CatSci Podcast Awarded the Fear Free Pets Award!

CatSci Podcast is happy to announce that this October we were awarded the Fear Free Pets Award as part of the 2020 Cat Writers’ Association (CWA) Communications Contest! This was awarded to Kristyn Vitale and Tori Peterson of CatSci Podcast and our guest speaker, Tabitha Kucera. Thank you for the award, we are very grateful!

According to the CWA, the Fear Free Pets Award is given to the media piece that best educates about how to decrease cat fear, stress, and anxiety before, during, and after veterinary visits and how veterinary staff and clients can utilize Fear Free concepts to promote cat wellbeing.

This is the second time the amazing Tabitha Kucera has won the Fear Free Pets Award (winning in 2019 as well) and it is truly deserved. Tabitha is a leader in this field and Kristyn and Tori are extremely appreciative that Tabitha was able to speak with us and share her award-winning knowledge!

Learn more about our winning episode below!

CatSci Ep. 8: Tabitha Kucera, Fear Free & Fun: In our winning episode, we are joined by cat professional Tabitha Kucera. Tabitha is the owner of Chirrups and Chatter Cat and Dog behavior consulting in Cleveland, Ohio. She is a certified cat behavior consultant through the International Association of Behavior Consultants, a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner, and an Elite Fear Free and Low Stress Handling Certified Registered Veterinary Technician. She is a Trainer-Mentor for Jackson Galaxy’s Project, Cat Pawsitve, the co- chair of Pet Professional Guild’s Feline Committee, the Vice President of the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants and a board member of The Together Initiative for Ohio Community Cats. Listen to our winning episode as we learn more about Tabitha and her experiences working with cats and utilizing Fear Free techniques to increase cat wellbeing.

Listen to the Episode Here!

CatSci Podcast is brought to you by Kristyn Vitale, PhD of maueyes Cat Behavior, Science, & Training (www.maueyes.com) & Tori Peterson of Space Cat Academy (www.spacecatacademy.com).

CatSci Podcast Updates

We have released several new CatSci Podcast episodes over the past few months. In these episodes we explore the science behind whether our cats love us, we talk with Trisha Seifried, a professional cat trainer who has trained cats for commercials and films, we talk to Tabitha Kucera, the owner of Chirrups and Chatter Cat and Dog behavior consulting, and we discuss Peak Purrformance, a certification and titling body for cats. If you enjoy the episodes remember to subscribe to us on YouTube.

We are also happy to announce that the Cat Writers’ Association awarded us a Certificate of Excellence and the Muse Medallion Award for winning entry in the Audio/Broadcast category in the 2019 Communication Contest. Interested in listening to the winning episode? Check out CatSci Ep. 2: Everyday Enrichment, Spice Up Your Cat’s Life.

List of Recent CatSci Podcast Episodes:

CatSci Ep 6: Does Your Cat Love You?
CatSci Ep. 7: Trisha Seifried, Seeing the Pet-ential in Cats
CatSci Ep. 8: Tabitha Kucera, Fear Free & Fun
CatSci Ep. 9: Peak Purrformance, The Official Certifying Body for Cats