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Submitted by Holley Truitt, Cat Friendly & Fear Free Certified Technician Star of Texas Veterinary Hospital, Austin, TX “When establishing our practice, we knew cats could not be an afterthought.” As the Cat Friendly Practice® program celebrates its 10-year anniversary, our organization, Star of Texas Veterinary Hospital, reflects on its involvement in the program since the very

Submitted by Kathi Gruss, DVMEarlysville Animal Hospital, Earlysville, VA Our practice focused on meeting the behavioral needs of our patients for over 20 years. We found great behavior resources for dogs with the help of an associate who trained in behavior in Australia. We already work in a quiet environment with soft music and use minimal restraint, kind

Submitted by Judy Ling, RVTRoyal York Animal Hospital, Etobicoke, Canada We are a small animal practice for dogs and cats, and we always saw more canines than felines. We knew that something had to be done to attract our feline patients. A lot of our clients had dogs and cats in the household and when we

Submitted by Robin Downing, DVM, MS, Doctor of Bioethics, DAAPM, DACVSMRWindsor Veterinary Clinic PC, Windsor, CO We were delighted to learn of the Cat Friendly Practice® initiative by the AAFP. My first practice was a house call practice in which I learned how to work with cats versus struggling against them to provide veterinary care.  Nearly