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How Our Behaviorists
Cure All Clients' Problems By Phone
Cat owners who’ve consulted an expert cat behaviorist before are
sanguine veterans. They know exactly how and why it works. But
one of the most frequent questions any behaviorist hears from
the first-time client of cat-behavior consulting is just this:
“How can you know what to do by phone? Don’t you need to be
here?” Probably they have in mind us installing ourselves in
their living rooms for a few weeks, bearing hidden cameras and clipboards!
We enjoy answering this question more than just about any other.
Why? Because the answer contains a great deal of just what cat
owners need to understand about their cats, including:
I wanted to let you know
Aero is doing just fine
so far. She has not gone
outside the litter box
even once since I
(behavior advice
removed). I
am also (behavior advice
removed). Hey! You're
not really re-training
the cats, are you?
You're re-training the
pet parent!
-- J. Jackson
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there’s nothing we could see in person
that we haven’t seen before – or need to see
rather than ask you about;
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house calls do not yield any more information than our
carefully refined questionnaire and consultation questions – and
our intuition – all honed and refined helping literally thousands of cats
just like yours -- over the phone.
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any behavior treatment plan
worthy of the name sets aside 2-4 weeks and consists of
easy-to-follow, time-tested advice we give you by phone and
email. Read more about
our
proprietary C.A.T. Plan™.
The proof is in our Rave Reviews.
Every one of our unparalleled number of testimonials comes from
a phone consultation! For people as curious as their cats,
we provide more information below.
It’s All About You
The first thing you need to understand is this: with rare
exceptions, it is your behavior and the environment you set up
for your cat that leads most directly to either problem or cure.
Dr. Myrna Milani, an expert on the principles of animal behavior
consulting, affirms: "The nature of the human-animal bond
guarantees that all clients are intimately involved in their
animal's problems." Your cat, a finely-tuned, conditioned member of the animal
kingdom, is simply reacting predictably to stimuli you control.
That means that in a very real sense, you are the subject of the
behavior consultation. It’s your behavior problem, if you will.
We mean that in the nicest way.
Examples: the environment you have set up is the prime culprit
for inappropriate elimination and, often, for spraying and
aggression. It’s actually owners who cause behavior problems by
their choice of litter box number, size, placement, lighting,
dispersal, location, cleanliness, and type; by type of litter
and frequency of changing; by how, and how often, they play with
your cats; by whether they try to punish their cats; by what
scents they bring into the house, and much more.
Even the way
you clean up after your cats can encourage more
messes. In addition, it's up to you to introduce feline pheromones,
and in
just the right way, or to carry out the critical re-association
techniques that we teach. Your own behaviors may even be
inviting and cultivating aggression or yowling, and for
treatment, only your behaviors can help your cat.
Says Dr. Milani: "The
responsibility for making any changes necessary to resolve the
animal's problem lies with the client.”
We’ve Seen It Before
Second, almost all cat behavior problems, and all of the most common
ones, fall into a
few well-known categories, each with
predictable patterns. That means your cat’s, or cats’, actual
behavior is not so “unique” that we must witness it. Trust us:
as unusual, different, or weird as you think your cat problem
is, it falls into one of these known patterns. We’ve seen and
heard and solved it before. That means that when your answers to our Feline
Behavior Questionnaire are combined with the give-and-take of
the consultation, we are able to quickly and reliably identify
the problem, or problems, and all the most likely solutions. All
without seeing your cat.
There’s No Benefit to a House Call
Third, even if we were to show up at your house, the odds of
catching your cat in the act –
• peeing or pooping outside the box
• spraying
• fighting with another cat
• yowling
• and so on
-- are so small as make the trip as sensible as a wild-goose
chase.
And, again, our seeing the behavior would simply confirm what we
already knew: your cat is acting out the same behavior as the
thousands of cats we’ve seen before him. And her. Trust us.
It’s not the cat’s behavior we need to see. It’s how
you are
causing it that we need to hear. Dr. Milani
continues: "The client and other people often serve as the
primary source of information regarding the problem."
Our Guarantee
In fact, if we’ve never heard of your cat’s particular issue,
your consultation is half off. And if we can’t give you the
tools to solve it because we haven’t heard of it, it’s free.
Real
Treatment Plans Can't Be Conveyed During a House Call
Even the rare behaviorist who
does house calls cannot cure your cat during that house call.
The reason goes back to the first point above: all cat
behavior treatment is ultimately something the cat owner does
him- or herself, over a period of days or a few weeks. Cat
behavior isn't solved like certain dog behavior issues are
solved by the Dog Whisperer and others like him. Cat
behavior is solved through things like changing the environment
or gradual reconditioning, all as advised by us in a
step-by-step plan.
We're
By Far Your Best Option
Finally, it's a simple fact
there are only a few dozen expert cat behaviorists in the
world. The odds of one being near you are just not
favorable. And if one were near you, you'd pay a pretty
extra penny for that unnecessary house call. Why not work
with cat behaviorists
unmatched in their experience and their success rate?
Try The Cat Behavior Clinic
now. See why our own clients
just yowl. Or schedule your
own consultation with one of our experts today. You'll
be meowing with joy that you did.
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