Category: Behavior Bytes

Shake a Paw for Nail Trims

Teaching “shake a paw” is a fun trick and can be helpful for nail trims.

Understanding Your Dog’s Body Language

Understanding and respecting your best friend’s body language is essential to strengthen and maintain the bond between you.

Stationing Your Dog for Nail Trims

Stationing is beneficial for nail trims as well as veterinary and husbandry procedures. Training consent behaviors builds confidence, promotes force-free learning, and increases your pet’s cooperation.

Teaching Your Dog To Lie on Their Side for Nail Trims

Training consent behaviors builds confidence, promotes force-free learning, and increases your pet’s cooperation.

Cat Low Stress Handling® Blood Draw Visit: Moment of Truth

In the first part of this article, we learned how a client can prepare a cat for a Low Stress Handling® Blood Draw Visit. Now, we will look at how the veterinary professional can incorporate Low Stress Handling®️ into the blood draw visit.

House Training Adult Dogs

Although you may have been told your new adult dog is house trained, that may not be the case in your home.

Low Stress Handling® Silver-Level Certification

Individual Certification at this level demonstrates to clients and employers the individual’s dedicated interest in Low Stress Handling®. Hospital Certification at this level demonstrates to clients and staff the hospital’s commitment to appropriately training staff in Low Stress Handling® methods.

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