Why Your Pet Isn’t Listening and How to Fix It

You’ll discover easy, kind, and effective training strategies backed by behavioural science, helping you understand your pet’s needs

If you’re feeling stuck with your pet’s behaviour, you’re not alone.
This workshop explains how animals learn and why communication often breaks down between humans and pets.
You’ll discover easy, kind, and effective training strategies backed by behavioural science, helping you understand your pet’s needs and respond in ways they can actually understand.

Dr Cathy Lau is an experienced veterinarian and accredited vet behaviourist with special expertise in animal behaviour, low-stress handling, and cooperative care. Based in Perth, she has worked since 2012 across general practice clinics and emergency departments in both Adelaide and Perth, practicing veterinary medicine and surgery while supporting pets with complex and distressing mental health conditions. Apart from clinical practice, Dr Cathy also lectured in small animal behaviour at Murdoch University, where she helped educate the next generation of veterinarians on pet mental health, behaviour modification, and cooperative care.

Dr Cathy is a respected animal behaviour expert and the go-to professional for a large variety of pets in need of a behaviour consultation. She has been accredited with a number of speciality qualifications in behaviour medicine and low stress animal care. She is operating her own business, offering her services to individuals and professionals by referral.