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Student Chapter Objectives:

• To advance the study of animal behavior.
• To provide veterinary students with educational opportunities in animal behavior and related subjects.
• To make available to student chapter members an affiliation with the American Veterinary Society for Animal Behavior (AVSAB).
• To enhance leadership characteristics in its members through organization as a student club.
• To provide behavior-related educational opportunities to the general public.

Annual Events

• Pet Pictures with Santa is our annual fundraiser held in early December and allows pet owners to have their pet’s picture taken with jolly old Saint Nick. This is held in the lobby of the New Veterinary Teaching Hospital at Washington State University and is open to all species and all members of the Moscow-Pullman community.
• The Behavior Information Table, held during the Veterinary College’s Open House (usually in April), provides behavior and club-related information to the college and the general public.
• “Simon Says” Obedience Game is a fun contest held concurrently with the Information Table at open house. Prizes for the last dog standing!

Other Activities

• We host a nearly-annual workshop by R.K. Anderson on use of the Gentle Leader Head Halter.
• We sponsor a wide variety of lectures and workshops for club members. Recent offerings have included temperament testing of shelter dogs, behavior issues in shelter medicine, and promotion of safe interactions between children and pets.
• Plans for 2005-2006 include talks on feline behavior and restraint, equine vices, safe ag animal handling, and a lecture series for the general public on common behavior issues in dogs and cats.

Past Club Activities

• Household Dog Show (1999)
• Photo Contest (1999)