Behavior Services / IVG Hospitals

Behavior Services

This service is available at:
Bulger Veterinary Hospital
Massachusetts Veterinary Referral Hospital
IVG MetroWest

Our behaviorist will work with you, your pet, and your veterinarian as a team with the goal of producing positive and long-lasting results. Our behaviorist has extensive training in the treatment of a wide range of pet behavior issues.

What to Expect

Dr. Wrubel will take a detailed history on your pet and will develop a personalized treatment plan to help resolve your pet’s behavior issue(s).  Methods utilized in treating behavior issues will include positive-based behavior modification techniques, and management and control suggestions, among others.

Behavior Forms

Please take some time to fill out the appropriate behavior and history form prior to your appointment. The information you provide will allow Dr. Wrubel to have a better understanding of your pet and his or her specific areas of concern.

Please select and complete the appropriate form below. We recommend that you print the forms for your records, prior to submission.

Forms:

• Canine: Behavior & History Form
• Canine: Inappropriate Elimination
• Feline: Behavior & History
• Feline: Inappropriate Elimination
• Feline: Furniture Scratching

Submitting your form:

When you have completed the form, please submit it:

• by email to: our Call Center

or fax it to the hospital where you have your appointment:

• Bulger Fax:  978. 975.0133
• Mass Vet Fax:  781.932.5837

Canine Behavior Consults:

• Aggression Towards:
  • Strangers or Visitors
  • Other Dogs
  • Human Family Members
  • Small Animals
• Compulsive Behavior:
  • Tail Chasing
  • Tail Biting
  • Shadow Chasing
  • Light Chasing
  • Licking
  • Flank Sucking
• Anxiety and Phobias:
  • Separation Anxiety
  • Thunderstorm Phobia
  • Fear of People
  • Fear of Veterinarian Visits
  • Noise Phobias
  • Car Ride Anxiety
  • General Fearfulness or Anxiety
• Inappropriate Elimination:
  • House Soiling
  • Marking
• Other:
  • Barking
  • Resource Guarding
  • Pulling on Leash
  • Attention-Seeking Behavior
  • Jumping Up on People
  • Food Stealing
  • Poor Self-Control
  • Hyperactivity
  • New Baby Acclimation
• Training:
  • Clicker Training
  • Gentle Leader Headcollar Fitting/ Demo

Feline Behavior Consults

• Aggression Towards:
  • Other Cats
  • Strangers or Visitors
  • Human Family Member
• Compulsive Behavior:
  • Hair Pulling
  • Tail Chasing
  • Wool Sucking
• Anxiety:
  • Fear of People
  • Car Ride Anxiety
  • General Fearfulness or Anxiety
• Inappropriate Elimination:
  • House Soiling
  • Marking
• Other:
  • Attention-Seeking Behavior
  • Furniture Scratching
  • Hyperactivity
  • Clicker Training