Cooperative Veterinary Care.

Intro -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Companion Website -- 1 Introduction to Low-Restraint and No-Restraint Veterinary Care -- 1.1 First, Do No Harm -- 1.2 Stress, Fear, and the Veterinary Clinic -- 1.3 Freedom, Wants, and Needs -- 1.4 Iatrogenic Behavioral Injury -- 1.5 Introduction to Low- and No-Restraint Animal Care -- References -- 2 Perception and Communication -- 2.1 Sensation and Perception -- 2.2 Stress and Fear -- 2.3 Body Language -- 2.4 Causes of Stress in the Veterinary Setting -- References -- 3 Learning, Conditioning, and Training -- 3.1 Classical Conditioning -- 3.2 Operant Conditioning -- 3.3 Habituation, Sensitization, Desensitization, Counterconditioning, and More -- 3.4 The ABCs of Behavior -- 3.5 Fundamental Training Skills -- References -- 4 Successful Visits -- 4.1 Setting Up for Success: Before the Visit -- 4.2 During the Visit -- 4.3 Happy Visits and Other Preventative Planning -- 4.4 Hospitalization, Treatments, Diagnostics, and Boarding -- References -- 5 Level One Patients and Training -- 5.1 Introduction to the Levels of Training -- 5.2 Identifying Level One Patients -- 5.3 Level One Training: Dog Exam Room and Examination -- 5.4 Level One Training: Cat Exam Room and Examination -- 5.5 Level One Training: Injections and Sample Collection -- 5.6 Administering Medications and Grooming -- References -- 6 Level Two Patients and Training -- 6.1 Level Two Training -- 6.2 Identifying Level Two Patients -- 6.3 Level Two Training: Dog Exam Room and Examination -- 6.4 Level Two Training: Cat Exam Room and Examination -- 6.5 Level Two Training: Injections and Sample Collection -- 6.6 Administering Medications and Grooming -- References -- 7 Level Three Patients and Training -- 7.1 Level Three Training -- 7.2 Identifying Level Three Patients -- 7.3 Preparing to Train.

7.4 Making a Training Plan -- 7.5 Getting Started: Approach, Target, and Station -- 7.6 Teaching Consent, Touch, and Restraint -- 7.7 Muzzle Training -- 7.8 Physical Examination Training -- 7.9 Treatments, Sample Collection, and Imaging -- 7.10 Grooming -- 7.11 Additional Consent Options -- 7.12 Level Three Cats -- 8 Additional Patient Resources -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Neutraceuticals and Pharmaceuticals -- 8.3 Professionals and Their Roles -- References -- 9 Implementation Strategies -- 9.1 Change Is Never Easy -- 9.2 Proposing Change -- 9.3 Overcoming Obstacles: Common Concerns and Questions -- 9.4 Making Change for the Right Reasons -- Reference -- Appendix Helpful Links and References -- Veterinary Technician Specialists in Behavior -- Continuing Education -- Additional Training Resources -- Pharmacology and Neutraceutical Resources -- Glossary -- Index -- End User License Agreement.

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