Understanding and assessing your patients’ body language is an essential part of Fear Free. It also plays an important role in client education for a client to understand and buy into Fear Free and your recommendations. Print out the two pages of body language slides, laminate them, and place them into each exam room. You could also place them into your waiting area, and into your staff common areas to serve as an educational tool.
The bulk of communication between humans is through body language and the same goes for animals. It’s important for both your team and your customers to understand the often subtle signs of fear, anxiety, and stress that their pet is expressing. Use these FAS Spectrum sheets to visually explain the different signs of FAS and the corresponding levels of arousal. Handouts available for dogs, cats, horses, birds, and rats.
Becoming Fear Free certified is certainly an accomplishment, but it doesn’t stop there. Seeing the benefits of how you implement Fear Free theories, techniques and strategies into your practice takes more than just a certificate. This introductory Episode Zero in our highly anticipated series of podcasts is the precursor to a series of monthly podcast discussions featuring certified Fear Free professionals that are on the forefront of Fear Free. With real world examples, advice, insights and more, this series will help put your certification into action.
