Dr. Michael Petty, DVM, is author of Dr. Petty's Pain Relief for Dogs: The Complete Medical and Integrative Guide to Treating Pain. Dr. Petty is a certified veterinary pain management expert and acupuncturist working on the forefront of this field to deliver the most up-to-date and compassionate treatments available.
As the owner of the Arbor Pointe Veterinary Hospital and the Animal Pain Center in Canton, Michigan, he has devoted his professional life to the care and well-being of animals.
In this webinar Dr. Michael Petty examines whether fear and anxiety stem from actually knowing what pain is and describes methods to diagnose and quantify pain and pain behaviors.
Key talking points included in the webinar:
- Methods to diagnose and quantify pain and pain behaviors
- Assessing cognitive and emotional changes
- Reviewing various sources of pain and its effect on grooming, muscle mass, weight gain, etc.
- Tools for recognizing fear and anxiety
- Strategies to reduce fear, anxiety, and stress that help to mitigate the effect of pain and vice-versa.
Please note that the original speaker will not be available to answer questions submitted for on-demand webinars. Our medical team will answer any questions to the best of their availability, but this may not be possible depending on the question submitted.