For safety and ethical reasons, we never provoke aggressive behavior during an evaluation. Doing so increases risk and rarely provides helpful clinical information.
Instead, diagnosis is based on your pet’s behavior history, body language, emotional responses, known behavior patterns, medical factors, and any videos you choose to share.
Our goal is to reduce stress during your visit, not increase it. Treatment plans are grounded in behavioral science and your pet’s individual history, not on recreating an unnecessarily stressful moment in the exam room.