Canine Behavior Symposium; Managing Canine Reactivity: Cooperative Care and Collaboration Between Veterinary Professionals and Trainers

Canine Behavior Symposium
Managing Canine Reactivity: Cooperative Care and Collaboration Between Veterinary Professionals and Trainers

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Save the Date: Saturday, May 14, 2022
Time: 8:00 - 3:30 pm (PST)
CE Credit: Up to 6.0 hours 
Location: Hybrid (In-Person and Live-Interactive Webinar via Aventri Virtual Platform)

UC Davis SVM Employees and Students: Special pricing available. Select SVM Employee or SVM student when registering.

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Program

Come learn onsite or virtually with us on how to help manage fearful, reactive or aggressive dogs. We will focus on how to build relationships between veterinarians and dog trainers and work together to help these dogs lead a happier, fear-free life. This symposium is open to all veterinarians, veterinary technicians, dog trainers and others interested in canine behavior.

Speakers:

• Melissa Bain, DVM, DACVB, DACAW, MS
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  Melissa Bain, DVM, DACVB, DACAW, MS, is a Professor at the department of Medicine & Epidemiology, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Bain received her bachelor’s degree and obtained her DVM from University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine before receiving her MS from the UC Davis School of Medicine. She is a Diplomat of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists (DACVB) and the American College of Animal Welfare (DACAW). She also serves on the California Veterinary Medical board and holds certificates in Diversity and Inclusion in Veterinary Medicine, Suicide Prevention, and Mental Health First Aid.

  Dr. Bain’s research focuses on evaluating the effectiveness of prevention and treatment of problem behaviors, primarily in primarily companion animals, and the effects on the human-animal bond and humane care of animals. She specializes in veterinary behavior and veterinary welfare.

• Liz Stelow, DVM, DACVB

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  Liz Stelow, DVM, DACVB, is a 2006 graduate of UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and board-certified veterinary behaviorist. She is currently a clinician in the Clinical Veterinary Behavior Service at UC Davis. Previous experience as the public relations director at the Pasadena Humane Society has made keeping pets in their homes, through strengthening of the human-animal bond, the focus of her work.
  
  
  
  
  
   

• Gina Davis, DVM

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  Gina Davis, DVM, graduated from UC Davis SVM in the Class of 1997. After graduation, Dr. Davis moved back to the Los Angeles area and joined a large 24-hour practice as a general practitioner. A few years after the practice was purchased by VCA, she transferred to a 4 Doctor practice in the Seattle, WA area. 

  Dr. Davis fell in love with Behavioral Medicine in 2015 and decide to pursue a Residency because not only did she want to learn as much as she could about behavior, she also wanted to help others become more knowledgeable and confident when providing behavioral health care for their patients.
  
  
  
   

• Kelly Lee, PhD

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  Kelly Lee, PhD, owns Dogkind LLC, a dog training company specializing in behavior problems related to fear and aggression. She is based in Davis and South Lake Tahoe, CA. Kelly holds a BS in Zoology, a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and is currently completing a master’s degree in Applied Behavior Analysis. She is also an honors graduate of The Academy for Dog Trainers where she earned her Certificate in Training and Counseling (CTC).
   

• Michelle Borchardt, RVT, KPA-CTP

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  Michelle Borchardt, RVT, KPA-CTP, became a Registered Veterinary Technician in 1993 and has held many positions, ranging from veterinary nurse to manager, in various veterinary hospitals. Michelle is also a graduate of the Karen Pryor Academy Dog Trainer Professional Program. She has trained animals for the entertainment industry, as well as for wildlife conservation educational programs for schools. In 2014, she began working at UC Davis as the Behavior Service Technician and Animal Trainer. She has been a Certified Fear-Free Animal Trainer since 2019. She is also a co-author on a soon to be published study: "Effects of trazodone on behavioral and physiological signs of stress in dogs during veterinary visits: Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled crossover clinical trial" in an upcoming issue of JAVMA.
   

• Allison Daack, CPDT-KA, FFCP

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  Allison Daack, CPDT-KA, FFCP, is the founder of Daack Pack Dog Training and has been working with dogs and other species in a professional capacity since 2008. While working with exotics, she undertook everything from educating the public, rehabilitation, to using training to help animals cope with life in captivity, usually due to injury or illness.  These experiences expanded her passion for behaviorism.

  In Allison’s work at other training facilities, not only did she teach clients, but she was also an integral part of a corporate team that provided guidance to, and created continuing education materials for, trainers. She also mentored individual trainers at various stages in their career paths, to deepen their knowledge base. 

  June 1, 2016, Allison founded Daack Pack Dog Training to better support the needs of her clients whose dogs struggle with things like fear, anxiety, or displaying aggressive behaviors. Through Daack Pack, she and her team have been able to provide the community with custom, in-home canine behavior consulting services and dog training to support the specific needs of pets and their owners. She has also worked on a variety of passion projects like a prison dog training program, Bring your Dog to Work program, and a Trainer on Retainer program for rescue.

Schedule

COVID-19 POLICY

Please note that these are current at the time of writing but can change frequently and without notice.

Throughout the pandemic the University of California Davis has made the health and safety of all of its staff and students a top priority.  (You can read more about our current and historic vaccination, infection and testing statistics, as well as links to protocols and policies here. We will continue to observe these initiatives and standards throughout the BSC so as to ensure the safety of all of our attendees. In addition, we will follow the In-Person Activity Guidance at UC Davis, and all attendees must adhere to and comply with the UC Davis Covid Guidelines for Campus Events.

Admittance to the conference will require:

1. Proof of full vaccination, including a booster.  Alternatively, a negative Covid-19 PCR test result will be required every 4 days.
2. Completion of a Daily Symptom Survey with presentation of an approval email, screengrab, or printed copy prior to entering facilities on campus.
3. Face coverings indoors for everyone, regardless of vaccination status.

Program Information

• CE Certificates
• In-Person:
  Attendance is recorded upon check-in. You must sign your name at the check-in desk.
  Participants are responsible for determining if specific programs are accepted for CE credit by their State Licensing Board.
  CE Certificates will be emailed out to registrants, who attended the live webinar, approximately 2 weeks after the event.
  
  Virtual:
  Attendance is recorded when you join a session.
  Participants are responsible for determining if specific programs are accepted for CE credit by their State Licensing Board.
  CE Certificates will be emailed out to registrants, who attended the live webinar, approximately 2 weeks after the event.
• Aventri Virtual Platform Preferred Browser Information
• You can watch the event on your computer.
  We recommend attendees to use Google Chrome as it is the preferred the Browser to use when logging into the Virtual Platform.
  Make sure you have the latest Google Chrome version. 
  If you are using a different Browser other than Google Chrome, make sure your Browser's version is up to date and allow access to sound for Aventri's Virtual Platform. 
• Aventri Virtual Platform Log In Information
• You will receive an additional email, about 2 weeks prior to the event date, with information on how to log in on the day of the event.
  You will enter the virtual platform by signing in with the email address you registered with and your last name.
• Cancellation Policy
• A refund will be made, less a $30.00 processing fee, if the cancellation request is received 2 weeks before the program start date, otherwise, a refund will be made, less a $75.00 processing fee.
  All requests must be made in writing. Submit cancellation request via email to svmcontinuinged@ucdavis.edu. 

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