Matchmaking for Beginners: Problem Prevention through Pet Selection

Many times we see people who are frustrated by their pets, simply because of a mismatch between expectation and reality. Offering pet selection counseling can help reduce relinquishment and bond clients to your practice.

Here's what you'll learn:

This lecture is approved for 1 hour of RACE CE credit.

  • Design a pre-acquisition questionnaire to use with clients

  • Identify the most common mismatches between client expectation and pet ability

  • Implement communication strategies to unite families in pet selection goals

  • Understand the most common reasons owners relinquish animals

Course curriculum

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    Matchmaking for Beginners: Problem Prevention through Pet Selection

    • Matchmaking for Beginners: Problem Prevention through Pet Selection

    • QUIZ: Matchmaking for Beginners: Problem Prevention through Pet Selection (Required for RACE CE)

Instructor(s)

LVT, VTS

Monique Feyrecilde

Monique Feyrecilde (pronounced "Fair-child") is a veterinary technician and VTS Behavior working full time in small animal practice. An experienced teacher, Monique loves presenting to small groups like individual clinics and huge audiences at major conferences alike! She strives to bring you information you can immediately put into practice the day you return to your clinic. As a contributor to Fear Free, author of the book Cooperative Veterinary Care, chapter author of multiple textbooks, and so much more, Monique brings practical experience combined with advanced knowledge for an applicable and often humorous learning experience.