Mitigating Fear, Anxiety and Stress for Dogs in Isolation or Quarantine
In this recorded webinar, join Meghan Herron, DVM, DACVB, as she reviews signs of animal stress, how to mitigate stress, and specific tips for promoting good welfare for dogs in quarantine or isolation.
Brought to you by our friends at Virox
Successful Medication Strategies in a Fear Free World
In this recorded webinar, Sharon Minninger, DVM, discusses how we can modify our thoughts and actions to improve the “just medicate my pet” problem. She also addresses what other medication forms can be considered and how to develop strategies to train your team and your clients for success.
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Building a Fear Free Team Culture
In this recorded webinar, join Dr. Julie Liu, DVM, as she discusses ways to engage and empower your team to get on board with Fear Free and provide a greater level of compassion for your patients.
Brought to you by our friends at Blue Buffalo
This course is dedicated to helping animal care professionals learn and practice skills to promote a more positive personal welfare. Throughout this course, you will learn how to care for yourself—and the humans around you—to create an environment and a lifestyle that is Fear Free for people as well as for pets! Through thought-provoking material, tips, and engaging content, you’ll learn healthier habits by challenging old ways of thinking and learning how to better protect human emotional welfare just as we do for animals!
This course contains 6 lessons:
This course was written by Monique Feyrecilde, BA, LVT, VTS (Behavior) and is approved for 1 hour of RACE CE.
Looking for practical ways to improve happiness and productivity while decreasing burnout and dysfunction in your practice?
Join Natalie Gruchow, CVPM, SHRM-CP, Elite FFCP (Veterinary) who will explore ways to overcome leadership obstacles and strengthen a Fear Free culture.
In this webinar, Natalie Gruchow covers:
About the Presenter
My life is full of love, laughs, adventures, dogs, and critters. I have a wonderful husband named Tim and we travel every chance we get. We have a black lab named Sniff, 2 bearded dragons named Piney & Lanky, and a 120-gallon aquarium.
My passion in life is helping people & animals, so my career as the Certified Veterinary Practice Manager at the Animal Health Clinic is the perfect fit for me. I take pride in my work and am very loyal and dedicated. I am in charge of all business functions for the company. The Animal Health Clinic is a 6-doctor, small animal, avian, & exotic practice. We have been American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) Accredited since 1979 and Fear Free Certified since 2019. Since my start date, I have tripled our social media following, strengthened our brand image, and built an amazing team. Revenue has increased over $1 million.
As a CVPM, it is important to me to be involved with the community and I regularly provide general pet education at rescue events, 4-H programs, and school activities. Topics include Leash Etiquette (see flyer), Fear Free Pets, Fear Free Happy Homes, and exotic pet awareness.
My favorite roles are in marketing and human resources. I design all marketing materials for Animal Health Clinic and am a leader for over 30 employees.
As the final piece of our pain management series, our experts each take a moment to let us know their most important pieces of information and expertise that they hope every veterinary professional can take to heart.
The management of patient pain can often fail when the onus is put onto the owner to properly medicate their pet. Our experts discuss best practices on managing pain at home with clients, particularly with feline patients who can often be difficult to manage. There is also a discussion of what acute pain does to the body of our patients.
One of the most overlooked tenets of Fear Free is the hospital environment and how it can affect your patients’ fear, anxiety, and stress. Our roundtable of experts discuss how you can create a welcoming environment for your patients, clients, and team members.
The roundtable of experts discuss how the implementation of Fear Free in hospitals can help reduce the stress of all members of the veterinary team and owners—and thus the FAS of the clients and patients. There is also a discussion on how to handle referral clients, especially those who may not be able to come back for repeated visits and how putting yourself in the place of the animal can help you to understand how to manage the hospital environment for them.
Blood draws are an essential part of practicing veterinary medicine, but they can be stressful for the professional, let alone the patient. Veterinary nurse/animal trainer Laura Ryder, CPDT-KA, KPA-CTP, shows you how you can get a canine blood draw done the Fear Free way.