Rescue Waggin Canine Assessment Tool

Have you thought about what would happen to your pets should something happen to you? More than half a million animals end up in US shelters each year simply because their human passed away or became ill and had  never made plans for the continued care of their pets. 

2nd Chance 4 Pets (www.2ndchance4pets.org), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, all-volunteer organization, focuses on helping ensure that pet owners have planned for the possibility that their pets might outlive them.

The organization's director, Amy Shever, will present the basic steps that every responsible pet owner should follow to ensure that their pets will always receive care. Amy discusses many options available to ensure "lifetime care" for pets and how you and your organization can help pet owners in your community plan for the possibility that their pets might outlive them.

Methods used to treat distemper, the illness manifestations and treatment course, and nurturing the people caring for these pets in foster and adoptive homes.

In an effort to save all of the injured and ill animals at the city shelter, Austin Pets Alive! developed a program for parvo treatment in the shelter that prevents contaminating the entire shelter.

It’s estimated that tens of millions of feral and stray cats freely roam the streets of the United States and breed rapidly. What to do?! Trap-neuter-return (TNR) is the only method proven to be humane and effective in controlling free-roaming cat population growth. This webinar is intended for people with very little or no knowledge about feral cats and TNR.

Each animal admitted to a shelter benefits from a physical exam, preferably immediately upon entry. Staff can easily learn to use the intake exam to quickly yet correctly determine the sex and approximate age of cats, kittens, puppies and dpgs, screen for common contagious diseases, and identify illnesses that may require veterinary attention.

Is your foster program functioning as efficiently as possible? This webinar will help you improve your foster program or get started on the right paw with a new one. Learn about setting goals and measuring efficacy; choosing which animals to send into foster care; the costs of foster programs; the supplies needed; the foster database and necessary forms; foster caregiver recruitment, training, and management; and finding fostered animals homes.

This webinar will help you run the best foster program possible, to save more animals’ lives and help achieve your mission.

This presentation is designed to help shelters, rescues, and advocates better serve the pit bull dogs in their community and increase adoptions.

Learn America’s history of discrimination against different groups of dogs, how our attitudes, not facts, created the crisis confronting “pit bull” dogs, and how a truer understanding of dogs can inspire us to break the cycle of discrimination once and for all.

Protocols for healthy group housing for shelter cats, including considerations for  facilities, procedures, selection, management and monitoring.