Tailored approaches to care for fearful, anxious, painful, and aggressive pets. Serving the Greater Seattle Area, based out of Shoreline, WA Relaxed Pets Are Better Patients The body’s stress response is built to mask pain and illness. By allowing animals to become stressed in the medical setting, signs of problems can be missed and pet’s fear related behaviors can escalate over time. I am proud to have achieved Elite Fear Free Certification so that I can identify and treat these problems early to provide a better care experience for you and your pets. Happy Pets Learn Better Research studies repeatedly show that teaching methods which focus on building and rewarding desirable behavior lead to better results and fewer side effects than traditional punishment-based methods.As a result, I will never train your pet with force, pain, threat, startle, fear, or intimidation, as recommended by the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior. Learn More About Appointments with Dr. Micaela Young, DVM CPDT-KA