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Events and Conferences
| Upcoming Shelter Medicine Conferences |  |
| December 9, 2008 to December 9, 2008 | Santa Cruz, CA |
| Starting Shelter/Rescued Dogs out on the Right Paw in their New Homes - Coaching for their People: | |
| This free, drop-in group will coach you in training your newly adopted dog and helping you overcome some of their challenging behaviors and common problems. These sessions are for people, so please leave your dogs at home. Jumping up, barking, and pulling on the leash, etc. come naturally to dogs and we’re here to help you learn what to do. When: The 1st Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm Where: 2701 Chanticleer, Santa Cruz, CA RESERVATIONS REQUIRED: 831-475-1580 Sponsored by: Bed and Biscuits, and the Santa Cruz SPCA | |
| website: www.scanimalservices.us/events.asp | |
| January 17, 2009 to January 21, 2009 | Orlando, FL |
| North American Veterinary Conference (NVAC) | |
| The NAVC is the non-profit organization that produces, organizes and delivers premier continuing education programs for the entire veterinary healthcare team. Founded in 1984, the NAVC Conference, held every January in Orlando, Florida has grown to accommodate more than 16,000 attendees from over 60 countries and every realm of the veterinary healthcare profession. The NAVC Conference provides more than 50 hands-on wet laboratories, 300 speakers, a dozen daily lecture tracks, more than 550 exhibitors and nightly entertainment. | |
| website: www.tnavc.org | |
| February 15, 2009 to February 19, 2009 | Las Vegas, NV |
| Western Veterinarian Conference | |
| For veterinarians, veterinary technicians, practice managers, administrative staff, and shelter medicine personnel. Western Veterinary Conference (WVC) is one of the largest single assemblies of veterinary practitioners in the world. PUTTING PROGRESS INTO PRACTICE is the Conference mantra, expressing the goal for comprehensive, current, and completely practical content for the veterinary practitioners attending the Conference. WVC is unique in number, spectrum, depth, and diversity of learning opportunities, offering more than 800 sessions, over 30 focused symposia, and more than 40 hands-on laboratories as well as numerous networking opportunities in a world-class exhibit setting. | |
| website: www.wvc.org/home.php | |
| March 1, 2009 to March 3, 2009 | Sacramento, CA |
| Animal Care Conference | |
| Animal Care Conference 2009 is a collaboration among the California Animal Control Directors' Association (CACDA), the California Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA), and the State Humane Association of California (SHAC). | |
| website: www.animalcareconference.org | |
| March 26, 2009 to March 29, 2009 | Pheonix, AZ |
| American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) Annual Conference | |
| AAHA has something for every member of a practice team, and covers important issues facing the veterinary industry. The conference offers over 450 hours of continuing education covering scientific, management, technician and client focus topics. | |
| website: www.aahanet.org | |
| September 24, 2009 to September 26, 2009 | Chicago, IL |
| PetSmart Charities Feline Forum: Practices and New Perspectives | |
| A COMPREHENSIVE, NATIONAL conference THAT WILL FOCUS solely on cats and how to care AND ADVOCATE for them! With more than 30 workshops, PetSmart Charities’ 2009 Feline Forum will cover topics such as: * Facilitating more, and better, cat adoptions * Managing effective feral-cat programs * Reducing disease transmission in shelter settings * Operating a feline-focused spay/neuter program * Understanding cat behavior … in the shelter and in the home * Increasing the lost-cat RTO rate * Examining new perspectives on how to elevate the value of cats in our society AND MORE! | |
| website: www.petsmartcharities.org/felineforum/index.php | |