Module 2 lessons cover ways to take pets safely, comfortably and serenely from the home to the hospital, gentle control techniques as applied to veterinary care, team planning for care, modifying care when needed, preemptively acclimating pets to the veterinary environment, and integrating training and veterinary care.

Lesson 1: Home to hospital – Set the stage for more relaxed care

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Build strategies to prep pets prior to the veterinary visit
• Provide calmer carrier training tips for cats
• Apply protocols to improve car travel for dogs and cats

Lesson 2: Serene scene

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Recognize how to transfer patients calmly from the car into the hospital and into the exam room
• Setup the lobby and exam room in a manner that’s sensitive to patient needs

Lesson 3: Gentle control for better veterinary care

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Apply the rules of restraint/stabilization
• Incorporate touch gradient into handling
• Differentiate between ‘wants’ vs. ‘needs’ in care

Lesson 4: Fear Free planning and modification

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

• State the common tools that may be used for gentle control
• Utilize training concepts to condition animals to gentle control tools

Lesson 5: Proactive efforts to acclimate to the veterinary environment and integration of training into veterinary care

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

• State ways to improve the value of fun visits
• Improve client participation with fun visits
• Implement structured stations into fun visits