Full — registration closed
Shelter Seminar
Shelter Medicine Foundations — a veterinarian-led course
Shelter Medicine Foundations is full.
All places for November 19–20 are filled. Course details and the flyer remain available for registered attendees. Ask about future sessions.
Dates
November 19–20, 2026
Each day
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location
Hampton Inn & Suites conference room
105 S. Humphrys Blvd, Pauls Valley, OK 73075
Tuition
$100.00 check or PO
$103.30 credit card
01 — The course
About this course
A practical, veterinarian-led two-day course for the people who care for animals at a shelter without an on-staff veterinarian every day — before, after and between veterinary visits. This is not a course on practicing veterinary medicine. Participants are not taught to independently diagnose, prescribe or replace veterinary care. Instead, the course builds responsible work within veterinarian-approved protocols, applicable law and organizational policy: recognizing what an animal needs, documenting it accurately, acting safely within scope and escalating to a veterinarian when the situation calls for it.
Course flyer
Shelter Medicine Foundations
Original course flyer. Please note: this class is now full and registration is closed.
02 — Curriculum
What the course covers
- Shelter medicine foundations
- Intake assessments
- Body condition scoring
- Microchip scanning
- Restraint for veterinary care
- Rabies identification and protocol
- Common parasites and gastrointestinal diseases
- Vaccination fundamentals
- Infection prevention
- Venipuncture fundamentals
- First response and emergency stabilization
- Animal CPR
- Record documentation
Topics are listed exactly as published for this course. Where an instructor is named, that session is taught by them.
03 — Details
Notes for attendees
- Shelter Medicine Foundations is full. Registration is closed for November 19–20, 2026.
- Presented by the City of Pauls Valley and the Pauls Valley Animal Welfare Society.
- Lunch is provided on both days.
- Meet & Greet Cocktail Hour, November 19 at 6:00 p.m., The Grille, 2602 W. Grant Ave, Pauls Valley, OK 73075.
- A discount is available when staying at the Hampton Inn & Suites.
- This is not a course on practicing veterinary medicine.
04 — Venue and lodging
Where to be, where to stay
Course venue
Hampton Inn & Suites conference room105 S. Humphrys Blvd
Pauls Valley, OK 73075
Other training
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- TOACA Academy — August 3–14, 2026 · 2026 course • completed
- Fall Seminar — October 22–23, 2026 · 2026 course • completed