Handouts

Explore ready-to-use client education materials and practical reference tools designed for veterinary practices. These handouts support clearer communication, organization, and patient care. Select materials can also be customized with your clinic’s branding, contact information, and preferences.

Prednisone Taper Checklist Card

Designed to help improve medication compliance and reduce dosing confusion, the Prednisone Taper Checklist Card provides pet owners with a simple, organized way to track their pet's medication schedule. Featuring two convenient tapering schedules, this card includes a 5-day dosage checklist on one side and a 7-day dosage checklist on the reverse, allowing veterinary teams to choose the option that best fits the patient's treatment plan.

The easy-to-follow layout allows clients to check off each dose as it is administered, helping minimize missed doses and supporting clear communication throughout the tapering process. Space is provided for patient information, dosage instructions, start dates, and notes, making it a practical take-home resource for both clients and veterinary staff.

Card Specifications

  • 4" x 6" double-sided card

  • Portrait orientation

  • 5-day taper checklist on one side

  • 7-day taper checklist on reverse side

  • Premium cardstock construction

  • Matte finish for a professional appearance

  • Square corners

  • Durable and easy to store with discharge paperwork

  • Compass Collars & Co. branded

Ideal for veterinary practices looking to provide clients with a clear, professional medication tracking tool that helps improve treatment compliance and patient care outcomes.

Food Transition Guide for Dogs & Cats 

Changing a pet's diet can be an important step in supporting their overall health, but transitioning too quickly can lead to digestive upset and unnecessary stress. The Food Transition Guide for Dogs & Cats provides pet owners with a simple, easy-to-follow roadmap for safely introducing a new food while minimizing the risk of gastrointestinal issues.

This convenient handout outlines a recommended seven-day transition schedule, gradually increasing the proportion of the new food while decreasing the previous diet. It also includes helpful tips for a smooth transition, signs to monitor during the process, and guidance on when veterinary consultation may be appropriate. Designed for both canine and feline patients, this resource helps reinforce nutritional recommendations and improve client compliance when dietary changes are recommended.

Perfect for veterinary practices, breeders, shelters, rescue organizations, pet nutrition consultants, boarding facilities, and pet businesses looking to provide clients with a clear and professional nutritional resource.

Card Specifications

  • 4" x 6" educational handout card
  • Designed for both dogs and cats
  • Professionally printed on premium cardstock
  • Matte finish
  • Square corners
  • Compact size ideal for discharge packets, nutrition consultations, and client education materials
  • Compass Collars & Co. branded

This simple yet effective resource helps pet owners confidently navigate food changes while supporting healthier digestive transitions and improved communication between clients and veterinary teams.

Senior Dogs

Growing older is not a diagnosis, but small changes in a senior dog’s comfort, mobility, appetite, routines, or personality can be an early sign that something needs attention. The Senior Dogs Handout provides owners with a practical, easy-to-follow guide for recognizing these changes, keeping useful records, and knowing when to contact their veterinary team.

One side highlights changes worth noticing in movement and joint comfort, oral health, appetite and weight, vision and hearing, skin and coat, behavior, breathing, and body functions. It also encourages owners to take photos or short videos of changes at home, helping veterinary professionals better understand symptoms that may not be visible during an appointment.

The reverse side provides a healthy aging plan with important topics to discuss with the veterinary team, including regular examinations, recommended diagnostic testing, comfort and mobility, dental care, nutrition, medications, supplements, and adjustments to the home environment. A clearly identified urgent-care section helps owners recognize symptoms that may require immediate veterinary attention.

Perfect for veterinary practices, senior pet consultations, boarding facilities, groomers, trainers, rescue organizations, and pet businesses looking to provide clients with a clear and professional senior-care resource. This dual-sided handout supports earlier recognition of health and behavioral changes while encouraging productive communication between dog owners and veterinary teams.

Handout Specifications

  • 8.5" × 11" educational handout

  • Dual-sided, full-color design

  • Created specifically for senior dog owners

  • Professionally printed with a matte finish

  • Clear, organized layout designed for easy reading and client education

  • Ideal for wellness appointments, senior-care consultations, discharge materials, and educational displays

  • Compass Collars & Co. branded

This practical resource helps owners feel more confident caring for an aging dog while reinforcing that early observation, routine veterinary care, and thoughtful home adjustments can make a meaningful difference in a senior pet’s comfort and quality of life.

Creating Confidence In The Crate

A crate can be an invaluable safety and management tool, but dogs must be introduced to confinement thoughtfully and at their own pace. The Crate Confidence Handout provides owners with practical, easy-to-follow guidance for creating a positive association with the crate while recognizing when a dog may need additional behavioral or veterinary support.

One side explains how crate training can support safe transportation, emergency evacuation, hospitalization, recovery after surgery or injury, housetraining, household management, and quiet rest. It emphasizes that the goal is not simply for a dog to tolerate confinement, but to feel safe and comfortable and that a crate should never be used as punishment.

The reverse side helps owners choose between wire, plastic travel, soft-sided, and heavy-duty durable crates based on their dog’s size, temperament, lifestyle, and intended use. It also includes gradual introduction steps, guidance for responding to whining, signs that training can continue or should be paused, vehicle travel considerations, and a safety checklist to review before closing the crate door. A simple yes-or-no decision path helps owners determine whether crate distress should first be addressed by a veterinarian, a qualified trainer, or both professionals working together.

Perfect for veterinary practices, dog trainers, groomers, boarding facilities, breeders, shelters, rescue organizations, and pet businesses looking to provide clients with clear, humane crate-training guidance. This dual-sided handout supports safer confinement, more positive training experiences, and better communication between dog owners, trainers, and veterinary teams.

Handout Specifications

  • 8.5" × 11" educational handout

  • Dual-sided, full-color design

  • Created specifically for dog owners

  • Professionally printed with a matte finish

  • Clear, organized layout designed for easy reading and client education

  • Ideal for puppy visits, training consultations, adoption packets, discharge materials, and educational displays

  • Compass Collars & Co. branded

This practical resource helps owners approach crate training with greater confidence while emphasizing gradual, reward-based training, proper crate selection, safe use, and early recognition of fear, pain, or significant confinement distress.