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Coronavirus and Pets: It’s Safe to Keep Your Dog

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reading Time: 2 minutes There’s a lot of fear swirling around the novel coronavirus – what it might do to us, and what it might do to our pets. My…

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Cats Life at Home

Masters of Meow: Feline Vocalizations

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Reading Time: 4 minutes …specialist in behavior Debbie Martin, LVT. Ramona D. Marek, MS Ed, is an award-winning writer and 2017 recipient of the prestigious Fear Free Pets Award. She writes about pet care,…

Fear Free Vet Visits

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Reading Time: < 1 minutes Reading Time: < 1 minutes Have you ever dreaded going to the vet, knowing that your pet is going to be stressed out or not behave as well as you…

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Vet Techs Keep Clinics Running and Pets Cared For

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Reading Time: 3 minutes …inserting catheters and breathing tubes, and hooking up pets to machines to monitor things like their oxygen levels, temperatures and heart rates. Then they make sure the pets are doing…

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Dogs Fears & Anxieties Life at Home Training & Grooming

Relax on Cue: How to Help Your Dog Chill

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Reading Time: 3 minutesAs a certified yoga instructor as well as a veterinary behavior technician, I have found many similarities between yoga in humans and relaxation cues in our pets….

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Cats Travel & Safety

Knock Three Times: Save a Cat’s Life

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Reading Time: 2 minutes …failed, the fire department was needed to rescue the wedged-in kitty. The good news for this kitty is that the car’s owner heard the “meow, meow.” However, not all cats…

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Cats Dogs Fears & Anxieties Other Veterinary Care

10 Things That Make Fear Free Veterinary Visits Different

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Reading Time: < 1 minutes Reading Time: < 1 minutes https://youtu.be/pirTfdHIHG8 Wouldn’t it be great if visits to the vet weren’t stressful for your pet? Your Fear Free Certified veterinary team wants that, too! This…

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Dogs Veterinary Care

Treatment May Help Painful Canine Stomatitis

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Reading Time: 3 minutes …National Pet Dental Health Month. Your veterinarian may offer discounts and dental product specials during that time, but if you suspect an issue, don’t wait for February to come up…

Fear of Thunder or Fireworks

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Reading Time: < 1 minutes Reading Time: < 1 minutesDuring thunderstorms or fireworks, do you find your pet shivering, shaking, clinging to you, or hiding? These are signs of a possible noise phobia—something that thousands…

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Cats Training & Grooming Veterinary Care

Home Schooling: Preparing Cats for Their Annual Exams

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Reading Time: 3 minutes …Acupuncturist) is a small-animal veterinarian who practices in Austin, Texas. In addition to advocating for Fear Free handling of pets, she is passionate about feline medicine and senior pet care….