Behavioral Help for Dogs & Cats

We are a different kind of veterinary clinic.

We blend our medical expertise with advanced behavioral skills, and this makes a big difference for you and your pet. All of our staff, doctors, technicians, assistants, receptionists, and practice manager use a behavioral approach with everything from helping your dog bravely step on our lobby scale, to coping with the noises and strange body positions of taking an X-ray, and everything in between.

In addition to offering top-notch medical care for creatures great and small…

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We provide in-clinic behavioral services to help you with litterbox issues, jumping on visitors, scratching furniture, mouthing/grabbing at people and clothing, and other common training challenges.

We offer special behavioral appointments to help your cat or dog overcome past bad experiences with nail trims, baths, and other types of handling and care, to make life easier for both you and your dog or cat.

Does your dog “hate” going to the vet? Has your cat been labeled “fractious”? Maybe that’s the case. Or maybe he or she is stressed and scared. A behavioral approach is often the difference between a purr and a hiss, a growl or a wag. Skeptical? We’d love to convince you that we can help your pet – put us to the test!

Our staff behavior specialist also offers comprehensive help for anxiety, aggression, and more serious problems, in the clinic and via home visits.

Why take a behavioral approach? Because it works! And it works more quickly than conventional full-body-restraint methods, as well as being safer for everyone.

Watch Cooper Cooperate in a Blood Draw

Take a look at the video in the link below (or visit our Facebook page) to see how a technique we call “touch training” helped a panicked dog learn to be fully calm for a blood draw.

To learn more, please visit the dog and cat behavior and training sections on this website, email us, or call 920-648-2421.

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Our Outdoor Exam Room

Our clinic is actively designed to function as a behavior clinic. One aspect of that is a custom-built, outdoor exam room to accommodate patients who are stressed or frightened of coming inside the clinic. Here are some photos of our outdoor exam room.

Behavioral Help For Dogs & Cats

Stress Less!

We are Wisconsin’s FIRST, and only, veterinary clinic to be fully certified in Low Stress Handling. Our gentle, behaviorally-focused approach turns hisses into purrs, and growls into wags!