Course Details
If your dog has any fear of veterinary handling, figuring out their healthcare while protecting their emotional welfare can feel like losing battles. Traditional veterinary handling has historically focused on human safety at the expense of the dog's mental state. Meanwhile, cooperative care allows the dog to be a happy and willing participant, but it takes a lot of practice and a very accommodating veterinary team.
So what do you do when your dog needs veterinary attention but isn't fully trained in cooperative care? Fortunately, low stress restraint sits in between traditional handling and cooperative care! And the best part is that YOU can practice much of this at home. Low stress restraint can be thought of as minimizing distress by familiarizing the patient with common handling procedures. The goal is to use the most effective, least forceful restraint. This often requires a careful and humane application of negative reinforcement (pressure and release) with positive reinforcement. Through this, we can “detoxify” veterinary procedures, which is essential for your dog's long term care.
We'll cover some critical themes including: muzzle conditioning, common restraints, handling cues, and effective Desensitization and Counter Conditioning. The truth is that most veterinary procedures are not pleasant for our pet patients, but a little preparation can help us make negative experiences LEAST distressing so your dog can live a long, healthy, and happy life!
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About the Presenter:
Dr. Sophie Liu originally fell in love with dog behavior when she found herself with a very challenging and aggressive Doberman mix. That experience pushed Dr. Liu to dive deeply into animal behavior, dog training, and eventually to veterinary medicine. After graduating from Cornell University College of Veterinary medicine, she entered private practice in small animal general medicine and is completed a behavior medicine residency at San Francisco SPCA.
She is particularly passionate about evidence-based practices when it comes to dog behavior. At the core of everything is her love of dog training. Dr. Liu believes there is no feeling more wonderful than a dog’s full engagement and no sight more lovely than beautiful training. She currently trains her Doberman in protection sports and her Taiwan rescue dog in agility.
