 Cat
Behavior Consulting
When everything else you’ve tried hasn’t worked, learn how
easily your cat can be helped.
"You are a dream come
true -
If this community valued
cats as they do dogs, we'd have no real problems"
Kathy Covey, Public Relations Manager, Oregon Human Society
I enjoy all the hard cases. Typically these cases end up
being the most easily solved because the undesirable behaviors
are so prominent that they are easily recognized and therefore treated.
After cat owners have tried one
cat behaviorist after another, after they’ve talked to vets whose
specialty isn’t actually feline behavior, even after the cat
owners have found themselves in the parking lot of their local
humane society – they get a referral for cat behavior
consulting and they call me. And
time after time, I have come through for them, just as I will
for you.
“I can’t believe how simple it was,” pet owners tell me once
we’ve corrected their cat’s problem. “Everyone else was
making it seem so complicated and hopeless.”
Some things are complicated. But not everything
needs to be. Here’s another comment I hear very often:
“Now I finally understand my cat’s psychology.” And
because I make a point of educating my human clients,
they are better able to handle future problems on their own.
Who else wants their
relationship with their cat to be purrrr bliss?
"Mieshelle knows more about cats than Freud knew about human
beings. I've never seen someone so quickly size up an
animal and truly understand the nature of its challenges (and
its owner's!), nor someone who so speedily earns a cat's trust.
Mieshelle is the cat behaviorist of first resort for those who
already know her work -- and last resort for those whose cats
don't like anyone else, or who just aren't getting better
through others' advice." -- C. Powell, Portland, Ore.
Feline Behavior Consulting
Feline Behavior Problems Treated:
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Marking and spraying behaviors
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Inappropriate elimination
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Clawing and other destructive behaviors
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Aggression with owner, other cats, or people within the
household.
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Introducing new cats, animals, or new people to the household
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Keeping cats off counters and other areas
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Calming the over-stimulated cat
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Clicker training to promote healthy behaviors and a predictable
environment
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And even more cat behavior
problems!
With a detailed case history and behavior summary of each cat,
the appropriate behavior modification and retraining techniques
can be implemented into your cat's daily life. It's important to
note that not only will the treatment plan include your cat with
the misbehavior, but other pets and people directly involved in
the environment. Many times, owners and other pets in the
household could be contributing to, reinforcing, or triggering
the undesired behavior. For the treatment plan to be most
effective, it's important that we take the time to look at every
aspect of your cat's life.
Finding out what is triggering your cat's misbehavior is the
first goal. The problem will often subside merely after
removing the trigger. However, it is also common for a
habit to have formed and the negative behavior to continue even
after the trigger is removed. If the cause for the
misbehavior is not found, we will treat with behavior
modification techniques and new, healthy habits to be developed
through retraining.
Coaching Cat
Owners for Results That Last
By the time cat owners consult with me, they have tried
everything and are very discouraged. Often the
relationship between owner and cat is tense and has deteriorated
to the degree where the environment is not conducive to the
cat's happiness. This alone is enough to cause the
existing behavior problem to worsen, or yet another one to
surface. That's why I teach the cat owner to create a
positive and predictable way to interact with their cat.
Without understanding the cat psyche, owners may be making
choices that are creating a stressful environment which can lead
to many of the most common feline behavior issues.
Contact The Cat
Behavior Clinic
to arrange for cat behavior
consulting for your cat (or cats!).
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