This podcast is from an essential Pup Fest session that is for anyone who would like their vet visits to be less stressful. Dr Amber Batson is a vet and behaviourist and founder of Understand Animals. This session is packed with practical and easy tips. Even if you think your dog is OK at the vets, you will find something helpful in this episode.
- Why do so many dogs struggle at the vets?
- What you learn first you learn best.
- What can we do before our dogs go to the vets or in between visits?
- Avoiding the 'waiting room of doom'.
- Tips for confidence with weighing scales.
- How to hand your dog over with the least amount of stress.
- Avoiding space invaders.
- Help with managing our stress.
- Reading body language in the
- Cooperative care (not consent) and motivational conflicts.
- Predictability.
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