open, they come running!" - Erin Dinsmore
      • "Not necessarily a fun trick but fun results: I had a Treeing Walker Coonhound and a Pitbull/Collie mix and I decided to do scent work and it turned out my Pitbull/Collie was SO MUCH faster at finding a scent than my hound was!" - Kristin Moro 
      • "My son taught all my dogs to spin in place before feedings." - Yvonne Haddox
      • "My GSD says 'helllooooooo' to us whenever we come home. So cute!" - Sheila Segurson
      • "My Rottweiler knows that "uh oh" means that there's a "pick up" on the kitchen floor. He does not eat it if there's no prompt and he has a strong leave it :)" - MeLissa Webber
      • "I have greyhounds... not well known for being "trickie". They come to the kitchen when they hear the ice maker, they walk "by me", AND they recall about 95% of the time!!!" - Mary Flores
      • "My dog has taught himself to be in the kitchen when my toddler is eating in her highchair. He watches the ground under her intensely for food" - Danielle Faford
      • "Labs...one is trained for search and rescue. Just retired." - Tammy Anckner
      • "We did not teach him, but Hugo, our 126lb Lab/Retriever/Chow regularly crosses his front paws when laying down. And ALWAYS let's us know when it is time to walk!" - Debra DeVries
      • "Foster kittens all learn to snuggle on their back and ask for belly kisses. They ask by waving their front paws. I reward with the kiss and lots of praise. They also all learn to play fetch with little soft balls." - rosalie hathcock
      • " My animals have trained me very well." - Mary Ippoliti-Smith

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      • Highlights from the Chat
        • "This is fabulous" - Israel Rivera
        • "This is amazing!" - MeLissa Webber
        • "This is great!  Thanks for putting the program together and sharing with everyone. Unfortunately, I have to leave for another meeting. Be well, everyone." - Chris Fitzgerald
        • "Looks fabulous" - Michelle Russillo
        • "Sounds like a great program!" - Amy Joshua
        • "Sounds like this would be highly beneficial to our Rescue." - Debra DeVries
        • "whoo hoo great" - Carrie Hecht
        • "Yay! But I am sad that we cannot participate in this. We would learn so much from veterinarians." - Kim Jackson
        • "We are looking to build a facility, and this is exactly something that would help in the beginning." - Kim Jackson
        • "I'm sure they will create something more relevant to foster-based rescues in the future! please check out the maddie's university for existing resources." - Christina Lee
        • "Once you set up the facility I am sure it will be relevant to you! Maybe at that point, you and your team can sign up for the program." - Christina Lee
        • "This is such an incredible opportunity, and I'm looking forward to having a couple of our staff take it!" - Kristin Smith
        • "Great, thank you for answering my question. This sounds like a wonderful and long overdue opportunity!" - Tricia Sebes
        • "https://www.sheltervet.org/resources/guidelines" - Tricia Sebes
        • "Thank you – can't wait for courses for rescues!" - Suzy Kaiser
        • "Thank you so much, this was excellent!" - Beth Porter
        • "Great job, thank you!" - Ken Hopkins
        • "Thank you for sharing...resources are always a part of the process!" - Nicole King



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      Sheila Kouhkan
      Senior Education Specialist
      Maddie's Fund
      CA
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