What is a Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist?
Certified Applied Animal Behaviorists (CAAB) and Associate Certified Applied Animal Behaviorists (ACAAB) have completed extensive graduate work in the science of animal behavior, earning a PhD or MS. In order to become certified, they have passed rigorous oral and written exams, published articles in scientific journals, and met the coursework and hands-on experience requirements of the Animal Behavior Society. Applied Animal Behaviorists specialize in analyzing why your pet is engaging in unwanted behaviors in order to develop custom, and at times novel, behavior intervention programs. If a behavior vet is like a psychiatrist, an applied animal behaviorist is like a psychologist.
What is a Behavior Consultant?
Behavior consultants are advanced trainers who have extensive experience working with severe behavior disorders. Ours have extensive education in ethology (scientific knowledge of species-specific behavior), welfare, and applied behavior analysis. A behavior consultant’s job is to create customized behavior modification plans for each animal/human family in order to reduce household stress and build new, healthy behavior patterns.
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