Patient Care
Find the root cause
Fearful and anxious body language is not always behavioral in origin. In some cases, disease is the culprit.
Patient Care
Fearless Through the End
Learning to reduce anxiety and stress during hospice or euthanasia will elevate your hospital’s service and care and bring extra comfort to the patient and client.
Practice Management
Goodbye Fear, Hello Referrals
When a cat or dog shows signs of anxiety or fear, the owner might demonstrate myriad emotions herself — from shame, embarrassment or confusion to nervousness, anxiety or even fear.
Patient Care
Lost in translation
Failure to accurately assess a patient’s body language can lead to a petrified animal, an unproductive exam and poor owner compliance.
Patient Care
The road to fearlessness
Many restraints, customized to the size of the pet and the car, are available for dogs and cats.
Patient Care
The changing face of dentistry
If the patient’s mouth is painful at meal time, the animal can develop an aversion to the food or to eating in general.
Patient Care
The fearless exam room
Newer philosophies call for avoiding high-pitched baby talk when working with a canine patient and adding a soft, lower frequency music source inside the exam room.
Patient Care
The war on feline wellness
You can start to recapture feline clients if you embrace strategies designed to reduce fear, anxiety and stress at home, in the lobby and in the exam room.