Behavioral Medicine

Before your appointment, your clinician will review all submitted materials related to your pet’s behavioral health.  

• Appointments are held on weekdays during normal business hours. 

• Only two adults can attend the consultation, with any additional people participating by Zoom video or telephone. 

• For your safety and the safety of your dogs, we require that you have one adult per dog in attendance so that each dog may be appropriately managed during the appointment. 

• If your dogs cannot be in the same room with each other, even on leash, please let us know this at the time of scheduling so we can best accommodate and care for your pets.

Please follow the arrival instructions provided in your appointment confirmation email. 

• When you arrive at our facility and park, please remain in your car with your pet, keeping them restrained on leash or contained in a carrier. 

• Notify the Behavior Team of your arrival via email at OSUVET.BehaviorMedicine@osu.edu or by phone: directly at 614-292-2404 or 614-292-4655, or via the call center at 614-292-3551. 

• Someone from the Behavior Team will come to your car and escort you and your pet directly into the exam room. 

Notes: We will avoid the medical center lobby in order to reduce stress for your pet as much as possible. We do have a separate entrance available to the behavior service area.

Your clinician will spend time with you and your family to gather more information to develop a treatment plan tailored to your family and your pet. The clinical team will also observe your pet to gain additional insight into the behavior problem(s). Once we have a clear picture of your pet's behavior we will discuss any applicable diagnoses and the prognosis for improvement. The clinical team will also review safety and management strategies, as well as start a behavior modification (training) plan.

• We can make treatment plan changes (including medications, training and management) for 60 days after your appointment. We request that you contact us by email with an update at 10 days, 30 days after your appointment; we reply to concerns about your pet's management within 3 business days.
• After 60 days, any changes to the treatment plan, management or or email support require a recheck appointment. If no changes are necessary, we can refill medications for up to 6 months following your appointment.

• Dogs: $460 for up to two hours; $200 each additional hour. 
• Inter-Dog Aggression: $635 for up to two hours for two dogs; $200 for each additional hour or per additional dog. This includes a comprehensive evaluation of the issues involved in the aggression, but does not primarily address unrelated concerns (behavior on leash, visitors, etc.). If additional dogs are involved in the inter-dog aggression, a fee of $200 PER ADDITIONAL DOG is added, as well as an additional hour. 
• Cats: $290 for up to two hours; over two hours, $155 each additional hour. While some pets may not require the full two hours allotted, the fee remains the same. 
• Recheck appointments: $230 for up to one hour, $230 (pro-rated) each additional hour.

(Additional costs may include laboratory tests; medications supplied by our pharmacy; consultations with other services if needed. These fees will be discussed before any services are performed or medications are ordered for your pet.)