The Positive Preventive Veterinary Experience Protocol approach combines environmental changes, pain-reduction techniques, sensory distraction, and positive reinforcement to make preventive visits less stressful for pets and their owners.
|Articles|December 1, 2010
Help senior pets stay slim
Get a comprehnsive list of resources you can use to help clients understand the importance of weight management.
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You've probably seen plenty of overweight patients in your veterinary clinic. "Oh, he's just getting old," clients might say as they hand their pets another treat. This apathetic approach to weight management could take years off of pets' lives—so what are you going to do about it?
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