Neurology and Canine Behavioral Disorders

LIVE WEBINAR (11/13)

Lecturer: DVM, PhD Martyna Woszczyło
Webinar start: July 27, 2026, 7:00 PM
Duration: 60 minutes

We invite you to participate in a new, comprehensive training series dedicated to behavioral medicine in a clinical context. The program has been created for veterinarians who want to better understand the relationship between a patient's behavior and their state of health.

This is a practical training series that will help answer one of the key questions in daily clinical practice: is the observed problem behavioral, or does its source lie in a somatic illness?

During the webinar, we will focus on the impact of nervous system diseases on dog behavior.

We will discuss, among other things, sudden behavioral changes, irritability, aggressive reactions, anxiety, disorientation, sleep disorders, unusual episodes of excitement, compulsive or repetitive behaviors, avoidance of touch, decreased activity, and learning problems. Special attention will be paid to symptoms that may look like a behavioral problem but may actually have a neurological or pain-related background.

An important element will be recognizing red flags: situations in which a dog's behavior changes suddenly, unusually, inadequately to the context, or does not respond to properly conducted behavioral management.

During the webinar, we will talk about:

– The impact of nervous system diseases and neuropathic pain on dog behavior

– Changes such as irritability, anxiety, aggression, disorientation, sleep disorders, and contact avoidance

– Possible link between spinal diseases, sensory disturbances, and pain with defensive reactions

– Seizures, seizure-like episodes, and atypical behavioral episodes

– Situations where a behavioral problem should prompt neurological diagnostics

Additional information about the webinar

The webinar is intended exclusively for veterinarians.

In all webinars, the common thread is a clinical perspective on the patient: when a change in behavior should prompt further somatic diagnostics, how not to overlook pain or chronic discomfort, and how to combine medical and behavioral management.

The training will provide veterinarians with practical knowledge necessary for accurate differentiation of somatic problems from primary behavioral ones, directing diagnostics immediately to the correct path.

This is the eleventh webinar in the "Behavioral Medicine in a Nutshell" series.

As part of the admission fee:
✓ 14-day access to the recording
✓ certificate with educational points (PDF) for self-download during access period

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