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PATIENT REFERRALS

Thank you for considering us for your patient's veterinary behavior needs!  We are happy to help. 

Now, multiple pathways to success!

More availability

Creative ways to help

Varying levels of care

Faster service

With all these new treatment options, your patient can get the tailored care they deserve.  Rest assured, our philosophy about working with you as a critical member of the healthcare team has not changed.  

Behavior Intake

  • Get your patient in quickly

  • Careful initial behavioral evaluation by our Behavior Therapy Technicians

  • Determine suitability for our different services

  • Urgent safety and management intervention

  • Interim support until your patient can get going on their pathway to success!

  • Critical background information collection

Psychiatry Evaluation

  • Thorough medical evaluation and additional behavioral observation

  • Diagnostic recommendations

  • Determine suitability for our different Outpatient Care Services

  • Urgent psychiatric intervention

  • Family fit assessments

  • Doctor support while waiting for a Specialist Evaluation (if needed)

Specialist Evaluation

  • Any species, any behavior problem, no matter how complicated

  • The trusted expertise of a board-certified veterinary behaviorist

  • Partnership approach between you, pet parents, trainers, specialists and the patient

  • Available to any patient - your client just says the word, and they get booked with Dr. Fagen

  • Court-ordered evaluation option

Hybrid Program

  • A one-of-a-kind collaborative program between you, us and the client

  • You get teleconsult support on the medical and psychiatric management of the case

  • Direct, hands-on (or virtual) coaching from our Behavior Therapy Technicians with the client and patient

  • An affordable alternative for those patients that cannot do our Comprehensive Care

  • Beyond just Colorado - accessible to any veterinarian anywhere

Behavioral  Coaching

  • For patients that don't need our medical or psychiatric expertise - whether you are providing psychiatric support or not

  • A referral you can trust!

  • Evidence-based scientific integrity in our plans, vetted by our DACVB

  • Direct, hands-on (or virtual) coaching from our Behavior Therapy Technicians with the client and patient

How you can help: diagnostics 

We recommend that all referred dogs and cats have a recent CBC, Chemistry, UA +/- thyroid assessment to screen for medical causes.  For all cats exhibiting urinary/litterbox problems, we recommend a culture and imaging (either rads or US) to rule out lower urinary tract diseases.

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For other species, please do any diagnostics you deem appropriate and safe before referral. Depending on the species and case, we can discuss the risks/benefits of additional diagnostics. 

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If the patient is too aggressive or too scared to perform the diagnostics or the client otherwise declines, we are still happy to see the case. Sometimes, when veterinary handling is tough on them, it's in the best interest of the pet to wait on these diagnostics until a pre-veterinary visit plan can be worked out anyway.  We are happy to help organize this as part of the treatment plan - we do it all the time! 

A referral is not needed for clients to book an appointment with us.  However, it is always helpful to receive more information from you.   We are also happy to contact the client directly if they would prefer it.   After each meeting with the doctor and our technicians, a report will be sent to you.  You are always welcome to call or email with questions or concerns. 

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