Game Changer Medications: Clonidine & Benzodiazepines

Game Changer Medications: Trazodone, Gabapentin, Clonidine, & Benzodiazepines

The Fast Track – Using as-needed medications to boost improvements

When patients get to Behavior Vets, we want to get help on board fast.

Thankfully there are a variety of medications that can get a plan moving in less than 2 hours, and there is more and more research on how well they work. Unfortunately, if you aren’t working with a veterinary behavior team, the nuts and bolts of how they are used can be a mystery.

We believe animals and families get better faster when they have an educated team, so in this webinar series, we will cover four of the most popular situational medications for dogs and cats: Trazodone, Gabapentin, Clonidine, & Benzodiazepines.

• Pet owners- Are you supporting an anxious or fearful pet? Are you interested in learning more about the options before you talk to your veterinarian? This webinar will help prepare you to be a better advocate and get better results.

• Trainers/Behavior Consultants- Have you wondered why trazodone is prescribed so often? Are you curious about why you don’t see gabapentin used more often or why the dose range is different from vet to vet? Join us for a deeper look into the mechanisms of action and common clinical uses for these medications.

• Veterinarians- This webinar will refine the way you use these fast-acting medications as single agents and in combination treatments. If you’ve never used them, let’s help you get more comfortable with these amazing options.

Medications can help animals feel less stressed, fearful, or anxious in an hour or two? Join us for the first of our Two-Part series where we discuss the newest, fast-acting options for treatment of behavioral disorders in animals. We will cover recent research and clinical applications, and then we will open up for a lively discussion. Bring your questions. Bring your debates. Bring it all.

Game Changer Medications – Part 1: Trazodone & Gabapentin: Thursday May 12, 2022 – 6pm to 7:30pm EST

Game Changer Medications – Part 2: Clonidine, & Benzodiazepines: Thursday May 26, 2022 – 6pm to 7:30pm EST

This is an online event. The live streaming link will be emailed one day prior to the event.

“Doors” open 30 minutes prior to the start time of the event. Feel free to log in and wait in our “waiting room” via the video app. We will be using BlueJeans to stream the event: https://support.bluejeans.com/s/article/BlueJeans-Event-instructions-for-Attendees

These webinars will be recorded. Anyone that purchases a 2-Part Webinar Package will receive the recording within 1 week after each live event date. You will be able to view the webinar even if you cannot join us on the event date. The recordings will be available for viewing for up to 6 months. These webinars will also be available for purchase after the series is complete.

CEUs will be granted only to those who purchase a ticket for the 2-Part Webinar Package, even if they cannot join us on the date of the event.

CEUs pending:

• CPDT
• IAABC
• KPA
• RACE

Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/game-changer-meds-trazodone-gabapentin-clonidine-benzodiazepines-tickets-322054392357

• Early Bird, 2-Part Package: $98 total, before May 5
• General Admissions , 2-Part Package: $118 total, after May 5

When you click on the ‘tickets’ link, you will see ticket options for both dates. When you choose a date (you can choose either one and still have the option to purchase the package), you will see the options for the Early Bird ticket and the General Admissions ticket. Choose the package you would like to pay for. You will then have access to BOTH webinars, even though it might not look like it. We have set up the tickets this way so that folks can purchase the package even if they miss the first one.

If you missed one of the parts as a live event, you will receive a link to the recording(s) as long as you purchase a ticket for the 2-part package.

Cancellation policy: No refunds

About Dr. C:

Dr. E’Lise Christensen DVM is a board-certified veterinary behaviorist and an international lecturer and author. Dr. C received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Iowa State University in 2002. She first became interested in veterinary behavior as a high school student when she worked at a veterinary practice and began training animals for pet therapy at a local substance abuse facility. While in veterinary school she researched separation anxiety in shelter dogs, was an assistant trainer at an animal shelter, and studied with numerous board-certified veterinary behaviorists.

After veterinary school Dr. C began a rotating small animal internship at SouthPaws Veterinary Referral Center in Springfield, Virginia. While working there she continued her studies in veterinary behavior. She practiced feline-only medicine in Arlington, Virginia and general medicine in Bloomingdale, New Jersey before entering the Behavior Residency Program at Cornell University in 2004. During her residency she researched the behavior of dogs, cats, and horses and treated behavioral problems in a number of different species. Her most cited research involved evaluating the efficacy of canine temperament tests in the shelter system.

Dr. Christensen has contributed to articles in Dog Watch, Cat Watch, Cat Fancy, Dog Training Solutions, Real Simple, Newsday, and various other print media. She has been a contributor and guest on Foxnews.com’s “Pet Health” and “Studio B with Shepard Smith”, ABC News’ “Nightline,” and many other radio programs, television programs, and newscasts. She enjoys lecturing nationally and internationally on an array of behavior topics including, but not limited to, small animal behavior, public health and animal sheltering topics.

Dr. C is board-certified by the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists and a member of the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior (AVSAB) Speaker’s Bureau and the American Veterinary Medical Association.

Dr C is always working on new ideas to support animals, families, trainers, and veterinary colleagues as they learn more about behavior and manage animals with behavioral disorders. Work-life balance is her last unicorn. She is also on a crusade to rescue the Oxford comma.