Dr. Claudia Richter
Dr. med. vet, DiplACVB
After completing her veterinary degree at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), Dr Claudia Richter undertook an internship in Internal Medicine and Surgery at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon, Canada. In 2007, she obtained her North American veterinary licence through the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA).
She subsequently worked for several years at Burnaby Veterinary Hospital in Vancouver, initially as an associate veterinarian and later as the hospital's owner and senior veterinarian. During this time, she also established her own behavioural medicine consulting practice, Pacific Veterinary Behavior Consulting.
From 2017 to 2023, she completed a residency with the American College of Veterinary Behaviourists under the mentorship of Kenneth Martin, subsequently achieving Diplomate status (DACVB).
Since November 2025 Dr Richter has been Head of the Behavioural Medicine Department at the Small Animal Clinic of the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover.
Her areas of particular interest include the relationship between physical disease and behavioural problems in dogs and cats, geriatric behaviour, and psychopharmacology.
