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Many veterinarians are required to conduct clinical examinations on their patients without the presence of the owners due to numerous Covid restrictions.
Understandably, this can be stressful for both the animals and their owners. Without them, cats and dogs might become anxious and fearful.
The FECAVA and the European Society of Veterinary Clinical Ethology (ESVCE) have created flyers to help owners and veterinarians make those visits more comfortable. These flyers include useful tips on how to approach animals and prepare them for a veterinary visit.
Belgian veterinarians have been offering their support in the process of choosing a healthy and suitable new family member as they were regularly seeing poorly socialized puppies with health problems. The project is called Pup4Life with the aim to encourage future owners to contact a veterinarian prior to buying or adopting a new dog.
A website with different information and tools for future owners has been set up as part of the project.
The owners can download printable checklists to find their ‘’type of dog’’ and a questionnaire to assess the trustworthiness of the breeder.
After they fill in the questionnaire, the new owners together with their vet, can make a decision from which breeder they want to purchase a new puppy.
Pup4Life project is supported by CEVA, Val d’Hony Verdifarm and the Province of Limburg.
Volunteer group @SVSP – Slovenian Vets for Stray Pets presents themselves: “We are a group of Slovene vets, who spend their free time and annual holidays taking care of abandoned animals in the Balkans, on Cyprus, and in Spain. Besides neutering and offering basic veterinary care to abandoned and stray animals, we work hard to
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