Animal Safety Pt. 3

Here is the next installment of the Animal Safety series. This document is adapted from the Pet Sitter Safety Handout I, Kim Fields, and Chris Wooten created. Learn more about what inspired this document in my blog The Complicated Contracts of Dog Walkers.

I have just learned I will be speaking at the Pet Sitters International conference in September in North Carolina on these topics.

Our last post (Animal Safety Pt. 2) discussed how to identify pets that are scared or agressive. In this installment we discuss how to safely handle scared or aggressive pets.

Animal Safety Pt. 2

This is the next installment in our animal safety series inspired by my mission to keep pet sitters safer on the job.

Animal Safety Part 1 talked about how to protect yourself from pet diseases. Below we will talk about how to identify scared or aggressive pets.

Creating Vet-Loving Cats

I spoil my feline patients every chance I get. I absolutely adore cats but for a variety of reasons can’t have them at home.  So, I try to enjoy my kitty patients as much as possible.

It is not easy to earn a cat’s love, and it’s even harder as a vet. It seems that cats take longer to warm up to people to try to give them vaccines.  

Luckily, our veterinary profession is finding new ways to keep kitties happier at the vet.

My hospital just finished a handout for our clients about making their cats’ visits low-stress.  Here are some of the highlights: