OkcPets Magazine July 2021

16 OKC Pets • July/August 2021 O ver the past year or so, you’ve probably handed your pet over to a veterinary technician outside and waited to be called when the visit was over. If we couldn’t be there to comfort our pets, we trusted our vets and their teams to take “care” of our pets in our absence just as if they were their own. While we may not give much thought to the term care, by definition, it sounds like pretty big shoes to fill— “the provision of what is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance and protection of someone or something.” Whether your pet needed a checkup, emergency care or routine vaccinations, your veterinarian was there, meeting all of the aforementioned needs of not only sus- taining life but also maintaining quality of life—and doing it with the utmost concern. In fact, many of our featured vets are Fear Free certified, helping ease pets and pet parents, and they share more about what that means in this article. From curbside drop-offs to video visits and online scheduling, we all had to adjust. Our DVMs went to great lengths to con- tinue providing the same quality of care in the most difficult of circumstances. Now more than ever we are grateful for the work of our veterinary care community, and we’re proud to spotlight them here in our annual feature. From all of us at OKC Pets, to our DVMs, thank you! OKC Pets Magazine DVM Annual Feature CARRYING ON WITH CARE Care (noun) - the provision of what is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance and protection of someone or something.