We have pets for a variety of reasons – but the majority of owners do so for companionship and enjoyment.

Whilst we all hope to have a happy and mutually fulfilling relationship with our pets’ things can sometimes go wrong. This may be because of a misunderstanding of a pet’s natural behaviour and can lead to a breakdown of the relationship – which invariably causes stress and unhappiness for both the pet and the owner.

Recent studies have shown that one of the primary reasons an animal is left at a shelter such as the RSPCA is due to unwanted behaviour. It is also one of the more common reasons animals are euthanized. Fortunately, the new Behaviour Unit at our clinic can help you to understand these problems and give you adequate tools to deal with or manage the situation. All consultations are dealt with individually with personalised behaviour programmes suited to fit your lifestyle.
In keeping with the ethos of the clinic we offer preventative care in the form of informal talks, for example on socialisation and habituation, control problems, puppy classes, aggression, fear and phobias and attention seeking problems (please ask for full and detailed timetable).

Before a behaviour problem gets out of hand, our nurses can offer rudimentary advice about simple behaviour problems, which may be enough to nip it in the bud.

For more serious and long-term problems we offer an advanced behavioural programme from our Clinical Animal Behaviourist, Judith Adams MSc. PG Dip AS (CABC). This is an in depth, comprehensive service with full back up for three months. Some dogs from rescue centres come with their own set of behaviour problems which need more advanced and detailed advice.
Please ask for more information on any of our behaviour services. Handouts are also available to assist and inform you.

Behaviour problems may have an underlying medical cause and therefore all pet must be seen by a vet to in order to rule out an organic (medical differential) as a priority.

More information and Behavioural articles are available at www.wellbehave.com