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.
In this one-hour module, you will learn what natural functions scratching serves for cats; common owner responses to scratching and the problems associated with them; and the potential fallout from declawing cats. Most importantly, you’ll come away with several safe and effective alternative solutions to the problem of unwanted scratching, and a made-for-owners handout to help guide them in the right direction.
This module is open to all professionals that are already signed up for the certification program, and is RACE approved for 1 hours in the category of Scientific.
Educate your clients on Fourth of July safety with this infographic
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Educate your clients on Canada Day safety with this infographic
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Use this infographic courtesy of Trupanion™ to educate your clients on safety during Thanksgiving.
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Use this infographic to educate your clients about the dangers of New Year’s celebrations and pets.
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Educate your clients on Australia Day safety with this infographic
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Educate your clients on Halloween safety with this infographic
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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.
A customized care routine is crucial to a successful Fear Free veterinary visit. Use this Fear Free Emotional Medical Record (EMR) template to organize each patient’s preferences of examination area, motivational aid, and specifics of incidents of FAS. Templates are available for dogs/cats and also for birds.
Because it is critically important to rate an animal’s level of FAS, Fear Free created this FAS scale for certified professionals. This scale will give you the opportunity to be consistent in assessing and recording every animal’s FAS level, and it will give you recommendations on how to proceed. Page two of the scale is your tool to record details on each animal.
Print out the scale, laminate it, and hang it on the wall. The second page goes into each patient’s medical record. Scales are available for dogs, cats, horses, and birds.
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.