What is the top culprit for fewer pets visiting the vet?

Fill in the blanks with the most fitting option: Animals have both ____- ‘the good stress’ that helps the animal perform better for the needed task and _____ that launches the animal into a state of survival and ‘fight or flight’ type functioning.

The delayed stress response is associated with which of the following:

______ is any experience, environment, inanimate or living object, which disrupts the body’s normal state of functioning. Assessing and qualifying the pet’s reaction as indicative of fear, anxiety or stress can be extremely challenging.

______ is “The non-specific response of the body to any demand for change.”

Which of the following is NOT true of stress:

Physiologic changes that occur in the body during fight or flight causes an elevation in all of the following except for (choose the incorrect answer):

True or false: There are two general phases of the stress response.

True or false: Specific areas of the body, like the ears or tail, can be looked at independently from the rest of the body and still allow for an accurate reading of the animal’s emotional state.

True or false: Dogs that are overly active or act in a silly, seemingly puppy-like way at the vet are most likely having a great time and are fully relaxed.

The effects of stressful veterinary visits include all of the following except for (eliminate the incorrect answer):

True or false: Body language is always congruent in animals; meaning each part of the body is likely to display a consistent message from tip of the nose to the tail.

Fear Free benefits of keeping pets calmer during veterinary care include all of the following except for (eliminate the incorrect answer):

True or false: The main way the trainer should gauge stress levels of the animal during the vet visit is by whether or not the dog or cat is taking treats regardless of the animal’s body language and how the animal is taking the treats.

True or false: Most distractions have little benefit for bettering the animal’s emotional state.

Requesting the animal to perform known tricks in the veterinary setting has which of the following benefits:

True or false: When a cat is relaxed their tail and paws are likely to curl in close to their body.

_______ is recognizing all the sensory and environmental inputs that a patient might experience and using this information to approach the patient in the calmest, least confrontational way possible.

True or false: Pain influences fear, anxiety and stress (FAS). As such, the veterinarian’s pain management plan is an important piece of managing the FAS levels of patients in care.

The _____ serves as a guide for assessing and responding accordingly to the animal’s emotional state