It’s a common problem for pets to hate going to the vet clinic.
Dr. Wendy Wesolowski, a vet at the Dauphin Vet Clinic, did an online course to learn a way to keep pets calm at the vet.
She started the course in November. The course looked at three aspects of pets and called it FAS, fear, anxiety and stress.
Wesolowski now knows how to see signs of fear, anxiety and stress in animals, what to do when that happens, and how to treat or prevent stress.
She can give out medication so pets are more relaxed when it's time to go to the vet clinic.
50 per cent of the patients that go to the Dauphin Vet Clinic show signs of FAS.
The course also looked at ways to minimize FAS before coming to the vet clinic.
Implementing the strategy will take a while because they will have to go through records to see which pets had a tough time at the vet.
Owners being upfront about how their pet was feeling before going to the vet clinic will help too.
If your pet hates its kennel, you can try keeping it out at all times so they grow accustomed to the kennel and don't have a fear of going in the kennel.
