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Fear Free Groomers: Simple Behaviors to Help You

Course Overview

This one-hour course will give you some simple but incredibly useful, easy-to-teach behaviors you can use with the pets you’re grooming to help make your job easier. The concepts of targeting and stationing can be invaluable for grooming—and we promise that taking a small amount of time to teach them up front will pay you dividends in the long run!

This course was written by Terrie Hayward, M.Ed., KPA-CTP, CDBC, CPDT-KA, CSAT.

This course consists of three lessons:

  • Lesson 1: Overview of Fear Free Grooming and Positive Reinforcement
  • Lesson 2: Introduction to Targeting and Stationing
  • Lesson 3: Teaching a Chin Rest, Hand Target, and Stationing

Training as Enrichment: Your Questions Answered

Training as Enrichment: Your Questions Answered

You asked, and we will answer! Fear Free Head Trainer Mikkel Becker and Education Manager Lori Chamberland will discuss some of the most common questions we’ve received from previous Fear Free training webinars. We’ll talk about leash reactivity/pulling on leash, teaching dogs and cats to live in harmony, counter surfing, and more! We will leave time at the end for you to ask questions in real time, as well. Join us – your dog or cat will thank you!

Fear Free Dermatology

Course Overview

Dermatologic conditions, such as otitis externa, allergic dermatitis, and bacterial skin infections, are among the most common reasons clients bring patients to veterinarians. Additionally, dermatologic diseases are often chronic and recurrent, so procedures may be repeated on the same patient multiple times. This course provides tools for incorporating a Fear Free approach to common dermatologic techniques used in the clinic, including ear exams and cytology, skin scrape and cytology, and biopsy.

In addition, in-home bathing and ear treatments can also be a source of stress for both pets and clients. By providing suggestions for decreasing FAS during bathing and ear treatments, we can help increase compliance for topical therapy.

This course consists of four lessons:

  • Lesson 1: Classical Conditioning and Conditioned Emotional Responses
  • Lesson 2: The Ears: Exams and Procedures
  • Lesson 3: The Skin: Diagnostic Tests and Procedures
  • Lesson 4: Bathing: At Home and In Clinic

This course is approved for one hour of RACE CE.

Interviewing Your Interviewer & Exam Room Secrets Revealed

Interviewing Your Interviewer & Exam Room Secrets Revealed

Knowing how to evaluate your interview experience will help you make a more informed decision about the opportunities being presented to you. Interviewing is a two-way street. The interviewee should be assessing the interviewers just as much, if not more. During this webinar, Paul Diaz, founder of Hire Power Consulting, will provide you information you can use to prepare yourself for an interview and to help you evaluate the employer’s culture.

Dr. Marty Becker, founder of Fear Free and dubbed “America’s veterinarian” by Dr. Oz, will also be joining Paul to discuss how to keep pets happy and calm and clients happy, engaged, and trusting, with an end result of the pet getting the care he/she deserves, the owner feeling like a VIP, and you, the vet, getting to practice great medicine. You’ll learn exam room secrets such as what to do when you first enter the room, what NOT to do with pets as you first greet them, how to express empathy, and more.

Training Online in Real Time: A Demonstration

Training Online in Real Time: A Demonstration

You learned the logistics of online training in our last webinar, but what does it LOOK like? Fear Free Certified trainer Laura Ryder has kindly offered to show us by teaching a mock group class via Zoom. You will see real dogs and handlers with varying skill levels and, as always with live animal demos, there are bound to be some unexpected moments! Watch as Laura conducts a group class via Zoom and get inspired to try one on your own.

A Fear Free Look at Canine Noise Aversion and Feline House Soiling

A Fear Free Look at Canine Noise Aversion and Feline House Soiling

Join Amy Learn, VMD, and Valarie V. Tynes, DVM, DACVB, DACAW, as they review two behavior problems that may be seen frequently this time of year: canine noise aversions and feline house soiling.

Canine Noise Aversions

Common canine noise aversions including storm and fireworks phobias, their presenting signs, possible contributing causes, diagnosis, and suggestions for management will all be covered.

Feline House Soiling

Both urine marking and inappropriate elimination and the diagnostic criteria for differentiating the two forms of feline house soiling, as well as their different causes, management, and treatment, will be included.

Brought to you by Ceva.

Training as Enrichment: Basic Skills

Training as Enrichment: Basic Skills

Reward-based training improves the lives of dogs and their human families. You might not be able to attend group class right now, but you can “home school” your dog during this time and improve their behavior by fitting some simple training exercises into your everyday interactions with your dog. Fear Free Head Trainer Mikkel Becker will give you the basics and answer some questions, as well!

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Healthy Practice, Healthy People

Healthy Practice, Healthy People

Studies show that workplaces with fully engaged employees are more productive, more profitable, can change and adapt more quickly, and have lower attrition rates. A healthy culture is good for business and enhances employee satisfaction and morale. Veterinary professionals play essential leadership roles in the intentional development of a culture that determines the success of the practice.

Presented by Laurie Fonken, Ph.D., LPC, this webinar will help you:

  • Define the terms “culture” and “organizational culture”
  • Identify parts of your culture that are by default and by design
  • Know the difference between implicit and explicit elements of culture
  • Leave with one idea to take back to your practice

Certified Practice Member Exclusive: Fear Free Certified Practices & TeleTails

Fear Free Certified Practices & TeleTails

Fear Free has partnered with TeleTails, a digital vet care platform, to provide Fear Free Certified Practices with an exclusive offer!

Please join Dr. Hilary Jones and Clay Bartlett to learn more about all TeleTails has to offer: simple and secure live video, messaging, and payment capabilities for pet owners to engage with their veterinarians digitally.

Already a TeleTail’s user, Dr. Michele Forbes, owner of Fear Free Certified Practice Compassionate Care Animal Hospital in Ann Arbor, MI, will share her best practices and discuss case examples.

Taking Your Training Services Online

Taking Your Training Services Online

To continue helping dogs and their owners during the COVID-19 crisis, dog trainers are moving toward a variety of online training services. One of the biggest hurdles they’re facing is convincing dog owners that this new way of training their dog will be effective and lasting. Join us for a webinar with Laura Ryder, CPDT-KA, KPA CTP, as she takes a close look at online training service options and strategies to engage clients and help them train their dogs successfully.

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