Promoting a canine-friendly environment
In an interview with dvm360®, Christopher Pachel, DVM, DACVB, CABC, outlined items clients should provide for a new dog so they can thrive safely.
During an interview with dvm360®, Christopher Pachel, DVM, DACVB, CABC, lead clinician and practice owner of Animal Behavior Clinic in Portland, Oregon, emphasized offering a new pet a variety of stimulating dog toys so they can flourish when welcomed home.
View the video below for the entire discussion. The following is a partial transcript.
Christopher Pachel, DVM, DACVB, CABC: We want to try a variety of safe options for exercise and toy...both for play with retrieving and balls and those sorts of things as well as potentially trialing a variety of food dispensing toys. [This] gives [dogs] some time to interact and get mental [and physical] stimulation.
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