About Feeling Pawsitive Veterinary Behavior Office and Mobile Practice

Feeling Pawsitive is a veterinary behavior practice with a North Carolina office at 1796 Hendersonville Road, Suite L in Asheville, alongside locations in Greenville, South Carolina and Hickory. It sits in a different category from the rest of this directory: a veterinary practice that sells behavior modification and training directly.

The training the practice sells

Its own behavior-and-training page is explicit about the difference it claims: "Traditional training often focuses on what a pet is doing. Our approach focuses on how your pet is feeling." Two mechanisms are named. The first is a deliberate move from commands to cues – "We don't give 'commands' to be obeyed; we provide cues that invite a dialogue" – on the argument that it reduces pressure on the animal. The second is counter-conditioning, described as changing a pet's gut reaction to a trigger by pairing the scary thing with something high value.

What they take on

The published dog problem list is the behavior-medicine caseload: hyperactivity and impulsivity, house soiling including submissive urination and marking, obsessive actions such as tail chasing and compulsive licking, phobias and panic around storms and fireworks, separation anxiety with destructive behavior and vocalization, and aggression including fear, resource guarding and reactivity. Cat behavior is covered separately.

How it works

The practice takes veterinary referrals, runs client intake forms and offers financing, and works both from the office and as a mobile practice. Services and days vary by location, which matters for the Asheville office specifically.