Learning Clinic

We run monthly regional and virtual animal behaviour clinics.  It is perfect for those both in the surrounding areas and abroad who want a straightforward, affordable solution, or where a virtual consultation would be more appropriate for your pet.  You would first need to check with your vet that there is no physiological cause for the behaviour problem and request a referral. Then you complete a questionnaire about you and your pet to be returned prior to your appointment.

We offer 2-hour appointments, depending on the problems involved and what you desire. This is sufficient for us to make an initial assessment of your pet’s behaviour and provide you with some management strategies. 

Moreover, you receive detailed resources specific to your pet’s problems for you to work through and 3 months’ remote follow-up support via email. After this, you can always fit into some of our other behaviour support services.  

It may be harder to get to the bottom of the problem without a home visit, but our clients have found these clinics to be very useful to help them cope better and understand what’s going on. If you have a cat or a parrot, we ask that you leave your pet at home for the regional clinics, as they find unfamiliar environments stressful. Any diagrams, photos and/or videos of your home and your pet’s behaviour would be very helpful without putting them under any stress.

The clinic provides an idea online learning environment for budding pet behaviourists.  So our senior behaviourist would be supervising your pet’s behaviour assessment and providing you with advice, but an advanced student would be leading the consultation.  Moreover, up to five other students may be silently ‘sitting in’ with us on Zoom.  Nothing is recorded (except by handwritten notes) and all the students have signed a strict confidentiality agreement.

It’s important that you understand what your responsibilities and what our responsibilities are if you choose this service – read through the key facts about this service for further information.