As training seminars and various other events become available for veterinarians, certified veterinary technicians, animal health care specialists, mental health professionals, hospice personnel or pet parents, this schedule of events will be updated on a regular basis. As the programs for these events become finalized, current information regarding costs or fees and definitive dates will be provided. Those interested are urged to check this website periodically or peruse professional journals and local educational catalogs for further announcements. For detailed information on any of the classes, conferences or workshops listed below, please email The Nikki Hospice Foundation for Pets at info@pethospice.org, or for a much quicker response, call (707) 557-8595.

First International Symposium
on Veterinary Hospice Care
(sponsored by The NHFP and AIAI)

Highly recommended for veterinarians, holistic veterinarians, veterinary technicians, veterinary students, hospice and nursing personnel, medical staff, psychologists, grief counselors, social workers, mental health professionals, shelter and SPCA staff, animal communicators, pet massage therapists, and the general public
 

March 28-30,
2008

University of 
California at Davis
 School of
Veterinary Medicine

Please click on the link below to go directly to the symposium web site. 
Registration begins on
December 20, 2007

http://conferences.ucdavis.edu/ISVHC

All registration fees and CEU fees are posted on the symposium web site
 

For further information
please call The NHFP
at (707) 557-8595

Recommended for
bereaved pet parents or
 for those experiencing
 anticipatory grief
 (must be 18 to attend)
 

The NHFP also sponsors a pet loss
support group which meets on
Mondays from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
at the Benicia-Vallejo Humane Society,
1121 Sonoma Blvd, Vallejo, CA

Call The NHFP to sign up
at (707) 557-8595

America's Family Pet Expo

Highly recommended for the
general pet-loving public

 

September or
October of
each year

California
(venue changes annually)

Admission fee
 generally under $10

The NHFP usually has a
booth at this event every year
 

Lay Counseling Training
in Pet Loss (Level I)

Four evenings of training for
providers in mental health,
 hospice, grief counseling,
veterinary medicine, animal
 rescue or sheltering. 
 

 Late spring 2008

Aardvark Dog Training Center
1125 Benicia Road
Vallejo, CA 94591

For further information please
call The NHFP at (707) 557-8595

Registration fees:
$200 per person

Information on
payment due dates,
early bird registration
and CEUs will be available
in spring 2008