Veterinary Medicine Combined with Behavioral Insight
Understanding and treating behavioral issues in pets requires more than general medical care. It also calls for clinical insight into the emotional, physical, and environmental factors that shape how animals respond to the world around them. Veterinary behavioralists use their training in all of these areas to help pets by diagnosing and treating a wide range of behavioral issues, from aggression and anxiety to obsessive-compulsive behaviors.
Veterinarians who focus their practice on behavioral issues are trained to analyze the whole picture and, when necessary, prescribe and manage medications with expert precision. This includes psychotropic medications (drugs that effect the brain) that can be powerful tools for treating emotional disorders and associated behaviors.
Our behavior team at Gold Coast operates with advanced training and a gentle touch. Whether it is a case of anxiety, aggression, or unexplained changes in behavior, we will work with your family veterinarian and the pet family to bring clarity — and relief — to complex concerns.
Conditions treated include:
- Aggression
- Compulsive behaviors like circling
- Cognitive dysfunction (dementia) in senior pets
- Fly snapping
- Generalized anxiety
- Geriatric care
- House-training issues, including marking and nighttime accidents
- Leash reactivity
- Litter box avoidance in cats
- Night anxiety
- Separation anxiety
- Thunderstorm phobia and noise sensitivity
If you would like to schedule a consultation, please email: behavior@goldcoastcvc.com or call: (631) 923-2530