When Steve Dale talks, people listen. In a recent newsletter he discusses:
- Destress Your Pet Month from Ceva Animal Health and the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists.
- From Fearful to Fear Free: A Positive Program to Free Your Dog from Anxiety, Fears and Phobias, Dr. Marty Becker, Dr. Lisa Radosta, Dr. Wailani Sung, Mikkel Becker, edited by Kim Campbell Thorntonal.
- Decoding your Dog, edited by Dale and authored by members of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2014.
An opening statement from Dr. Becker’s book says it all, “Fear is the most damaging emotion a social species can experience. It causes permanent damage to the brain,” Dr. Karen Overall.
Source: Steve Dale’s Pet World, April 2018.
Link-1: Fearful to fear free: transformational ideas, April 16, 2018.
Link-2: De-Stress Your Pet Month, April 24, 2018.
INSIGHTS: It is important for every animal health pro to become familiar with the emotional side of animal care, for animals and humans. The Fear Free movement is critical to our current social cultures. Keep things in balance, though. Carrying anthropomorphism too far could have consequences society is not ready to bear.