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The Importance of Cooperative Care

  By Laura VanArendonk Baugh CPDT-KA KPACTP soapbox

Last week I took my dogs in for their annual wellness exam. We had the usual shuffle and reminder — “No, it’s Penny’s turn on the exam table now, you wait on your station for your turn” — but overall, things went very well. Both dogs stationed to wait their… Continue reading

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