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The Science for Pheromone Therapy: Show Me the Evidence

In this webinar, Gary Landsberg, DVM, DACVB, DECAWBM (CA) discusses what pheromones are and how they work, as well as evidence of efficacy for use in home and in the veterinary clinic. Sponsored by our friends at Ceva.

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Course Overview

In this course, you will learn ways in which the Fear Free Animal Trainer can partner in Fear Free efforts to keep animals calm during veterinary care, procedures, and even on the day of surgery. This includes teaching animals the concept of a Treat-Ment station, training them to accept passive restraint, and acclimating them to sounds and equipment used during common diagnostic procedures.

While it’s impossible to train for every possible scenario, general training strategies can be practiced, such as training a dog to lie on his side while being handled, preparing him for an injection, or teaching him to indicate his willing consent for handling or care.

Through several in-hospital and at-home video tutorials, you will learn step-by-step how to proactively prepare animals for procedures such as ECGs, radiographs, ultrasounds, surgery, and more.

This module has been approved for 1.5 CEUs from CCPDT, IAABC, and KPA as well as 1 RACE approved CE hour.

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Practice Certification Info: SOPs

The thought of crafting SOPs got you down? Never fear, help is here! This 6.5-minute webinar is your guide to understanding how to write an SOP, what needs to be included, and what doesn’t need to be included to meet the Fear Free Certified Practice Standards.

What’s that you smell?

We know that dogs’ and cats’ sense of smell if far superior to ours. What can we do to to optimize their olfactory experience? In this webinar, Fear Free Practice Certification Manager Dr. Rachel Abrams will take a closer look at Optional Facilities Standard 4.8 “Cleaning protocols to improve olfactory experience for pet are in place.”

All webinars in this series open with a brief overview of the path to practice certification and conclude with a live Q&A session.

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Do You Hear What I Hear? Noise Aversion Beyond Thunder and Fireworks

Noise aversion isn’t only about thunder and fireworks. Many of your patients are suffering daily from noise aversion to everyday environmental events.

What can the veterinary professional do? In this webinar, sponsored by Zoetis, board certified veterinary behaviorist and Fear Free Executive Council member Dr. Lisa Radosta discusses a variety of treatments that can help patients with noise aversion live happier lives.