Resilience is the ability to adapt successfully to or recover quickly from stressful events, situations, and conditions. Resilience relies on effective responses to environmental change, and resistance to the negative effects of stress. A thorough understanding of the factors which influence these mechanisms is fundamental to raising and living with our companion animals. No matter your goal, we must consider resilience when creating training programs or addressing behavior issues. This is especially the case when training skills for husbandry and veterinary care. In these contexts, many pets feel worried or threatened, making handling more difficult and stressful for the guardian. Join us for a series on Happy Handling, where we explore how resilience conditioning can create an experience of cooperation, whether you have a dog at home or you are working with a dog at a shelter. Happy Handling for Shelter Dogs Thursday, December 1, 20226pm to 7:30 EST (USA and Canada) Do some dogs in your shelter stare at you with hard eyes and bared teeth when you approach them with medication? Do you struggle to administer necessary medical care to extremely stressed shelter dogs? Caring for the sick and injured in a shelter can be hard and sometimes dangerous! Fear not! Low-stress handling and cooperative care is possible in a shelter environment. There’s a better way for you and your charges, and we want to give you new tools for approaching these problems. What does a Resilience Conditioning training plan based around the Resilience Rainbow look like? What are the advantages of this approach? We will explore these concepts and exercises through case examples. Ferdie Yau, MA, CPDT-KA, and Evia Russell, CDBC, are teaming up to bring Happy Handling to YOUR shelter! We’ll teach you how to work with the pets who are already scared and require medical care, as well as those who are still “easy”, so you can prevent fear before it starts. We’ll give you exercises and tips you can implement right away, including "quick and dirty" strategies to use when medical care is urgent and you don’t have time to train a new behavior. We also recognize that you might be alone in your organization when it comes to an interest in Happy Handling. Sadly, much of the shelter world is under-resourced and understaffed, which makes it challenging to implement new programs like Happy Handling. Zoos and aquariums found themselves in the same position decades ago, but now, cooperative care training is widely accepted as best practice in modern AZA-accredited zoos and aquariums. We will talk about what it takes to create real change, and how to nurture a culture that promotes Happy Handling for all! Happy Handling for Pet Dogs Wednesday, December 7, 20226pm to 7:30 EST (USA and Canada) Does your pet panic when walking into the vet clinic? Do they fight tooth and nail against nail trims or brushing at home? Are you filled with dread every time your pet has a medical issue because they can’t be touched by a veterinarian? Maybe you always had to pay for sedated care for a previous pet and want to make sure your new furry friend LOVES to go to the vet. Fear not! Happy Handling is here to help. Cooperative Care refers to training animals to opt-into their care. While no two programs look the same, cooperative care typically includes desensitization, counter-conditioning, and skill building with positive reinforcement. By providing our pets with agency, we can help them feel safe being handled, no matter what we need to do to ensure their health and well-being. What does a Resilience Conditioning training plan based around the Resilience Rainbow look like? What are the advantages of this approach? We will explore these concepts and exercises through case examples. Pet Owners- Come to this lecture to learn how to teach your pet to tolerate or even love veterinary care, how medications can help, and how to find your best-fit veterinary partner. When you have this information, you can be a great advocate for your pet and enjoy a future of more peaceful veterinary visits. Behavior Consultants- Whether you’re new to cooperative care or have been practicing it for years, this webinar is guaranteed to offer you something new. We’ll discuss behavior modification techniques for cooperative care and how medication protocols can impact your plan's success. Veterinarians- When patients are spicy, they can't get the medical care they need. This leaves everyone frustrated and worried. The good news is that multiple medications can provide the best care, even if families aren't able to do much training at home. Come to this webinar to learn more about the research and application of pre-visit medication combinations. Join E’Lise Christensen, DVM DACVB, and Evia Russell, CDBC, to learn techniques and tips for teaching your pet to love the vet! This is an online event. The live-streaming link will be emailed one day before the event. This two-day seminar will be recorded for those who cannot join us for the live event. "Doors" open 30 minutes before the start time of the event. Feel free to log in and wait in our "waiting room" via the video app. We will be using Zoom to stream the event. CEUs will be granted only to those who purchase a ticket for the two-day seminar, even if they cannot join us on the dates of the event.

Sponsor:Behavior Vets
Speaker(s):Dr. E'Lise Christensen, Evia Russell, Ferdie Yau

Contact: Behavior Vets
 Email: webinars@behaviorvets.com
 Phone: 646-661-1001
 Web: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/happy-handling-when-resilience-conditioning-creates-cooperation-tickets