pet behavior care at the animal rescue league of boston

Behavior problems are one of the most common reasons for a disruption in the human-animal bond. Pet Behavior Care (PBC) at the Animal Rescue League of Boston offers personalized behavioral therapy programs to help owners understand and modify their pet’s behavior.

The veterinary behaviorists at PBC help pet owners dealing with behavior problems by providing tools to enhance all aspects of pet behavioral well-being. This includes using dog training and puppy classes as preventatives to behavioral disorders, as well as private consultations to evaluate, diagnose and treat more serious behavior issues. To learn more, including how to register online for dog training classes, please click here.

Looking for a veterinarian?

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Boston Veterinary Care at the Animal Rescue League of Boston is open to the public and offers compassionate, state-of-the-art veterinary care. Services include preventive care, geriatric medicine, outpatient surgery, nutrition counseling, wellness and dentistry.

We're located in Boston's South End with convenient access to the Mass Pike, South East Expressway, Central Artery and the Orange and Green MBTA lines. We also have free, on site parking. To schedule an appointment, please call 617-226-5605. To learn more, click here.

spay/neuter services for pet owners in need

The Animal Rescue League of Boston is committed to helping end pet overpopulation and offers subsidized spay/neuter services to pet owners in financial need. Staffed by an Animal Rescue League of Boston veterinarian and two trained veterinary technicians, the Spay Waggin’ is the first mobile animal spay/neuter vehicle to operate in Massachusetts.

To see the January 2009 schedule, click here.

Upcoming Events

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meet our Behaviorist

AMY R. MARDER, V.M.D, CAAB

Dr. Marder is a nationally recognized authority on animal behavior, training, and evaluation and is certified by the Animal Behavior Society Board of Professional Certification.

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The Animal Rescue League (ARL) of Boston is pleased to announce that Charity Navigator, an independent evaluator of non-profit organizations’ financial effectiveness and efficiency, has recently upgraded its assessment of the ARL of Boston. To learn more, click here.

To read recent media stories about the Animal Rescue League of Boston, click here.

Want to know where the Animal Rescue League of Boston stands on various animal welfare issues? To read our Position Statements, click here.

Learn more about our adoption and rescue success stories, click here.

Center for Shelter Dogs at the Animal Rescue League of Boston. To read more, click here.