Imagine vet and grooming visits
where your dog feels relaxed and even happy!
This workshop is for those committed to providing their dogs with the most positive healthcare experiences. You'll gain powerful strategies and training exercises to turn routine care into a collaborative and low-stress event. Plus, you'll learn tips to confidently handle urgent situations, ensuring essential care is administered with greater ease for everyone.
Saturday, September 21st, 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
8819 353rd Ave NE, Carnation, WA
Navigate the Vet Visit Journey: You'll learn to understand the flow of a veterinary visit and how clinic environments can impact your dog's experience.
Decipher Your Dog's Stress Cues: Develop the ability to recognize and interpret your dog's body language and cues, leading to calmer experiences for both you and your dog.
Champion Calm Care: Understand the profound impact of relaxed vet visits on diagnostic accuracy and overall health outcomes.
Grasp Compassionate Critical Care: Discover the strategies veterinarians use to provide vital care during urgent situations while prioritizing kindness and compassion.
Provide Effective Vet Communication: Learn how to clearly convey information and ask the right questions to ensure successful vet visits for you and your dog.
Build Foundational Puppy Skills: Acquire the techniques to teach essential behaviors like calm handling, stationing, and polite door greetings, setting your dog up for a lifetime of cooperative care.
Develop Advanced Cooperative Care Skills: Master advanced techniques such as targeting, positive muzzle training, and "opt-in/opt-out" cues, empowering your dog to participate willingly in their care.
Implement Easy At-Home Practice: Learn to assemble a "husbandry kit" for engaging home practice and utilize a mat to create a predictable, calm space during clinic visits.
Cultivate an "It's Possible" Mindset: Be inspired by real-world examples demonstrating how even complex medical procedures can become cooperative experiences for dogs and their owners.
Observe and learn from all presentations and demonstrations.
Participate actively with your dog in hands-on exercises and receive personalized coaching.
Krista Eraham is a practicing veterinarian with 19 years of experience. One of her greatest passions is exploring ways to make visits more comfortable and successful for patients and their caregivers, and she strives to ensure the delivery of exceptional care as the Medical Director of Brookfield Veterinary Hospital in Redmond. She is a Certified Fear-Free Elite and Low-Stress Handling Silver Level practitioner. Through working with her own dog, Nelly, and the help of amazing behavior professionals, she has developed a special understanding of the importance of consent in veterinary care. She enjoys partnering with other members of a dog's caregiving team.
Diana Simonsen is an experienced dog trainer dedicated to positive, force-free methods, with over a decade of involvement in dog sports, training, and competition. She is an Accredited Dog Trainer with the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC), a Certified Professional Dog Trainer - Knowledge Assessed (CPDT-KA), and a Fear-Free Certified Professional animal trainer. Diana holds a Low-Stress Handling Silver Certification and is committed to preventing and alleviating fear, anxiety, and stress in dogs.
8819 353rd Ave NE, Carnation, Washington 98014, United States
Mon | Closed | |
Tue | 10:00 am – 08:30 pm | |
Wed | 06:30 pm – 08:30 pm | |
Thu | 09:00 am – 12:30 pm | |
Fri | 09:00 am – 12:30 pm | |
Sat | 10:00 am – 05:30 pm | |
Sun | By Appointment |
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