| FRIDAY, SEPT. 26, 2014 | |
| House Rabbit Society of Missouri Shelter and Headquarters | |
| 7:00 – 9:00 Reception – HRS Representatives, speakers, and family only | |
| SATURDAY, SEPT. 27, 2014 | |
| Main Hallway, Humane Society of Missouri, 1201 Macklind Avenue | |
| 7:00 – 7:30 Registration & Breakfast (attendees may also take breakfast into first class) | |
| 7:30 – 7:40 Welcome & Conference Information | |
| Lecture Hall | Classroom |
| 7:40 – 8:10 Joy Gioia: So You Think You Know Rabbits? | |
| 8:10 – 8:20 Break | |
| 8:20 – 9:20 Joy Gioia and Marlene Larkin: Adaptive Impoverishment/Total Rabbit. Sponsored by Small Pet Select | |
| 9:20 – 9:30 Break | |
| 9:30 – 10:20 Margo DeMello, PhD: Bunny Bonding 201. Sponsored by Bunfectionary | 9:30 – 10:30 Debby Widolf and Diane McClure, DVM: Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) for “Community” Domestic Rabbits. Sponsored by Best Friends Animal Society |
| 10:20 – 10:35 Break | |
| 10:35 – 11:35 Carolyn Harvey, DVM: Palliative Care. Sponsored by Bunny Bytes | |
| 11:35 – 11:45 Break | |
| 11:45 – 12:35 Panel: Working with Shelters and Handling Confiscations | |
| 12:35 – 1:50 Pre-ordered individual lunches. Browse vendors. | |
| 1:50 – 2:50 Susan Smith, PhD: Practical Nutrition: Adapting Dietary Recommendations for Specific Rabbit Needs | 1:50 – 2:50 Anne Martin, PhD: Fundraising and Networking. Sponsored by Sherwood Forest Natural Rabbit Food |
| 2:50 – 3:05 Break | |
| 3:05 – 4:05 Dana Krempels, PhD: Emergency Care | |
| 4:05 – 4:15 Break | |
| 4:15 – 4:45 Marinell Harriman: Meet Marinell Harriman (an interview) | |
| 4:45 – 5:00 Panel: Pushing the Mission Forward with the HRS Board | |
| 5:00 – 5:30 Marinell Harriman and Margo DeMello: Book Signing: HRS Handbook and Stories Rabbits Tell. Sponsored by Leith Petwerks | |
| SATURDAY EVENING, SEPT. 27, 2014 | |
| Favazza’s on the Hill | |
| 7:00 – 9:00 Dinner – HRS Representatives, speakers, and family only | |
| Presentation: Missouri HRS and Georgia HRS: New Shelters, Raising Funds, and Recruiting Volunteers | |
| SUNDAY, SEPT. 28, 2014 | |
| Main Hallway | |
| 8:00 – 8:15 Check in, get name tags if needed, get drinks, proceed to Lecture Hall | |
| Lecture Hall | |
| 8:15 – 9:45 Mary Cotter, EdD, LVT and Susan Brown, DVM: Solving “Problem Rabbits”: Strategies for Managing Behavior Problems in Companion Rabbits. Sponsored by Supreme Petfoods | |
| 9:45 – 10:00 Break | |
| 10:00 – 11:00 Micah Kohles, DVM: It’s a Gut Thing: Rabbit Gastrointestinal Anatomy, Physiology and Nutrition. Sponsored by Oxbow Animal Health | |
| 11:00 – 11:15 Break | |
| 11:15 – 12:15 George Flentke, PhD: Rabbit Pharmacology: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | |
| 12:15 – 1:00 Pre-ordered individual lunches. Browse vendors. | |
| 1:00 – 2:15 Avery Bennett, DVM: Surgery: Then and Now. Sponsored by Petco Foundation | |
| 2:15 – 2:30 Break | |
| 2:30 – 3:30 Anthony Pilny, DVM: Rabbit Dentistry | |
| 3:30 – 3:45 Break | |
| 3:45 – 4:45 Peter Fisher, DVM: State of the Art Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Rabbit Diseases | |
| 4:45 – 5:00 Thank you for coming! | |
| 5:00 – 6:00 Trip to MO HRS building for anyone interested or those who couldn’t make it Friday |
