Meet Our Veterinary Behavior Technician (VBT)
Kristen White, BS, CVT
Kristen is a past President for the Society of Veterinary Behavior Technicians.
She has been working in the veterinary field for the past 21 years, the last 18 of which have been at the Animal and Bird Hospital of Clearwater in Florida.
Kristen completed her Bachelors degree in veterinary technology at St. Petersburg College in May of 2010 and is in here second semester teaching animal behavior at St. Petersburg college. Kristen is also the practice manager at the Animal and Bird Hospital. Kristen's love of behavior is evident to her clients and their pets as she teaches puppy classes and assists in the practice behavior cases.
She has given several lectures about canine behavior and clicker training and has also had several articles about animal behavior published. She has also spoken to the Suncoast Avian Society about captive bird behavior and clicker training.
In 2004, Kristen attended the 3 day Small Animal Behavior course at University of Georgia. Then in 2005, she attended both the 5 day spring DOGS! Course and the 3 Day Fall Dogs and Cats course at Perdue University.
In 2006, she lectured and offered a wet-lab at the Society of Veterinary Behavior Technicians/Jefferson College continuing education meeting on puppy classes.
Kristen will begin teaching the animal behavior class at St. Petersburg College in 2011. She continues to expand her behavior knowledge through CE courses and reading on her own.
In 2006, she lectured and offered a wet-lab at the Society of Veterinary Behavior Technicians/Jefferson College continuing education meeting on puppy classes.
Kristen is working on finishing her bachelor’s degree in veterinary technology at St. Petersburg College and plans to begin teaching the associate level behavior course there next year. She continues to expand her behavior knowledge through CE courses and reading on her own.
