Feeling Pawsitive Veterinary Behavioral Solutions

04/01/2025

🐕Resource guarding is a common and natural behavior observed in our canine companions.

🐾We often see increased resource guarding in certain breeds due to genetics, but it can also be increased due to stress, learned history, scarcity of resources, and medical issues.

🐾It is important to thoroughly investigate underlying health issues which can increase resource guarding behavior.

🐾Along with treating any underlying pain, a good behavior plan to change the dog’s emotional responses and help them feel more confident with their resources is key to reducing resource guarding as well.

03/27/2025

Changing the environment can increase enrichment opportunities and help our feline friends to feel safe!

Add a cat tower or other furniture that you can allow your cat to climb on where they can rest and feel safe!

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03/23/2025

🎉Happy National Puppy Day!! 🎉

03/20/2025

📣It is so important to learn to interpret your pet’s body language!

👀When you notice early signs of stress, you can advocate for your furry friend which not only builds a better, trusting relationship but prevents incidents from occurring!

😖Early signs of stress can look like tension in the ears, face or body, leaning away, lip licking, yawning, and tail tucking.

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03/14/2025

🤔Have you heard that your dog is just trying to dominate you?

🐾Behaviors like jumping, pawing, and leash pulling don’t indicate dominance and your dog needs more than obedience training!

🐕Your pup may need increased enrichment, exercise, a better routine, or even an evaluation for an underlying medical condition.

Visit feelpawsitivevetbehavior.com to learn more about how we can help change your dog’s behavior!

03/07/2025

Meet Lucky!
🎉We are so excited that we can officially graduate her from our program!🎉

Do you have questions about your pet’s behavior?
Reach out to us!

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02/28/2025

🐈Cats have behaviors that they need to express!

🎾Providing our feline friends with enrichment allows them to express those behavioral needs and reduces many unwanted behaviors such as destructive scratching, house soiling, social conflicts, and more!

Here are a few ideas:

Play games with your pet

Provide cat towers for climbing

Provide scratch posts

Hide treats for your cat to find

Encourage chasing and pouncing through play

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02/20/2025

Meet Auggie!

Auggie visited due to over-excitement around food and help with learning to get along with housemates.

Do you need help changing your pet’s behavior?

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02/05/2025

Meet Tanner!

Tanner recently visited because he needed help with emotional regulation. This sweet boy would just get overly excited sometimes and his family needed support. He also struggled with separation from his humans.

Do you have an overly excited pup? We can help!

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02/01/2025

Muzzles are not a sign that a dog is untrained or that the guardian is avoiding training! Muzzles are an important piece of equipment that can be used in specific situations to keep everyone safe. Muzzle training involves a lot of desensitization and positive conditioning so that the dog feels comfortable with wearing one. Don’t be afraid to train your dog to wear a muzzle! It might open up the door to taking your dog to new places or making even more progress as you train your dog in various situations!

Are you concerned about your dog’s behavior in public or at their veterinary appointments?

Reach out to us for help!

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01/22/2025

Just like humans, dogs have boundaries too.

Ask for consent before petting—respect their space, earn their trust! 🐾

Do you need help with your dog’s behavior? Visit feelpawsitivevetbehavior.com!

01/15/2025

🐱🚽Are you struggling to get your cat to use the litter box?

Here are a few reasons why this might be happening:

1. Social/environmental factors- multiple cats may need multiple litter boxes. Some cats may need the environment to change. Try moving their litter box to an easy to find but quiet location!

2. Urine marking can be changed with a spay/neuter procedure. It can also be related to stress. We want to look into your cat’s enrichment activities and daily routine to figure out what daily stressors there might be at home.

3. Never overlook potential medical issues that can contribute to accidents in your home. Some cats need diagnostics to determine what may be going on internally such as an infection and then treated first before seeing this behavior change.

Reach out if you need help with your cat’s behavior!

01/10/2025

❄️⛄️Snow days can be so much fun for dogs who enjoy cold weather!

Your dog may love to:

🐕Chase and catch snowballs

🦴Search for treats in the snow

🏃‍♂️🐕Run and play with you outside

We hope that everyone stays safe, gets to enjoy the snow and has a cozy place to stay warm too! ❤️

01/08/2025

❄️Winter weather is on its way to the Carolinas!

🐶🐱Be prepared to keep your pets safe!

🐾 Clean those paws!

🏠Bring them inside

🐕Take care of your pet’s skin and coat

⛄️Don’t force them to tolerate the cold for extended periods of time

Be safe and stay warm and cozy!

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01/03/2025

🎊Happy New Year!

Let’s talk about your 2025 goals!

Are you struggling with your pet’s behavior?

Do you wish that your dog or cat would:

🐶Calm down

🐱Stop having so many accidents

🐶Have less anxiety

🐱Develop more confidence

🐶Become safer to handle and live with

👩‍⚕️We want to help you reach your goals!

Visit feelpawsitivevetbehavior.com to learn about how we can help!

12/25/2024

Warmest wishes from our family to yours this holiday season! ❤️

12/17/2024

😖Pain is linked to other behavior changes in our pets!

👩‍⚕️If you’re seeing sudden behavior change or some of these other symptoms, it is time to see a veterinarian and ask about pain medication options or other diagnostics to find out what may be going on!

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12/10/2024

👩‍⚕️🐾Check out this article about how pain can impact your pet’s behavior! From aggression to house soiling to attention seeking behavior, there can often be factors that need to be investigated by a veterinarian to fully resolve behavior problems!

The potential role of pain in problem behavior is widely acknowledged, but there seems to be a lack of reporting of this issue. It is difficult to present definitive evidence concerning the breadth of the problem given the individuality of problem ...