Texas Veterinary Behavior Services

12/19/2025

Job Opening for Veterinary Behavior technician or assistant.

Are you interested in the mental health and behavior of companion animals? You’re in luck! Texas Veterinary Behavior Service (TVBS) is seeking a Behavior Assistant/Technician.

TVBS is a referral service dedicated strictly to the diagnosis and treatment of behavior problems in animals. At TVBS, you will work for world renowned Veterinary Behaviorist Dr. Lore I. Haug and her resident, Dr. Blake Gibson.

This position calls for a person that is highly motivated to learn and is dedicated to the mental and physical welfare of animals. The candidate must have compassion and empathy for both pets and their family members. Candidates need good client communication skills.

This position involves both clinical case work (direct interaction with clients and animals) as well as extensive administrative work and updating of medical records. TVBS is a busy, fast paced environment.

Candidates must have a background in veterinary medicine and/or animal training and behavior modification.

12/10/2025

The American College of Veterinary Behaviorists has recently drafted, and published, a response to the AVMA President's comments on the use of shock collars in dogs.

Read it, believe it, and share it!

12/09/2025

Looking for an eco-friendly use for your chewed up and worn out rubber and nylon dog toys? Check out Benebones awesome recycling policy. A great program from a great company!

Recycle Benebones to go greener.

10/31/2025

Ready for a Friday puzzle? Watch this video and let us know what you think might be wrong with this dog. Check back in Monday for the answer!

09/25/2025

Julio update: 24 days later and we are making progress!

09/10/2025

Julio update: it’s been 10 days and he’s looking a little better. He has stopped lying down all the time and frightening me. Acting a little more like a normal horse, although he is not very social right now. And he has the tiniest suggestion of a muscle on his butt! Got his feet done today too

09/08/2025

It's only Monday, but Gus still is going to win the "Cutest dog of the week" award.

Look at that face!

09/01/2025

We understand that people fall on hard times and also sometimes they don’t have their priorities aligned the way we might prefer. But this horse deserves some help so he doesn’t suffer the same fate as his pasture mate.  Right now he is, at least temporarily, under our care so that we may give him some assistance to see if he can recover to health.

Julio would appreciate if you could skip Starbucks one day and donate even five dollars to his care .

This is Julio. Julio‘s pasture mate was found dead on the owner’s property. Julio ha… Lore Haug needs your support for Help Julio Recover: Medical Care Needed

08/07/2025

Want to learn more about how to evaluate and treat Acral Lick Dermatitis, or lick granulomas, in dogs? Join Dr. Gibson for his upcoming webinar.

certifying board for veterinarians who are specialty trained to advance the behavioral health of animals through clinical practice, research, and science-based behavior education

07/30/2025

Alvin decided to take his own notes today! He even types quicker than Dr. Gibson :)

07/21/2025

Courtesy post: One of our patients, Beans, is looking for a home

I am a 12 year old female Dalmatian. I am house trained and easy going. I spend most of the day snoozing in my bed and will do anything for treats, kisses, and affection. I am looking for a home free of young children and small dogs to spend my golden years in. My current family loves me very much but they have children and are moving out of state the first week of August. They are worried the transition to a multi-story home will me too difficult for my aging body. To help me transition to a new home, my current family will pay for my senior wellness care that is coming due. I am hoping to find a home soon!

If you are interested in adopting me, please contact my dad, Chris at email: [email protected] or phone: 713-220-2288

07/13/2025

Sealy School:
Scratchboards are an easy and effective way to help keep your dog's front nails short. Training for the scratchboard is relatively easy for front nails. (Training dogs to scratch their hind nails is a lot more challenging.)

We prefer the "M" shaped boards as they better file the outside toenails. We also recommend that you stabilize the board at an angle to allow gravity to aid the downward stroke of the paw especially during initial training.

Sealy is quite vigrous with her scratchboard. You will note that she starts out with aggressive scratching and then her response starts to slow in this video. This is becuase she scratches so aggressively, she eventually files her nails down to the edge of the painful "quick" (vascular and nerve tissue inside the nail). It is important to stop the process before this or end the session at that time so you do not pressure your dog to engage in a painful behavior. Some dogs may also feel some discomfort in their pads if they are not angling their toenails to the board. Changing the angle of the board and selectively marking the dog for extening their claws will help mitigate this problem.

You can also put individul paws on cue and selectively mark a certain paw for reinforcement if your dog tends to prefer to scratch more with one paw than another.