Chris Pachel, DVM, DACVB, CABC

Owner & Lead Clinician

Animal Behavior Clinic Portland, Oregon

Dr. Chris Pachel is a board-certified veterinary behaviorist, and the owner and lead clinician at the Animal Behavior Clinic in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Pachel lectures extensively worldwide, teaches courses at multiple veterinary schools in the United States, and has authored numerous articles and book chapters for veterinarians and pet owners. He is a sought-after expert witness for legal cases and serves on the Editorial Advisory Board for dvm360. He is also a Vice-president of Veterinary Behavior for Instinct Dog Behavior and Training, as well as co-owner of Instinct Portland, which opened in the fall of 2020.

References:

https://jvme.utpjournals.press/doi/full/10.3138/jvme.0318-035r1

Kogan, L.R., Hellyer, P.W., Rishniw, M. and Schoenfeld-Tacher, R., 2020. Veterinary behavior: Assessment of veterinarians’ training, experience, and comfort level with cases. Journal of veterinary medical education, 47(2), pp.158-169.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S155878781730031X

Calder, C.D., Albright, J.D. and Koch, C., 2017. Evaluating graduating veterinary students' perception of preparedness in clinical veterinary behavior for “Day-1” of practice and the factors which influence that perception: a questionnaire-based survey. Journal of Veterinary Behavior, 20, pp.116-120.

https://avmajournals.avma.org/view/journals/javma/248/10/javma.248.10.1165.xml

Shivley, C.B., Garry, F.B., Kogan, L.R. and Grandin, T., 2016. Survey of animal welfare, animal behavior, and animal ethics courses in the curricula of AVMA Council on Education-accredited veterinary colleges and schools. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 248(10), pp.1165-1170.

https://avmajournals.avma.org/view/journals/javma/256/10/javma.256.10.1153.xml

Lilly, M.L., Arruda, A.G., Proudfoot, K.L. and Herron, M.E., 2020. Evaluation of companion animal behavior knowledge among first-year veterinary students before and after an introductory animal behavior course. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 256(10), pp.1153-1163.