Un elevado porcentaje de perros y gatos muestra estrés cada vez que acude al centro veterinario. Aunque las visitas al veterinario generalmente no son frecuentes, las consecuencias tanto a corto como a medio-largo plazo son importantes. En este seminario hablaremos del impacto negativo sobre el bienestar del animal y de cómo puede verse afectado el trabajo del equipo veterinario, todo ello respaldado por la evidencia científica.
Each of us has preferences about what we find appealing and when! Ice cream or steak? Chocolate or strawberry? Sweet or salty? Join Monique Feyrecilde, BA, LVT, VTS Behavior, who will explore preferences, options, feeding methods, and how best to use the Fear Free Treat Ladder during veterinary visits.
Attendees will learn :
1) Explore a variety of options for each patient interaction and observe patient preference.
2) Construct a ranking system for a hierarchy of available rewards based on the observed preference of the patient.
3) Use at least three different types of food effectively depending on the procedure being performed.
Brought to you by our friends at Blue Buffalo.
This course is dedicated to helping animal care professionals learn and practice skills to promote a more positive personal welfare. Throughout this course, you will learn how to care for yourself—and the humans around you—to create an environment and a lifestyle that is Fear Free for people as well as for pets! Through thought-provoking material, tips, and engaging content, you’ll learn healthier habits by challenging old ways of thinking and learning how to better protect human emotional welfare just as we do for animals!
This course contains 6 lessons:
This course was written by Monique Feyrecilde, BA, LVT, VTS (Behavior) and is approved for 1 hour of RACE CE and 1 hour of CVPM CE
Because reliable serum tests for food allergies have not been developed and because adverse food reactions are chronic and frustrating, veterinarians must partner with pet owners to successfully complete an elimination diet trial to rule out, diagnose, and manage this lifelong condition.
In this webinar, presenter Brittany Lancellotti, DVM, DACVD, discusses how decreasing a pet owner’s fear, anxiety, and stress surrounding diet trials through communication and education can make a world of difference for the whole family’s quality of life in just two months.
Attendees will learn :
1) Common misconceptions/questions from pet owners regarding food allergies and what the evidence suggests.
2) The diagnostic approach to adverse food reactions and how to successfully guide an owner through an elimination diet trial.
3) Tools needed for incorporating Fear Free techniques when diagnosing and treating food allergies.
Brought to you by our friends at Blue Buffalo
Because reliable serum tests for food allergies have not been developed and because adverse food reactions are chronic and frustrating, veterinarians must partner with pet owners to successfully complete an elimination diet trial to rule out, diagnose, and manage this lifelong condition.
In this webinar, presenter Brittany Lancellotti, DVM, DACVD, discusses how decreasing a pet owner’s fear, anxiety, and stress surrounding diet trials through communication and education can make a world of difference for the whole family’s quality of life in just two months.
Attendees will learn :
1) Common misconceptions/questions from pet owners regarding food allergies and what the evidence suggests.
2) The diagnostic approach to adverse food reactions and how to successfully guide an owner through an elimination diet trial.
3) Tools needed for incorporating Fear Free techniques when diagnosing and treating food allergies.
Brought to you by our friends at Blue Buffalo
Looking for practical ways to improve happiness and productivity while decreasing burnout and dysfunction in your practice?
Join Natalie Gruchow, CVPM, SHRM-CP, Elite FFCP (Veterinary) who will explore ways to overcome leadership obstacles and strengthen a Fear Free culture.
In this webinar, Natalie Gruchow covers:
About the Presenter
My life is full of love, laughs, adventures, dogs, and critters. I have a wonderful husband named Tim and we travel every chance we get. We have a black lab named Sniff, 2 bearded dragons named Piney & Lanky, and a 120-gallon aquarium.
My passion in life is helping people & animals, so my career as the Certified Veterinary Practice Manager at the Animal Health Clinic is the perfect fit for me. I take pride in my work and am very loyal and dedicated. I am in charge of all business functions for the company. The Animal Health Clinic is a 6-doctor, small animal, avian, & exotic practice. We have been American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) Accredited since 1979 and Fear Free Certified since 2019. Since my start date, I have tripled our social media following, strengthened our brand image, and built an amazing team. Revenue has increased over $1 million.
As a CVPM, it is important to me to be involved with the community and I regularly provide general pet education at rescue events, 4-H programs, and school activities. Topics include Leash Etiquette (see flyer), Fear Free Pets, Fear Free Happy Homes, and exotic pet awareness.
My favorite roles are in marketing and human resources. I design all marketing materials for Animal Health Clinic and am a leader for over 30 employees.
Could you use some Fear Free help with your most difficult pet-sitting clients? Help is here from Fear Free’s lead animal trainer Mikkel Becker! You know the pets we mean—the picky ones, the “unpillable” ones, the ones who are pretty sure those ear drops will kill them. What pet sitter hasn’t felt their stomach drop when those pets are on the schedule?
In this recorded webinar, Mikkel Becker covers:
About the Presenter
Mikkel Becker is a certified trainer, dog behavior counselor, and the lead animal trainer for Fear Free. From early life it was undeniably clear that Mikkel’s number one focus was always going to be animals.
Mikkel’s childhood consisted of two joys; horses and dogs. Her training career started early with help from her childhood dog, a Wire Haired Fox Terrier named Scooter, who delighted in fun games like running in the opposite direction when called, leading the neighborhood bark patrol and terrorizing other dogs in a blaze of terrier-fueled fury. But where frustration created what could have been rifts the size of the massive holes Scooter dug in the yard, pure love was able to bridge those gaps and create a wiser, more resilient child and dog who together became grand champions in 4-H obedience. Unlike many children her age, Mikkel traded sports and other hobbies to instead chase after blue ribbons at horse shows and memories on trail rides. Her special passion was taking horses who were deemed less suitable by others and revealing the true champion inside.
In pursuit of formal animal training education, Mikkel graduated from the rigorous San Francisco SPCA Dog Training Academy with Jean Donaldson (earning a Certificate in Training and Counseling; CTC), the Karen Pryor Academy (becoming a Karen Pryor Certified Training Partner; KPA CTP), the Purdue Dogs and Cats Course, and Mikkel shadowed Dr. Nicolas Dodman at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. Mikkel’s favorite educational experience was providing enrichment and positive reinforcement guidance to orangutans at Jungle Island in Miami. Along with her growing knowledge, Mikkel achieved other certifications, including becoming a Certified Behavior Consultant Canine (CBCC-KA), a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA) and a Certified Dog Behavior Counselor (CDBC).
Locally in the Seattle area Mikkel is the dog and cat behavior counselor at Homeward Pet Adoption Center, resident trainer for veterinary behaviorist, Dr. Wailani Sung, and a trainer at Doggy Haven Resort.
When it comes to home life, Mikkel’s four-legged pug kids were eventually joined by a now seven year old daughter, Reagan, who is blossoming into her own rights as a trainer (Reagan’s current passion project is taming farmyard chickens and goats and pursuing ambitions to run an animal rescue and become a veterinarian like her Papa, Marty). Today, Mikkel’s family lives in in a country getaway space outside of Seattle along with the family’s cherished pug genius, Willy who charms guests with his arsenal of tricks and delights in giving his version of wet willy’s with his surprisingly long, frog-like tongue.
Mikkel recently co-authored “From Fearful to Fear Free: A Positive Program to Free Your Dog from Anxiety, Fears, and Phobias” with Dr. Marty Becker, Dr. Lisa Radosta and Wailani Sung.
This one-hour course is for Fear Free Certified veterinarians considering relief work and relief vets considering Fear Free certification—both of which have an opportunity to positively impact the profession but also face unique challenges. Throughout this course, you will learn how to practice Fear Free as a relief vet and address different types of communication unique to this role. In addition to bringing Fear Free to general relief practice, we’ll also cover some of the situations you may encounter in emergency or shelter relief practice. You’ll also learn tips for identifying compassionate clinics who share your Fear Free philosophy.
This course contains nine short lessons:
This course was written by Julie Liu, DVM, and Cindy Trice, DVM and is approved for 1 hour of RACE CE.
This short course will cover a novel technique for minimizing stress to birds while also comparing this technique to past concepts covered in the original Fear Free Veterinary Certification Program – Avian. We will teach you an alternative, advanced approach to reinforcing desired behavior in avian patients displaying fear or aggression that are not responding to other Fear Free training techniques. We’ll also provide several examples of using a Constructional Approach to teach useful behaviors and recommendations associated with the client and team communication surrounding the use of Fierce/Fearful to Friendly (F2F).
This course includes three lessons:
This course was written by Barbara Heidenreich and Alicia McLaughlin, DVM, CertAqVet and is approved for 1 hour of RACE CE.
In part due to the excellent veterinary care that we deliver to our patients, we are presented with more geriatric cats and dogs now than we were 10 years ago. Most of us didn’t learn much about how to recognize and treat cognitive dysfunction syndrome (CDS) in dogs and cats. In this session, attendees will learn the most up to date prevention strategies and treatments of CDS in dogs and cats.
In this webinar, Lisa Radosta, DVM, DACVB, will cover:
1. The most common clinical signs of CDS
2. The most commonly used treatments
3. How non-medical treatments can be effective in the management of CDS patients
About the Presenter
Lisa Radosta, DVM, DACVB, graduated from the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine in 2000. After completing an internship in small animal medicine and surgery at Coral Springs Animal Hospital, she worked as a primary care veterinarian for two and a half years. She completed a three-year residency in behavioral medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 2006 and passed the board examination later that year. During her residency, she received the Resident Research Award from the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists (ACVB) two years in a row.
Dr. Radosta lectures nationally and internationally for veterinary professionals and pet owners and is the author of a number of textbook chapters and scientific research articles, She also co-authored “From Fearful to Fear Free: A Positive Program to Free Your Dog from Anxiety, Fears, and Phobias” with Dr. Marty Becker, Mikkel Becker, and Wailani Sung.
She is the section editor for Advances in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery and served on the 2015 AAHA Canine and Feline Behavior Management Guidelines Task Force.
This webinar is brought to you by our friends at Zoetis Petcare.