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Vaccinations for the Mind: Positive Puppy Socialization

Vaccinations for the Mind: Positive Puppy Socialization

Monique Feyrecilde, CVT, VTS (Behavior)

Puppies should explore the world and the people with whom they share it. When clients bring home a puppy, they have a golden opportunity to protect their newest family member from fear and anxiety later in life. By making a positive puppy transition and socialization plan, owners can help puppies have a smooth and happy puppyhood, adolescence, and adulthood. In this Fear Free webinar, sponsored by Ceva, Monique Feyrecilde, CVT, VTS (Behavior) covers techniques, products, and client education to get puppies started off on the right paw; how early detection and intervention can help shy puppies blossom; and more. Sponsored by Ceva.

Fear Free: Evolving to the Hospitalized, Emergent, and Sick Patient

Fear Free: Evolving to the Hospitalized, Emergent, and Sick Patient, sponsored by Zoetis

Dr. Tamara Grubb, PhD

In this webinar, board certified veterinary anesthesiologist Dr. Tamara Grubb, PhD, discusses the interconnectedness of pain with fear, anxiety, and stress, and examines therapeutic and diagnostic strategies for both. Topics covered include the relationship between FAS and pain, diagnosing and treating both pain and FAS, reducing FAS in the hospitalized patient, and FAS and pain in the emergency setting. The relationship of pain with fear, anxiety, and stress (FAS) – a relationship that works both ways – is crucial for veterinary professionals who seek to treat their patients’ physical and emotional health. How can the veterinary professional best understand, diagnose, and treat both pain and FAS?

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The Vital Role of Client Service Representatives

In this one-hour module, client service representatives will learn how to quickly assist pets entering with FAS, educate clients about Fear Free in person and on the phone, guide them in preparing their pets for future visits, provide resources and referrals, organize community outreach activities, and create protocols for the whole team to follow.

This module is open to all professionals that are already signed up for the certification program.

    The Vital Role of Client Service Representatives is divided into five lessons:

  • Lesson 1: Communicating with Clients
  • Lesson 2: Creating a Welcoming Experience
  • Lesson 3: Advising Clients on Transporting Pets
  • Lesson 4: Reducing FAS in Other Pet Activities
  • Lesson 5: Getting Involved in Community Outreach

Feline Destructive Scratching Solutions

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.

    Feline Destructive Scratching is divided into five lessons:

  • Lesson 1: Feline Scratching Defined (The Good)
  • Lesson 2: Scratching as a Problem for Owners (The Bad)
  • Lesson 3: Common Responses (The Ugly)
  • Lesson 4: Why Not Surgically Declaw Cats?
  • Lesson 5: Safe, Effective Alternatives to Declawing

The Benefits of In-Clinic Sedation in the Fear Free Practice

Sedation can play a vital role when it comes to creating a Fear Free veterinary visit, but knowing when and under what circumstances to bring sedation into the picture as it relates to the fear, anxiety, and stress (FAS) a pet may be experiencing is critical for the both the pet and success of the visit. In this podcast, featuring Fear Free Executive council member Tamara Grubb, DVM, PhD, DACVAA, and Sharon Campbell, DVM, MS, DACVIM of Zoetis, we discuss the physiological and medical impacts of stress on a patient, how that can play into properly assessing pain, when on the FAS scale to start implementing sedation, and the benefits of doing so.

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Fact vs. Fiction: What a Fear Free Practice Certification Visit is Really Like

A visit from a Fear Free evaluator can bring back memories of exam day at school, but it isn’t as scary as you think! Valarie Tynes, DVM, DACVB, and Todd McCracken from CEVA Animal Health, join host Steve Dale to talk more about what a practice certification visit is like, what to do if you still have some holdouts, and how you can prepare yourself to put your best foot forward on certification day.

Behind the Science of Fear Free

While Fear Free can often seem as though it’s only about animals’ emotional wellbeing, Fear Free is passionate about the science of animal care as well. Gary Landsberg, DVM, DACVB, DECAWBM (CA), Head of Research at Fear Free, brings you behind the scenes to tell you how Fear Free is advancing research in the field of veterinary medicine.

Culture of Kindness: Behind the Scenes With the World’s First Fear Free Certified Practice

Achieving a Fear Free Practice Certification might seem like a daunting task, but with a little planning and a strong will to implement, your hospital can make it happen! Marcy Hammerle, DVM, owner of the world’s first Fear Free Certified Practice, shares her journey from Fear Free implementation to Practice Certification, with tips for setting yourself and your staff up for success.

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