Animal psychology studies the behavior of animals in the same way, human psychology does with human beings. Animal behaviorists are becoming increasingly popular as their services are sought after by pet owners to understand their pets’ behavior and to help dull, gloomy pets, traumatized pets and aggressive pets. Animal psychology also tries to deal with human – animal bonding. Animal psychologists are also sometimes referred as pet psychologists. However, animal psychology covers much more than just pet behavior.

There are undergraduate courses and masters courses in animal psychology. There are many job openings for animal behaviorists or animal psychologists. Animal psychologists also find career opportunities in the pharmaceutical industry in the research or experimental wings. Here the scope of animal psychology extends far beyond helping dull pets or aggressive pets. Animal mood swings are studied after prescribing drugs that are in testing phase.