Better Animal Handling

Send us Fan Mail

Dr. Chastain, Abby, and Todd, the cat invite you to hear about:

• The risk of Cat Scratch Disease
• The risk of relinquishing housecats
• Declawing options

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com

Send us Fan Mail

Join Dr. Chastain and Abby this week to learn about:

• Preparations for a stay-in-place disaster if you own horses
• Plans for evacuating horses in times of disasters

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com

Send us Fan Mail

In this episode, Dr. Chastain and Abby unravel tethering dogs, including:

• Risks to dogs that are tethered
• Risks to people who tether dogs

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com

Send us Fan Mail

Don't stall around, join Dr. Chastain and Abby to learn more about:

• Natural behaviors of horses vs. stall confinement
• Potential problems of stall confinement
• Cast in a stall rescue

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com

Send us Fan Mail

In this episode Dr. Chastain and Abby explain the risk of handling reptiles, including:

• Salmonellosis symptoms and signs
• Reptile carriers of salmonellosis
• Effectiveness of the federal ban on the sale of baby turtles

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com

Send us Fan Mail

Calm down with Dr. Chastain and Abby and learn about:

• Regulations on nutraceuticals and other dietary supplements
• How to assess the efficacy and safety of nutraceuticals
• Means of preventing or managing anxiety in dogs and horses

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com

Send us Fan Mail

This week Dr. Chastain and Abby provide advice on handling ram sheep, including:

• Inherent behavior of rams
• Innocent play that can cause rams to become aggressive
• Methods to avert or survive a charge by a ram

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com

Send us Fan Mail

This week, Dr. Chastain and Abby explore the benefits of dog crates, including;

• Dog crates for housebreaking puppies, calming adult dogs, and transport during emergencies
• Selecting a dog crate
• Crate training

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com

Send us Fan Mail

Join Dr. Chastain and Abby this week to learn about:

• Recognition of venomous snakes
• Medical uses of snake venoms

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com

Send us Fan Mail

Dr. Chastain's and Abby's topics for this week are warm weather risks to dogs, including:

• Heat exhaustion
• Heatstroke

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com

Link to show notes:  BetterAnimalHandling.com