Behavior

Spray bottles, rolled-up newspapers and "No! Bad dog!" not your training cup of tea? Make sure your veterinary practice works with the right trainers with tips from behaviorist Dr. Lisa Radosta.

When new pet owners are on-the-go with their precious pup, a doggy diaper bag can offer the securities of home during critical socialization activities and during travel times.

Are your cat scratch conversations up to scratch? When clients complain about their rat-a-tat-tatty furniture turn the talks toward a paws-itive perspective that offers solutions to soothe kitty's natural inclinations.

Two tactics that veterinary behaviorist Dr. Lisa Radosta wishes you would use to calm and redirect patients.

Lower-income households reported access to free or low-cost pet services could prevent relinquishment.

An exercise for veterinary clients dealing with their pet's separation anxiety that wont let them leave the room, let alone the house.

Pay heed to this advice in if you encourage this form of exercise in your feline patients.

If you can identify early signs of stress in your veterinary patients, your job just got easier.

Pets only calm down and relax when you make the veterinary hospital feel like home sweet home.

Fiction! Veterinary behaviorist Dr. Lisa Radosta sets everyone straight on this myth.

Veterinary behaviorist Dr. John Ciribassi offers these dos and donts to encouraging dogs self-reliance, which helps keep separation anxiety in check. Ideally, saving the banister.

Signs of fear aren't a trade secret. Share them with your clients!

Its like every day is a spa day for veterinary patients in this thing as Intermountain Pet Hospital takes the clinics low-stress tactics on the road.

Unless your veterinary hospital is laser-focused on behavior issues, youre leaving problems unfixed and client questions unanswered. Your technicians can help.

The trick's in the trickreally! Pets love to show offand this fun activity just may relax the pet parents at your practice, too!

Dr. Andy Roark says cats' veterinary appointments dont have to be an awful experience.

Two violent offenders are trying to turn their lives around. But in this "what if" scenario, could that put a dog at risk?

A literal illustration of putting walking in your veterinary patients paws shows a puppy's potentially puzzling experience trying to learn the "sit" command.

Dr. Lisa Radosta puts to rest a persistent myth surrounding an often-tricky veterinary task.

When Immovable Weight-Loss Diet meets Unstoppable Frightened Pet in the veterinary exam room, this young associate worries about calm before calories.

It's easy as pie to flub a low-stress veterinary visit, as revealed in this recently discovered low-stress training video from the dvm360 film vault.

What are your veterinary patients thinking? Two centers lead studies in attempt to discern canine cognition.

Use these quick low-stress tips for pets who arent food motivated.

Go beyond what meets the eye and see that your "fractious" and "frazzled" feline veterinary patients are actually trying to tell you something different with their body language.

Real world practice advice from your peers in action