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I am very excited to announce that Fresh Start Pet Coaching is expanding our service area for our in person consultations.
We already offer in person behavior consultations to the Austin and Georgetown areas. We will now also be offering in home consultations to the Temple, Belton, and Waco areas. Essentially, we will offer consultations to all areas between Austin and Waco.
Why are we doing this you might ask. Well, the answer is simple. A little less then a year ago I met my wonderful fiance John who is working on his PhD at Baylor University in Waco. Now that we are getting married and I spend so much time in Waco, and traveling between my office in Georgetown to our home in Waco, I thought it was time to start offering our services to those areas.
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It never fails. Anytime someone asks me what I do and I tell them that I am an animal behaviorist I get the same response. “Really? I have this dog and he barks too much. Any suggestions?” The type of animal and the problem varies depending on who I am talking, but the essence is the same. It seems that just about everyone has a pet with some sort of problem that they would like to change in some way.
While I was in Iowa recently visiting family it turns out that two of my cousins are having problems with their pets. One has a biting kitten and the other has a dog that can be aggressive around children. Both are problems that require an animal behaviorist that specializes in problem behaviors. The great thing is that I can still help them even though we are on completely opposite sides of the country. Several scientific studies have found that remote sessions with an animal behaviorist (sessions provided over the telephone, fax, or email) are equally as effective as in person sessions in resolving behavior problems in pets.
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As I was wandering around the internet today, reading various animal related sites, I suddenly came to the realization that many people do not know what an animal behaviorist does, particularly an applied animal behaviorist such as myself. The general consensus seemed to be that I had a couch in my office where I had dogs and cats lie down and tell me about their problems – a doggie/kitty shrink so to speak.
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