Tools for Managing Feline Problem Behaviours: Owner understanding and involvement.

ABSTRACT:

Practical relevance

Good communication skills are at the heart of best practice for veterinarians and behaviourists (be they veterinarians/nurses/technicians with specialist behaviour training and qualifications or clinical animal behaviourists). Hence gaining an understanding of how to engage clients to become involved in their pets' treatment, both medical and behavioural, is relevant to all who work in this field.

Clinical challenges

Poor communication skills can be responsible for owners' lack of compliance regarding both medical treatment and implementation of behavioural protocols.

Evidence base

Much of the evidence-based information on effective communication comes from the fields of human psychology and psychotherapy, human medicine and business, with only a l

SUBMITTER: Halls V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11343344 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature