Tails from a Vet Tech
Tails from a Vet Tech is a podcast dedicated to highlighting, educating, and advocating for veterinary, shelter, and behavior animal professionals. Our mission is to provide education, information, and dialogue that will create a supportive environment that empowers animal professionals to take care of themselves and the animals they work with. Tabitha and her amazing guests share reflections and experiences from their lives in shelter and vet med. We will have thought-provoking conversations about the ugly and beautiful moments and share success stories with the goal of supporting and inspiring others.
TFAVT is hosted by Tabitha Kucera (Elite Fear Free and Low Stress Handling RVT, VTS (Behavior), Certified Cat Behavior Consultant, Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner) In addition to doing this podcast Tabitha also owns her own business, Chirrups and Chatter, and loves doing speaking engagements all around the world!
Tails from a Vet Tech
Scent-sational: Nosework for Cats and Dogs featuring Hanna Fushihara
Join us for the start of Season 3! This week we dive into the fascinating world of nosework, exploring its benefits for animals and how it can be a game-changer in enhancing their well-being. Our guest, Hanna Fushihara shares their career journey and the discovery of their passion for nosework.
Learn what nosework is and discover the benefits and essentials needed to kickstart nosework with your furry friends and hear about how to begin to implement nosework into your shelter program Be inspired by success stories that highlight the positive impact of nosework on pets' behavior and overall happiness.
Hanna Fushihara runs Hot Fuzz Dog Training as well as Nosework Cats from her home in New York's Hudson Valley. She has been training dogs for more than 10 years and began teaching canine nosework in 2018. She reached the NW3-Elite title level competing with her pit bull, Derek, before he passed away. Hanna started developing her own ideas on how to play nosework with her cats in the spring of 2020 during the start of the pandemic, making adjustments to how she played nosework with dogs so that her cats would find the activity fun, challenging and motivating. She’s been adding her imaginative, artful skills and humor to the mix with her online Nosework Cats class to make it unique and her own.
Episode Resources
This is a really specific EASY video that I've given to lots of people in and out of shelters as a way to start. It's done outside but can be done inside in a room of any size.
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