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Want to take your Fear Free education to the next level? In this podcast you’ll learn about the exciting new content we have in store for you in the Level 2 course you will receive with your renewal. The Level 2 module chairs and authors, Dr. Kathryn Primm, Monique Feyrecilde LVT and Kelly Capasso join us to talk about Fear Free Level 2 and how it will make your medicine and work even better.

When dogs with sociable natures are not able to interact with other dogs or people as freely as they wish, they can feel frustrated. Use this handout to help educate your clients on ways to alleviate leash reactivity.

Fear Free Promotional Videos

Looking for a creative, touching, narrative way to communicate Fear Free to clients, colleagues, coworkers and more? These promotional videos are the perfect combination of heartfelt and realistic about the way Fear Free is changing the veterinary industry. We encourage you to share directly from YouTube, embed on your website, share across social media and more.

Adding Youtube Videos to Your Site

Adding one of our promotional videos to your site is easy! Simply click on the link below the video and you will be re-directed to the video’s page on YouTube. Click the ‘Share’ button and then click ‘Embed’. Copy and paste this HTML code to your webpage.

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Fear Free: Gives Abandoned Dog Hope and Healing with Fear Free

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Fear Free: Practice Like You’ve Always Dreamed

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Fear Free: How Pet Owners Can Enjoy Veterinary Visits with Their Pets(Best for showing clients)

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Fear Free: A Transformative Initiative for Veterinary Professionals(Best for showing other Veterinary Professionals)

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When Pooka first started going to see Dr. Bloom for routine check ups, she was never huge a fan of the experience, but it was “relatively” manageable. She was extraordinary well behaved at home, but veterinary visits just weren’t her thing—a scenario that is all too familiar for the veterinary profession. However, her behavior at the vet quickly escalated after a devastating cancer diagnosis required more intensive treatments. In fact, her behavior became so much of a problem that treatment was literally becoming impossible during a time when Pooka’s life depended on it. Thankfully, Dr. Bloom was in the midst of adopting something that would turn out to be transformative for not only him and the rest of the veterinary industry, but for Pooka as well: Fear Free. In this podcast, we talk with both Pooka’s owner, Howie Nisenbaum, and Dr. Bloom about Pooka’s inspiring journey through treatment.

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When many people think of a happy dog or a blissful cat, often images of a treat-spoiled dog or cat basking in the presence of some catnip come to mind. And it’s true. cats and dogs love those things. But when used in the right context, these seemingly simple little joys can be more than just recreational forms of happiness for our best friends. When it comes to reducing fear, anxiety, and stress in our pets during veterinary visits, the right use of treats and other tactics can make for powerful tools. In this podcast, featuring Dr. Natalie Marks of Blum Animal Hospital and Dr. John Talmadge of Bigger Road Veterinary Clinic, we talk about the treat ladder’s literal role in creating a Fear Free veterinary visit as well as its part in the larger Fear Free ideology and approach.

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Featuring two renowned veterinary anesthesiologists—Tamara Grubb DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVAA and Ralph C. Harvey DVM, MS, DACVAA—we talk about how pre-anesthesia practices and procedures play a role in creating Fear Free veterinary visits and how new research suggests that in many cases, we should be taking a different approach than what was once the norm. It’s been a long-held practice that when it comes to feeding vs. fasting before going under, fasting was the hands down way to go. But that’s changing.

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The fields and practices of emergency , critical care, and internal medicine are a vital part of the profession, and referral practices are often in a world of their own when it comes to many day-to-day practices. Things moves fast, patients are often in extreme amounts of pain and distress, and clients are often overwhelmed. Many professionals across all veterinary fields might ask how Fear Free can help address some of those issues. The answer is—a lot. In this podcast, we talk with us two of the most renowned board certified veterinarians in these respective fields—Dr. Alice M. Wolf, who is board certified in Internal Medicine. and Dr. Tony Johnson, a board certified veterinarian in Emergency and Critical Care—to help elaborate on the role Fear Free can play in these life-saving specialties.

When you think of a happy dog or a blissful cat, often images of a treat-spoiled dog or cat basking in the presence of some catnip come to mind. And it’s true. Cats and dogs love those things. But when used in the right context, these seemingly simple little joys can be more than just recreational forms of happiness for our best friends. When it comes to reducing fear, anxiety, and stress in our pets during veterinary visits, the right use of treats and other tactics can make for powerful tools. In this podcast, featuring Dr. Natalie Marks of Blum Animal Hospital and Dr. John Talmadge of Bigger Road Veterinary Clinic, we talk about the treat ladder’s literal role in creating a Fear Free veterinary visit as well as its part in the larger Fear Free ideology and approach.