Cat Behavior Counselor

If you really want your cat and your life to change, let me show you how by scheduling a Phone Consultation.

As a cat behavior counselor of many years, and currently furthering my study of animal behavior at Harvard University, I consider myself privileged to get the tough cases. After cat owners like you have tried one feline behaviorist after another (or, in some cases, sitting there at your computer either too cheap to call or too skeptical), after they’ve been to veterinarians who don't actually specialize in cat behavior and psychology and just want to medicate your cat to solve the problem, even after the owners have made their way to the local humane society – they get a referral and that's when I meet them for the first time (most often by phone). Time and again, I am able to help them, and I will be able to help you.

“I just can’t believe how easy it was,” cat owners tell me once we’ve fixed the problem. "Now I finally understand how my cat thinks." That's the key: how your cat thinks. Most cat owners assume either that cats think like the owners, or that they share the more familiar -- but extremely different -- psychology of the dog. Dog psychology isn't clearly understood and mistakenly based on wolves which is a very poor model to go by since wolves are extremely difficult to study and understand. I make a point of educating my human clients, working with them so they can deal with later challenges on their own.

Feline Behavior Counseling

Feline Behavior Problems Counseled:

Aggression with owner, other cats, or people within the household.
Marking and spraying behaviors
Clawing and other destructive behaviors
Inappropriate elimination and defecation
Introducing new cats, animals, or new people to the household
Calming the over-stimulated cat
Keeping cats off counters and other areas
Clicker training to promote healthy behaviors and a predictable environment
And even more cat behavior problems!

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The most helpful way to help your cat is to conduct a detailed case history and behavior summary for each cat in your household, as well as other animals and even humans. Your cat's problem usually lies in its environment, from the cat colony to the larger ecosystem around it. That's why my treatment plan will treat the cat that has the behavior problems as well as other pets and people in the area. Owners and other pets in the household often contribute to, reinforce, or directly trigger the problematic behavior. Our treatment will be most effective if we take the time to look at every facet of your cat's life.

Our first goal will be to understand what triggers your cat's behavior. We can often eliminate the problem simply by removing this trigger. Still, it's natural for a habit to have formed so strongly that the negative behavior continues even after the trigger is removed. If we aren't able to find or remove the cause of the misbehavior, I will counsel you on how to use behavior modification techniques on your cat and substitute new, healthy habits.

Coaching Cat Owners for Results That Last

By the time cat lovers talk to me, they've done everything they can think of and gotten no results. They're quite discouraged. Sometimes their relationship with their cat has become strained and has deteriorated to the point that the triggers of misbehavior have become even more plentiful. Without understanding the cat psyche and being pro-active, owners can create stressful environments that they can no longer control. That's why I will teach you how to understand the way your cat thinks and to develop positive and predictable ways to interact with your cat.

Book a cat behavior consultation with The Cat Behavior Clinic to arrange for cat behavior consulting for your cat (or cats!).