Pet Behavior Counseling
"Helping You and Your Pet Become Best Friends for Life"
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Pet Behavior Counseling"Helping You and Your Pet Become Best Friends for Life" |
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Green Acres Kennel Shop offers behavior counseling for both dogs and cats. Often people find themselves with pets that are exhibiting problem behaviors that a standard training class is unable to address. Behaviors such as separation anxiety, pet-to-pet aggression, pet-to-people aggression, marking, scratching, inappropriate urination/defecation and even obsessive-compulsive behaviors are just a few examples of some of the more common problems that fall into this category. But there is hope!! Green Acres Pet Behavior Counselors, Don Hanson and Kate Dutra will work with you and your pet to resolve behavioral concerns that fall outside of the realm of basic training. Co-owner of Green Acres, Don Hanson is a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant (CDBC), Certified Pet Dog Trainer (CPDT), and a Bach Foundation Registered Practitioner (BFRP) animal specialist. He is uniquely qualified to develop a behavior modification program and/or a Bach Flower Remedy treatment plan for your pet. Don has completed the Dr. Edward Bach Foundations training program in the U.S. and at the Natural Animal Centre in Wales. Don has lectured on pets, behavior and the Bach Flower remedies in the USA, Canada, the Caribbean and Japan. Kate Dutra is the Training Manager at Green Acres and is a Certified Pet Dog Trainer (CPDT). She has studied the behavior of dogs and cats for several years and works with Don in helping you resolve your pet’s behavioral issues. When you call to discuss a behavioral problem, one of the first questions we will ask is if your concerns have been discussed with your veterinarian, and when your pet last had a full veterinary exam. Many behavioral issues can be directly linked to medical concerns and these must be addressed prior to a behavioral consultation. When you contact us we will explain our consultation process and will work with you to determine if a consultation is what you need. When you have decided to proceed with a consultation, we will mail you a questionnaire or instruct you how to download it from our website. Since we are unable to ask the animals how they are feeling, or what is bothering them, Don and Kate will need to depend on the information you provide in the questionnaire and at the time of the consultation. For this reason, we request that you are as thorough and as objective as possible. Plan on taking 60 to 90 minutes to complete the questionnaire. We may also be asked to provide a videotape of your pet exhibiting the problem behavior. This, in conjunction with our knowledge of animal behavior will help us to develop a treatment plan for your pet. Questionnaires, a signed waiver of liability and aggression disclaimer, videos (if requested) and a written veterinary referral need to be delivered to Green Acres prior to the scheduling of your appointment. Once we have these materials, one of us will contact you to schedule your appointment. At your appointment, you and your pet will meet with Don and Kate. Each consultation lasts approximately one hour. At the conclusion of your appointment, we will recommend a behavior modification program. If you will be using the Bach Flower Remedies, you will also be provided with a treatment bottle with the appropriate remedies for your pet. Within a week after the appointment, we will send you a summary of what was discussed and any appropriate handouts to aid you in the behavior modification process. We ask that you provide regular feedback so that we can continue to help you and your pet progress.
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Last Updated April 28, 2008
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