A affordable option to incorporate Fear Free into your pet’s routine also keeps vets happy

Here’s a follow up to an idea that I posted to Facebook in March.

We all know how vital the notion of having the most helpful and awesome tools are to interacting effectively, efficiently and safely with the pets in our life. The same is true for thinking about the economy of it all. Stuff is expensive.

I frequently keep commercially available baby food pouches on hand and use (upon family’s consent) as a tool with pets to provide a distraction from unpleasant things during vet visits. They’re also useful when traditional treats (reinforcers) aren’t enough I need to employ a high value reinforcer to get the behaviors I want and need from a dog or a cat, and my hands need to stay clean.

Reusable baby food pouches are a great option that is consistent with a set of strategies that encompass the Fear Free philosophy, and they

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Just a Whisper: The Early Signs of Fear in Dog Body Language

October 26, 2022 - by Duane Loper

A white dog with brown ears and ticking, wearing a blue harness, looks at the back of a construction worker's trailer

It is quite straightforward to realize extreme fear in canines. A tucked tail, crouching, panting, a limited mouth and wrinkled forehead, shrinking away. But my close friend and coauthor Marge Rogers has taught me the relevance of seeing the early indications. The whispers, she phone calls them, that precede the “shouts” that come later if we really don’t heed the early warnings.

I caught a “whisper” on camera.

Checking out a Novel Object

The other day, I began having shots of 18-month-outdated Lewis as he explored a trailer newly parked in entrance of the dwelling following door. I’ve been having Lewis on walks given that a few of months soon after I got him at the close of December 2021. Lewis is entranced by novelty, as extensive as he feels harmless. That’s a little bit of a paradox, possibly, but we ordinarily find the sweet place. And he investigates

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