CHF and VetVine Webinar Series
The AKC Canine Health Foundation and VetVine have teamed up to offer webinars on canine health topics. These webinars feature leaders in the field of veterinary health research and offer practical advice on common health concerns, as well as information on cutting-edge research to benefit our dogs.
The webinars feature a presentation, followed by a question and answer session if time permits. Each webinar is recorded and can be watched on demand from a computer or mobile device. All webinars require registration through VetVine.
Register today for one of our upcoming programs or watch a past webinar on demand!
Upcoming Webinars
Pain sensitivity in dogs of different breeds: What do we know, and what do we believe?
Our understanding and awareness of the relationship between behavior and pain has grown over the years, and more recently work has been done to investigate pain sensitivity in dogs of different breeds, including how we measure it.
In this webinar board-certified veterinary behaviorist Dr. Margaret Gruen will discuss the history of beliefs about pain sensitivity in different dog breeds and how that might shape our responses to them, how we can test these beliefs and their impact using measures like quantitative sensory testing, and she will review the AKC Canine Health Foundation-funded project that was designed to begin to address these questions.
To be available for viewing On Demand: Wednesday, August 10, 2022 @ 12pm ET
Speaker: Margaret E. Gruen, DVM, MVPH, PhD, DACVB
Grant 02797: Do Dog Breeds Differ in Pain Sensitivity?
Cognitive and Emotional Development in Assistance Dog Puppies
A better understanding of the psychological mechanism(s) that help or hinder the success of service dogs is currently being studied. This information can be used to better predict which puppies will be successful service dogs – improving the success of training while increasing the potential number of service dogs available. These findings will also provide the first set of data on normal cognitive development in dogs as it relates to success in training programs and socialization strategies.
In this webinar Dr. Hare will be discussing our current understanding of canine cognitive development including details of the first large-scale, longitudinal study tracking the course of cognitive development in dogs during the critical period of brain development from 8-20 weeks of age. He will explain how the study findings may improve success in training programs and socialization strategies for all dogs.
To be available for viewing On Demand: Wednesday, October 5, 2022 @ 12pm ET
Speaker: Brian Hare, MA, PhD
Webinars available On Demand
CANINE DEGENERATIVE MYELOPATHY: FROM GENE MUTATION DISCOVERY TO CLINICAL TRIALS October 17, 2019
Join us in this webinar for a better understanding of degenerative myelopathy.
WHAT THE FLU! PROTECTING DOGS AND COMMUNITIES FROM CANINE INFLUENZA VIRUS July 18, 2019
Review our current knowledge of canine influenza, including diagnosis and prevention of this high-impact disease.
HOW MOTHERS MATTER: THE INFLUENCE OF EARLY MATERNAL INTERACTION ON OFFSPRING BEHAVIOR AND DEVELOPMENT May 21, 2019
Learn about the ways in which maternal style, experienced over the first few weeks of life, has a long-lasting impact on later offspring development.
AN UPDATE ON THE SCIENCE BEHIND CBD (CANNABIDIOL) USE FOR PETS April 10, 2019
An overview of CBD, present a review of the published veterinary research, and a summary of the current study investigating its use for managing drug-resistant canine epilepsy
UNDERSTANDING STEROID RESPONSIVE MENINGITIS-ARTERITIS AND OTHER INFLAMMATORY NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS IN DOGS November 14, 2018
Inflammatory conditions of the central nervous system are common in dogs.
View our archive of previous webinars here.
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