7:00 AM
7:00 AM
- Yoga in the Hanover Room
- 7:00 AM - 7:45 AM | 45 minutes
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
- Registration and Breakfast Radisson Hotel Nashua - Grand Ballroom
- 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | 1 hour
- If this is your first day attending, stop by the registration table on your arrival. Pick up your packet and name badge.
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Welcome to the Conference Radisson Hotel Nashua - Grand Ballroom
- 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | 30 minutes
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
- GENERAL SESSION: Animals We Are Placing in the Community Radisson Hotel Nashua - Grand Ballroom
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Should or should not? When it comes to placing behaviorally challenged dogs, that is the question.The unintended consequence ...
- Panel
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Vendor & Exhibitor Break
- 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 30 minutes
- Visit our sponsors and exhibitors in the grand ballroom. Network with other attendees. ...
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Implementing Enrichment and Playgroups at Your Shelter Radisson Hotel Nashua - Track A
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Attendees will learn about the Shelter Playgroup Alliance (SPA), including our inter-dog playgroup guidelines and enrichment program. The SPA playg...
- Talk
- Empathy: The Prescription for Better Client Relationships Radisson Hotel Nashua - Track C
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Some clients will be irate, some will be full of questions, a few will be uncomfortable and act ou...
- Talk
- Best practices for companion birds – housing, nutrition, and enrichment Radisson Hotel Nashua - Track B
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This presentation will aid anyone looking for knowledge on basic temporary care of companion birds...
- Talk
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Vendor & Exhibitor Lunch
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- The Forgotten Pets of Domestic Violence Radisson Hotel Nashua - Track A
- 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Your shelter (and you!) are a resource for your community. Animal sheltering is very much a social service that is expanding to me...
- Talk
- A New Look At Enrichment and Building Sustainable Enrichment Programs Radisson Hotel Nashua - Track C
- 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- In the pet and sheltering communities, people typically think of enrichment as play and exercise. ...
- Talk
- Crash Course in Rodent Care & Adoptability Radisson Hotel Nashua - Track B
- 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This workshop covers a variety of topics concerning rodent (rats, guinea pigs, mice, hamster) care...
- Talk
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
- Vendor & Exhibitor Break
- 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM | 15 minutes
- Visit our sponsors and exhibitors in the grand ballroom. Network with other attendees. ...
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- Beyond Spay/Neuter: Innovative Programs & Practices to Decrease the Number of Pets Relinquished to Animal Shelters & Rescue Groups Radisson Hotel Nashua - Track A
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Animal shelters in the Northeast have made tremendous strides in reducing the homeless animal population through spay/neuter programs. New programs...
- Talk
- Association of Animal Welfare Administrators: Companion Animal Transport Best Practices Radisson Hotel Nashua - Track C
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Animal transport is an important component in sheltering and there are severa...
- Talk
- There is a goat at the shelter, now what? Radisson Hotel Nashua - Track B
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- More and more farm animals show up at shelters, from roosters, to pigs, to goats and more. Where i...