https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/non-clinical-questions/25861/ask-your-canines [quote user=&quot;Martin Atkinson&quot;][quote user=&quot;Arlo Guthrie&quot;]Sounds like you read that as me having a pop at you. I wasn&#39;t![/quote]Not at all Arlo, I&#39;m surprised you don&#39;t know my sense of humour by now and even if I was boasting I fully expected someoneen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/180313?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 10 Jun 2017 23:07:57 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:1caa92bc-5716-47d6-ab1e-7be3825b09d5Jill Butterworth<p>Top tip: wear latex gloves to handle suspect kitties. I accidentally discovered 10 years ago that the gloves will get completely shredded, but your hands stay almost unscathed underneath!&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/180309?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 10 Jun 2017 16:21:06 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:d93017fb-d504-4180-9633-7f42f30d9df6Richard Carter<p>perhaps when you older, you not too concerned with your performance for the client re diagnosis/ consultation but have time and inclination to be friendly to the patient and client so everyone more relaxed?</p> <p>I usually get the job of cat whisperer if there is a reluctant patient but still have the scars from a psycho kitty which went from basket to all four paws claws and teeth faster than I could retreat. I heal pretty well though.<img src="/emoticons/v2/Happy_smiley.png" alt="Happy" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/180247?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 09 Jun 2017 10:31:47 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:175518c1-a567-43ed-bdc5-14422c60fc4cMartin Atkinson<p>???????????? Have I entered some sort of alternative universe, is someone taking the piss and I am totally missing it or has Richard gone off at such a tangent of the tangent that it has become tangential?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/180241?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 09 Jun 2017 09:54:00 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:41ef82ed-14c7-44a9-a905-4e7ea5a0b3fcJill Butterworth<p>It&#39;s exactly the same with kitties, or any other species you have experience and knowledge of.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/180223?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 09 Jun 2017 00:04:44 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:4b5999ee-bac1-4714-bd7c-01f26e2919d4Eilidh Corr<p>Both of these are true. Also, importantly, with time most of us learn the more subtle warning signs which precede more overt fearful/defensive/aggressive behaviours, even if we couldn&#39;t describe or put our finger on them. Those dogs which freeze, stare, shift their weight away from you, lift a paw etc become dogs we (rightly) treat with greater respect, and hopefully sensitivity.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/180216?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 08 Jun 2017 22:35:18 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:801c379e-1dd8-4118-9b19-03bea22cf621Joyce Whitehead<p>Yes I&#39;d agee, I&#39;m not nearly as jumpy with nervous dogs as I was as a new grad, and I think you are absolutely right that they sense that. I suppose we are also better at handling?&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>