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We understand just how much this unprecedented time is impacting you, your teams, your clients, and your hospitals. To support your efforts, we have set up a COVID-19 resource hub. Check our website and Facebook page regularly as new resources launch.

Webinars

Caring for Caregivers: The Three Areas Crucial to Mental Wellbeing

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Caring for Caregivers: The Three Areas Crucial to Mental Wellbeing

COVID-19 and Curbside:Client Communication Survival Guide

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COVID-19 and Curbside:Client Communication Survival Guide

Fear Free Curbside Service

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Fear Free Curbside Service

Oh No, Please Don’t Go! Pet Behavioral Wellbeing in Times of Change

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Oh No, Please Don’t Go! Pet Behavioral Wellbeing in Times of Change

While your favorite groomer is temporarily closed, you may need to do some basic grooming on your dog yourself. This recorded webinar will show you how.

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At-Home Fitness Tips with Dr. Evan Antin

While your favorite groomer is temporarily closed, you may need to do some basic grooming on your dog yourself. This recorded webinar will show you how.

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Training as Enrichment: Your Questions Answered

While your favorite groomer is temporarily closed, you may need to do some basic grooming on your dog yourself. This recorded webinar will show you how.

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How Not to Be My Patient: Secrets for staying healthy and the healing power of fur, fins & feathers

While your favorite groomer is temporarily closed, you may need to do some basic grooming on your dog yourself. This recorded webinar will show you how.

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Solutions for Success

Welcome Back to Business As Unusual: Practicing Tomorrow’s Veterinary Medicine Today

While your favorite groomer is temporarily closed, you may need to do some basic grooming on your dog yourself. This recorded webinar will show you how.

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Training Online in Real Time: A Demonstration

While your favorite groomer is temporarily closed, you may need to do some basic grooming on your dog yourself. This recorded webinar will show you how.

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A Fear Free Look at Canine Noise Aversion and Feline House Soiling

While your favorite groomer is temporarily closed, you may need to do some basic grooming on your dog yourself. This recorded webinar will show you how.

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The Silver Lining: COVID-19 Unexpected Best Practices

While your favorite groomer is temporarily closed, you may need to do some basic grooming on your dog yourself. This recorded webinar will show you how.

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Training as Enrichment: Basic Skills

While your favorite groomer is temporarily closed, you may need to do some basic grooming on your dog yourself. This recorded webinar will show you how.

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Healthy Practice, Healthy People

While your favorite groomer is temporarily closed, you may need to do some basic grooming on your dog yourself. This recorded webinar will show you how.

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Our Collective Vulnerability

While your favorite groomer is temporarily closed, you may need to do some basic grooming on your dog yourself. This recorded webinar will show you how.

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Taking Your Training Services Online

While your favorite groomer is temporarily closed, you may need to do some basic grooming on your dog yourself. This recorded webinar will show you how.

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Now You’re Here, Now You’re Not: Preparing Your Pet for Yet Another Change

While your favorite groomer is temporarily closed, you may need to do some basic grooming on your dog yourself. This recorded webinar will show you how.

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Don’t Just Survive, But Thrive! Practice Management Tips During COVID-19 & Beyond

While your favorite groomer is temporarily closed, you may need to do some basic grooming on your dog yourself. This recorded webinar will show you how.

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Cultivating Healthy Resilience

While your favorite groomer is temporarily closed, you may need to do some basic grooming on your dog yourself. This recorded webinar will show you how.

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Fear Free Home Spaw Days

Self-compassion involves being as kind to yourself as you are to others in need. In the midst of this pandemic, self-compassion is crucial to our wellbeing, both physically and emotionally.

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Practicing Self-Compassion During the Pandemic

How you can maintain human and canine sanity in the household and enrich dogs’ minds and bodies during this time.

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Pandemic Puppies: Puppy Socialization During a Disease Outbreak

How you can maintain human and canine sanity in the household and enrich dogs’ minds and bodies during this time.

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Will COVID-19 Impact My Value in the Job Market?

How you can maintain human and canine sanity in the household and enrich dogs’ minds and bodies during this time.

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DIY Enrichment: Keeping Dogs from Climbing the Walls

How to Be a Leader in Times of Crisis: Practicing Fear Free During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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How to Be a Leader in Times of Crisis: Practicing Fear Free During the COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19: Infection Prevention Is Everyone’s Business

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COVID-19: Infection Prevention Is Everyone’s Business

5 Essential Leadership and Communication Tips to Survive and Thrive Through COVID-19

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5 Essential Leadership and Communication Tips to Survive and Thrive Through COVID-19

Fear Free Veterinary Medicine During COVID-19

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Fear Free Veterinary Medicine During COVID-19

Proactive Practices for Preventing and Alleviating Fear, Anxiety, Stress & Pain in Times of COVID-19

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Proactive Practices for Preventing and Alleviating Fear, Anxiety, Stress & Pain in Times of COVID-19

Euthanasia in the Time of Coronavirus: Providing, Protecting, Preserving

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Euthanasia in the Time of Coronavirus: Providing, Protecting, Preserving

Blogs

Caring for Caregivers: The Three Areas Crucial to Mental Wellbeing

Caring for Caregivers: The Three Areas Crucial to Mental Wellbeing

Veterinary hospitals have gone above and beyond during the COVID crisis, donating equipment and expertise and leading efforts to help people and pets in need.

Veterinarians and Their Teams Prove Heroic During Coronavirus Pandemic

During his talk at the closing session of AVMA's virtual conference, Dr. Anthony Fauci spoke about treatments, giving a shoutout to the animal work that has contributed to understanding and treatment of COVID-19. “Human health is connected to the health of animals in our shared environment,” he said.

Fauci Talks Treatments, Vaccines at AVMA

Cleaning and disinfection is a fact of life when it comes to preventing the spread of infection throughout your facility. The following tips will help you select the right disinfectant for your needs.

Infectious Diseases are Scary, Disinfection Doesn’t Have to Be

COVID-19 is a major season for vet med, and it will make us adapt to needed changes in a short time period, allowing us to build to a better future.

A Season and a Teachable Moment for Veterinary Medicine

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A Pet Parent’s Guide to COVID-19

Dogs with separation-related diagnoses make up 10 to 20 percent of the cases referred to veterinary behaviorists. Here's how to help them and their owners.

Fear Free at Home: Helping Dogs With Separation Anxiety

Good communication can be difficult in times of crisis. A promising communication model can help veterinarians calm pet owners.

Crisis Communication: Tips for Calming Pet Owners

A recent study shows that music specially designed for cats has small but significant effects on cats undergoing a veterinary exam. It's worth considering other aspects of the sound environment of your clinic as well.

Can Special Music for Cats Reduce Their Stress at the Clinic?

Pets who need surgery or treatment for acute pain from trauma benefit from the same pain-relieving medications used in humans, but a shortage of injectable opioids means the drugs are less available for veterinary use. Experts share ways to provide good pain relief.

Opioid Options: Ways to Manage Pet Pain When There’s a Drug Shortage

Handouts

Fear Free COVID-19 Canine Considerations

Fear Free COVID-19 Canine Considerations

Videos

What Is a Pandemic?

What Are Outbreaks?

Zoonotic Diseases

Cleaning & Disinfection

Evolving in Real Time: The Art of Practicing Medicine in the COVID-19 Era

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Adapting to a New Normal in the Face of COVID-19: Behavioral Health Solutions and Zylkene

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Mental Health Resources

AAHA Culture Initiative
https://www.aaha.org/practice-resources/healthy-workplace-culture/

AVMA’s Wellbeing Certificate Program
https://axon.avma.org/page/wellbeing-diversity-inclusion-courses

E-Counseling.com
https://www.e-counseling.com/

Vets4Vets
https://vinfoundation.org/resources/vets4vets/

VIN Foundation Student Debt Center
https://www.vin.com/studentdebtcenter/

VHMA Employee Assistance Program
https://www.vhma.org/resources/employee-assistance

Client Resources

Make sure you check out these COVID-19
related resources for your clients
https://www.fearfreehappyhomes.com/kit/separation-anxiety/

View COVID-19 Advice & Resources from the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA)

View COVID-19 Information from the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)

Happy Paws Magazine

Happy Paws Magazine

Spring/Summer 2020 Issue Available Now!