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Society of Veterinary Behavior Technicians

September 9-10, 2006, in St. Louis, MO!!

The SVBT teamed up with Jefferson Community College and the Humane Society of Missouri to provide 10.5 hours of CE for veterinary professionals.

Topic presentations  

Lectures began Saturday, September 9^th at 3PM at the Humane Society of Missouri’s new state of the art facility.  Following Saturday’s sessions, there was a tour, a Q & A session about training tools with the SVBT Board of Directors, and then the SVBT annual business meeting followed by a reception for all SVBT members & Saturday participants!

Sunday, September 10^th provide another day filled with more opportunities to learn, network, and have hands on experiences with real pets with the option to choose lectures from the behavior track or the general medicine track which ran concurrently.

Saturday Behavior sessions: Sponsored by Premier Pet Products

3:00-3:45 PM- Ginny Price, CVT- Animal Learning: How Clickers Communicate

4:00-4:45 PM- Marcia Ritchie, LVT- The Very Best Puppy Behavior Advice

5:00-5:30 PM- Round table discussion with SVBT board members

5:30-6:30 PM- Tour of HSMO facility

SVBT Annual Business meeting:  6:00-7:00 PM- At HSMO

SVBT Reception: Sponsored by Hill’s  7:00-9:00 PM- At HSMO

Sunday Behavior sessions: Sponsored by Hill’s and Jefferson College

Continental Breakfast (included in Sunday registration)

 9-10:30 - Kristen White, CVT- Puppy Class (Lecture w/ Demonstration) ¹

10:40-12:10- Angela Martin-Licari, -Kitten Socialization and Classes (Lecture w/ Demonstration) ¹

12:15-1:30- Lunch break- Box lunch provided

Pam Mahlie, RVT will present a lunch and learn session on Gentle Leaders. ¹

1:30-2:15- Dannette Johnston, - Dog Thinking

2:25-3:10- Marcia Ritchie, LVT- Behavioral Health for the Adolescent Dog

3:20-4:05- Amanda Eick-Miller, RVT- Incorporating Behavior Techniques into Daily Practice

4:15-5:00- Melissa Spooner, LVT- The Job Description of a Behavior Technician

¹ For each of these sessions 30 participants will be selected at random to take part in live demonstrations.

* Jefferson College sessions will be running concurrently on Sunday and are open to all registered attendees.  They will offer sessions on the following:
 

9:00-10:20---------Necropsy Techniques   10:30-12:00-------Animal Hoarding (from our SVBT Recording Secretary Linda Campbell)   1:30-2:15----------Bovine Pregnancy Diagnosis   2:30-4:00----------Neonatal Foals   4:10-5:00----------Parrots in Private Practice (from our President Tara Lang)

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