All Behavior Consultants

As a behavioral medicine resident, my focus is on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of problem behavior in dogs, cats, birds, and other companion animals. Read more...

A 2001 graduate of the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, Andrea earned her Bachelors at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in Ecology, Ethology, and Evolution in 1978 and her Master’s degree in Evolutionary Ecology in 1980. She spent the next twenty years as a research assistant in animal behavior (maternal behavior in Arctic lemmings), soil ecology, wildlife nutrition, Read more...

Veterinary behavior house call service helping to improve relationships between pets (dogs and cats) and the people who love them using compassionate, evidence-based techniques. Read more...

Mikel currently offers in-home consultation services in the Sacramento area, and phone/Skype consultations everywhere else! Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado has been helping humans understand cats for almost twenty years. She is co-owner of the cat behavior consulting business Feline Minds, and previously worked as a cat behavior specialist at the SF/SPCA. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the School Read more...

Dr. Megan Maxwell has spoken throughout North America on topics including the interpretation of canine and feline body language, owner adherence to behavior plans, dog-child interactions and safety, the history of applied animal behavior, and various pet behavior problems and behavior change strategies. Read more...

Dr. Ashton was born and raised in Sydney,Nova Scotia,Canada. She attended the University College of Cape Breton where she received a biology degree, then furthered her studies in veterinary medicine at the Atlantic Veterinary College at the University of Prince Edward Island in PEI, Canada. She was immediately taken with the behavioral studies at the AVC under the direction of Read more...

Dr. Meredith Stepita grew up in Maryland, but now calls Northern California home. She received her DVM from the University of Tennessee in 2006 and then completed an internship in Arizona. After working in general veterinary practice in the Phoenix area she went on to complete a residency in Clinical Veterinary Behavior at the University of California-Davis. Today Dr. Stepita Read more...

Dr. Jokela is a 1990 DVM graduate of Purdue University and became board certified in Canine and Feline Practice by the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners (ABVP) in 1998 and re-certified in 2008 and 2016. She spent 26 years in general practice, including starting her own small animal practice in 2001. In 2016 she left her general practice to devote Read more...