Atlantic Veterinary Behavior

03/10/2025

NEW! 4 Week Online Kitten Kindergarten 🐱
With kitten season around the corner what better way to start on the right foot with our new online class. Cats of all ages welcome.

Those who sign up will get personalized coaching during each class. Limited spots available.

🌐 https://apptwithdrconnolly.as.me/kittenkindergarten
📌Sessions are VIA Zoom
💰 $40.00 + Tax (Spring Special)

10/17/2024

Focusing on our feline friends this fall!
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Veterinary behavior consultations to help with house soiling, anxiety at home or at the vet, difficulty medicating, or inter-cat politics in your home.

You can easily schedule a consult online.
Use coupon code CATS for this discounted rate.
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https://www.atlanticveterinarybehavior.com/

06/22/2024

We ask so much of our dogs. Please. Give your pet space. Ensure safe areas until your children are old enough to understand and able to interact safely with your pets unsupervised.
Be proactive! Ask Rebecca Melanson and I for how to setup your home and family for success.
-Dr. Connolly

Let's talk about this photo. It's cute, except it's not. I see a dog who cannot get up without telling the child to get off. How do you think a dog is going to do that?

The 7 Golden Toddler Dog Rules:
#1: If a dog walks away from you, you DO NOT FOLLOW.
#2: Always leave room for the dog to walk away from you.
---that right there is 90+% of dog bites eliminated---
#3: We do not climb on the dog.
#4: We do not grab or pull on the dog.
#5: We do not hit or throw anything at the dog.
#6: We do not touch the dog's food.
#7: We do not go into the dog's kennel.

I promise these are not overly difficult concepts for littles, nor will they rob a kid of their bond with the family dog. It will deepen that bond, while keeping everyone safe.

"Oh, it looks like Moose is walking away from you. She is saying she wants a break. Let's play with this instead!"

"It's Moose's dinner time! Let's give her space to enjoy her yummies."

"That is Moose's room(kennel) and only she is allowed to go in there."

"If Moose wanted a break, could she walk away from you right now? No she really couldn't. Let's move away from the play house. You can keep playing but now she can leave when she wants a break."

In conclusion, ***parent your child or your dog will do it for you, and you will not like how they do it.***

06/16/2024

Tabitha at Chirrups and Chatter has some excellent advice for playing with your kitty! 🐱🐈🐈‍⬛

05/14/2024

03/17/2024

Great advice on getting medications into your pet!
Thank you Tabitha at Chirrups and Chatter.

10/03/2023

🇺🇸✨Testimonial Tuesday ✨🇺🇸

08/14/2023

Great job team Boudreaux!!

08/02/2023

A big win for Hannah and Suits, conquering fears and phobias can be incredibly challenging. 👏🎉 Let's all raise a paw (or a hand) to celebrate this wonderful achievement! 🎉🐾

06/29/2023

How can I prepare my dog for the noise of Fourth of July fireworks? What can I do to make July 4 easier for my pet?

03/09/2023

Sniffing can be very enriching and a great way for your dog to decompress.

02/27/2023

Excellent list of available resources to Montgomery County residents with pets.

February is Responsible Pet Owners Month! 🐶🐱🐰 As always, we love being a resource for Montgomery County pet owners, and take our jobs of helping you become the best pet parent you can be seriously! That's why we've put together a list of ways we can be of assistance to you and your pet this month.

Did you know that our website is full of local low-cost resources available to the public? Yep! Our Financial Resources page includes assets such as:

✂ Low-cost spay/neuter services (remember, it's also Spay and Neuter Awareness Month)

👩‍⚕️ Veterinary care assistance for the homeless and low-income, as well as affordable pet prescriptions

🍴 Affordable or FREE pet food and supplies

🏡 Temporary emergency sheltering, resources, financial assistance, and emotional support for animals and people in crisis

🎁 Medical and fundraising grants

And MORE! To visit our Financial Resources page, click the link below: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/animalservices/Ownerresources/financialresources.html

Make sure you like and follow our Facebook and Instagram pages, because we'll be sharing more tips and resources all month!

09/04/2022

Cat owners! Please fill out this survey so we can learn more about cat behavior and how to help our feline patients. 😺

We still need more people for this survey!
Every cat owner knows that there is a lot still to learn about cat behavior! We are investigating how a cat's behavior at the veterinarian is related to behaviors at home.
tinyurl.com/ucdcatvetbehavior2022
Thank you in advance for filling out this anonymous survey, and please share far and wide.
We are currently limiting the survey to cat owners in North America.
It will take about 20 minutes to complete.

08/15/2022

Bird Peeps- Check out Rebecca's online Parrot Foundations training class. She will be coaching alongside Robin Horemans to help you teach your bird some valuable skills. 🦜🦜

It's here! The Foundation Class is live!

Registration: https://canadabirdschool.teachable.com/p/foundations-class-live

INCLUDES 1 ON 1 COACHING

This is a four week live virtual course. Please ensure you can attend all four classes.

Classes are held each week on Saturday at 5pm MST

Class Dates: Sept 10, Sept 17, Sept 24, Oct 1 .

Class size is limited to 10 students to allow for coaching of all students. Classes and coaching are all through Zoom, to keep you and your bird comfortable at home in your own space.

You will learn:

- How birds learn.
- Parrot body language.
- Introduction to clicker training.

Foundation skills such as:
- Targeting
- Station
- Pick it up & Drop it
- Step up

Foundation skill application such as:
- Taking medicine from a syringe
- Go back to cage
- Recall
- Trick Training
- And so much more!!

08/10/2022

Here is a great video on how to interact with a shy dog.

Here is a video clip from a demonstration while I was giving a presentation to the students at the Royal Veterinary College in London on one way to introduce...

08/07/2022

Chin rest behavior can be used for so many things!

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1234122240723704?fs=e&s=cl

07/23/2022

Check out these tips on keeping your pup cool!!