Welcome, Fear Free pet professionals! This is where you can earn additional Fear Free CE hours by taking our complimentary courses. Right now, we are hard at work developing some amazing new courses, which will launch in regular intervals and will be available exclusively to you as a benefit of your active membership.
Additional Courses Pet Professionals
Pet Sitters: Using your Fear Free Certification to Improve your Business
- Improve your business practices
- Communicate the value of Fear Free to clients
- Network with fellow Fear Free professionals
Finesse the Chin Rest: The Basics and Beyond for Cooperative Care
- Learn the training steps
- Discover on-the-job applications
- Work up to advanced-level distractions
Next Level Nail Trims: Cooperative Care Behaviors
- Demonstrate communication cues
- Respond and recognize consent cues
- Train a variety of cooperative care behaviors
A Close Look at Canine Enrichment: What, Why, and How?
- Explore enrichment using all the senses
- Identifying the right balance
- Enrichment for dogs in various scenarios
Fear Free Nail Trims: Trimming Away the Terror
- Incorporate Gentle Control, Considerate Approach and touch gradient into nail care
- Pros and cons of common nail trim tools
- Describe how and when, to use food distractions or switch to DS-CC for nail trims
Fear Free Trainers: Partnering with Veterinary Professionals
- You & Your Services
- Networking with Veterinary Professionals
- Veterinary Service Options
- Reaching out Without Fear
- Staying in Your Lane
The Path to a Great Bath
- Overview of Fear Free Bathing and Positive Reinforcement
- Introduction to the Tub
- Modifying the Environment for Success
Fear Free Groomers: Simple Behaviors to Help You
- Overview of Fear Free Grooming and Positive Reinforcement
- Introduction to Targeting and Stationing
- Teaching a Chin Rest, Hand Target, and Stationing
Groomer Client and Colleague Communication
- Defining Fear Free Grooming
- Communicating with colleagues and turning clients into teammates
- Addressing common challenges
Understanding Medical Conditions and Pain
- Medical conditions & special considerations when training
- Understanding effects, signs & treatment of pain
- Stress and its impact on body & welfare
Proactive and Preventive Training
- Keeping animals calm during veterinary care, procedures & on the day of surgery
- Pre-visit planning & post-visit reintroductions
- Preparing animals for procedures
Infectious Conditions: What Trainers Need to Know
- Signs & risk factors associated with infectious diseases
- Minimizing disease risk when training pets
- Disinfecting & managing the training environment
Feline Destructive Scratching Solutions
- Natural functions scratching serves for cats
- Common owner responses & the problems with them
- Safe, effective alternatives to declawing
The Role of Technicians, Treats and More in Fear Free
- How technicians play a role in the Fear Free process
- The right use of treats
- The treat ladder’s role in creating a Fear Free visit
Fear Free Scheduling | Marketing Your Certification Online
- Importance of scheduling in creating a Fear Free visit
- What successful scheduling looks like
- How to market your certification
A Close Look at Canine Enrichment: What, Why, and How?
- Explore enrichment using all the senses
- Identifying the right balance
- Enrichment for dogs in various scenarios
Fear Free Nail Trims: Trimming Away the Terror
- Incorporate Gentle Control, Considerate Approach and touch gradient into nail care
- Pros and cons of common nail trim tools
- Describe how and when, to use food distractions or switch to DS-CC for nail trims
Fear Free Trainers: Partnering with Veterinary Professionals
- You & Your Services
- Networking with Veterinary Professionals
- Veterinary Service Options
- Reaching out Without Fear
- Staying in Your Lane
Understanding Medical Conditions and Pain
This module will discuss common conditions as well as take an in-depth look at pain management strategies and the effects of pain and stress on an animal. This module has been approved for 1 RACE CEU and 1 CEU from CCPDT, IAABC and KPA.
Proactive and Preventive Training
Learn ways in which the Fear Free Animal Trainer can partner in Fear Free efforts to keep animals calm during veterinary care, procedures, and even beyond. This module has been approved for 1.5 CEUs from CCPDT, IAABC, and KPA & 1 RACE approved CE hour.
Infectious Conditions: What Trainers Need to Know
In this module, we will review the signs and risk factors associated with infectious diseases in dogs and cats. We will cover how to minimize disease risk when training pets as well as how to properly disinfect the training environment.
The Path to a Great Bath
- Overview of Fear Free Bathing and Positive Reinforcement
- Introduction to the Tub
- Modifying the Environment for Success
A Close Look at Canine Enrichment: What, Why, and How?
- Explore enrichment using all the senses
- Identifying the right balance
- Enrichment for dogs in various scenarios
Fear Free Nail Trims: Trimming Away the Terror
- Incorporate Gentle Control, Considerate Approach and touch gradient into nail care
- Pros and cons of common nail trim tools
- Describe how and when, to use food distractions or switch to DS-CC for nail trims
Fear Free Groomers: Simple Behaviors to Help You
- Overview of Fear Free Grooming and Positive Reinforcement
- Introduction to Targeting and Stationing
- Teaching a Chin Rest, Hand Target, and Stationing
Groomer Client and Colleague Communication
- Defining Fear Free Grooming
- Communicating with colleagues and turning clients into teammates
- Addressing common challenges
The Path to a Great Bath
- Overview of Fear Free Bathing and Positive Reinforcement
- Introduction to the Tub
- Modifying the Environment for Success
A Close Look at Canine Enrichment: What, Why and How?
- Explore enrichment using all the senses
- Identifying the right balance
- Enrichment for dogs in various scenarios
Fear Free Nail Trims: Trimming Away the Terror
- Incorporate Gentle Control, Considerate Approach and touch gradient into nail care
- Pros and cons of common nail trim tools
- Describe how and when, to use food distractions or switch to DS-CC for nail trims
Feline Destructive Scratching Solutions
- Natural functions scratching serves for cats
- Common owner responses & the problems with them
- Safe, effective alternatives to declawing
The Role of Technicians, Treats and More in Fear Free
- How technicians play a role in the Fear Free process
- The right use of treats
- The treat ladder’s role in creating a Fear Free visit
Fear Free Scheduling | Marketing Your Certification Online
- Importance of scheduling in creating a Fear Free visit
- What successful scheduling looks like
- How to market your certification
