BDP050: Fear Free: Easier Vet Visits, Happier, Healthier Pets with Dr. Katie Berlin
Release Date: 06/01/2018
BDP070: A Bittersweet Message - Chocolate Toxicity in Dogs
The Buzby Dog Podcast
Good news, bad news, and some potentially life-saving info in this episode of The Buzby Dog Podcast. Dr. Buzby shares the story of her sister’s dog, Banjo, and an empty bag of chocolate chips.
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BDP069: Prednisone 101
The Buzby Dog Podcast
Last episode, Dr. Buzby revealed how a lingering health concern led her to seek care from a specialist, who prescribed steroids (prednisone) as a necessary part of her treatment. As an integrative veterinarian, she found this to be a “hard pill to swallow”.
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BDP068: When Opportunity Barks
The Buzby Dog Podcast
A lingering personal health concern leads Dr. Buzby to travel to seek care from a specialist, where she finds a diagnosis, some understanding, and a big opportunity.
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BDP067: 7 Tips for Improving Your Dog's Lab Tests
The Buzby Dog Podcast
Lab tests can be one of the more expensive aspects of veterinary care. It’s frustrating for both veterinarian and owner when lab results are impacted by a problem with the sample. Dr. Buzby wants to ensure that you get the most out of your dog’s diagnostic tests by helping to ensure ideal samples are tested in the first place.
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BDP066: Listening to Your Dog's Body
The Buzby Dog Podcast
“Listen to your body.” It’s become a buzz phrase in our culture. And it’s typically good advice! But what about our furry family members who don’t have a voice to communicate their needs, and often aren’t fully in charge of what their bodies get to do?
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BDP065: Disaster Preparation with Dogs
The Buzby Dog Podcast
Even during an emergency, your furry family members will need your love, care and attention. Traveling in evacuation for Hurricane Florence, Dr. Buzby shares 8 tips for preparing your family—furry and otherwise—for a disaster.
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BDP064: Bringing a New Dog Into Your Home - The Story of Jake the Hound
The Buzby Dog Podcast
It’s never the “perfect time” to adopt a new dog, but as Dr. Buzby says in this episode, “Your home and your heart are never really full.” Sharing her own experience with a stray pup who showed up in her yard (and never left), Dr. Buzby helps you prepare for your new arrival (or better integrate them now that that they’re home) in this episode.
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BDP063: Spinal Stroke in Dogs — Help & Hope for Dogs with Fibrocartilaginous Embolism
The Buzby Dog Podcast
Fibrocartilaginous Embolism (FCE) sounds like a hopeless diagnosis. But as Dr. Buzby reveals in this episode, a spinal stroke (the layman term for FCE) doesn’t necessarily mean a long-term negative outcome for your dog.
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BDP062: Does My Dog Need a Tetanus Shot?
The Buzby Dog Podcast
Can dogs get tetanus? Though you’ve probably never heard of a case, dogs can indeed contract the disease.
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BDP061: Rabies and Titers in Dogs
The Buzby Dog Podcast
‘Why didn’t you tell me?!?’ is something you can’t say after this episode. Dr. Buzby shares the specific causes and dangers of rabies in dogs, along with some great examples of parenting teen boys with specificity.
info_outlineThe Fear Free™ Initiative is something we’ve talked about before on the Buzby Dog Podcast, but this episode is a deep dive into this philosophy in veterinary medicine and standard of care that teaches the importance of caring for both a pet’s physical and emotional well-being.
Dr. Katie Berlin, an associate veterinarian at Shiloh Veterinary Hospital in York, Pennsylvania, where all of their employees are proudly Fear Free™ certified, joins us in this episode to discuss the Fear Free™ Initiative and how it has changed the way she cares for her patients. Dr. Berlin is a 2009 graduate of Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, who is passionate about preventive care for dogs and cats, especially geriatric ones, and pain management and anesthesia.
Learn more about the Fear Free Initiative at: https://fearfreepets.com/
and find Dr. Berlin’s thought-provoking blog post about medications that can be used to lower anxiety here: https://myshilohvet.com/news/why-should-you-give-pills/