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| Dog behavior consultations serving Northern Virginia, Washington DC and Maryland pet owners. Convenient, Vienna VA home office appointments. In your home appointments for Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax County, Falls Church City, Oakton, Reston, McLean, Vienna, Great Falls residents offered on a limited basis. |
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Address dog behavior problems including:
- Aggressive behavior*
- Fearful or anxious behavior
- Separation anxiety
- Repetitive behavior
- House soiling challenges
- Destructive behavior
- Multi-pet household challenges such as cat-dog problems or dog-dog problems
- Cat behavior problems
Our Certified behavior consultant, Veronica Sanchez M.Ed. CABC, CPDT-KA has a unique combination of hands-on experience addressing behavior problems, industry certifications and graduate level education. Veronica remains current in the field and often refers clients to the work of Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist Patricia McConnell PhD, Dr. Myrna Milani DVM, veterinary behaviorists Dr. Nicholas Dodman and Dr. Karen Overall. Veronica is a former Vice President of the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants, and has been a presenter at two IAABC conferences. In addition to her degrees in psychology and education, she has a Certificate in Brain Research in Education from the University of Washington (an NIH sponsored program).
Our Comprehensive Approach
Consultations include discussion of your dog's behavioral history direct observation/assessment of your dog's behavior, as well as hands-on practice opportunities. All clients receive a written behavioral plan sent by email after each session. Because many dogs with behavior problems are anxious, Veronica often emphasizes strategies to reduce the animal's stress level in order to improve your pet's quality of life. She may recommend additional training using reward-based methods, educate owners on dog body language and teach owners non-confrontational ways to establish a healthy, leadership relationship with their pet. Ken Oberle is available to assist in behavior consultations when necessary, and often works with dogs that are fearful or reactive towards men.
*Important
There is always a very high demand for help with aggressive behavior. Our consultant accepts aggressive behavior on a case by case basis. If we find we are not able to help, we are happy to provide a referral.
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As well as helping many clients successfully address their dog's behavior problems, our Certified behavior consultant has personally owned dogs with serious behavior problems including separation anxiety, fearful and aggressive behavior and successfully addressed their behavior problems.
All of her adult dogs have passed the AKC Canine Good Citizen evaluation and two with histories of serious behavior problems have worked as therapy dogs after their problems were modified. Read more about her dogs here.
Service Area
We offer behavior consultations at our home office, conveniently located in the Town of Vienna, in Northern Virginia. We are close to the Nutley Street, Route 66 exit. Not all dogs with behavior problems can be seen at our home office. Contact us for additional details.
We also offer consultations at client's homes on a limited basis.
Northern Virginia - we offer in-home consults in Arlington, most of Fairfax County including Annandale, Chantilly, Falls Church, Great Falls, McLean, Oakton, Reston, Springfield, Vienna, parts of Centreville and Alexandria including Old Town Alexandria.
We see Washington DC and Maryland (Bethesda, Chevy Chase) residents at our Vienna home office. In some cases, appointments at our home office offer unique advantages including the opportunity for client's dogs to practice around other dogs.
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