Paws & Effect WNC

Paws & Effect, founded in 2006 in the upper Midwest, expanded to Western North Carolina in 2019.

05/10/2026

The Comeback Crew had a fun afternoon watching the Asheville Tourists!

05/09/2026

When you catch some of your favorite people at the Black Mountain Tailgate Market and get to check the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile off your bucket list, it is a great day!

05/07/2026

Tucker had a fun evening out at the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours event. He’ll be too large to hold soon!

05/06/2026

So very proud of Service Dog Chief! It took some time and patience before he would capably retrieve something like a piece of PVC. Look at him now!

05/04/2026

We’re hosting an in-person meeting as part of Your Dog’s Best Friend Book Club. This is *free* and moderated by our lead service dog trainer; concepts will be framed in the context of positive reinforcement.

Please join us on Saturday, June 6 at 4:00 PM at the Broad River Valley Community Center at 44 Broad River VFD, Black Mountain. If you need help purchasing a copy of the book, we have a limited number that we can provide at no cost.

RSVP to [email protected].

05/03/2026

After losing our pasture and farmstead to a Helene-related mudslide, we’re grateful for every single moment we can spend in the pasture. Livestock guardian dog, Teeter, is showing service dog in-training River the best and shadiest areas while enjoying a good romp through the trout stream.

05/01/2026

Huckleberry “Finn” is stealing everybody’s ❤️ and it can’t be helped.

With tremendous gratitude to Alltech, the Pearse Lyons ACE Foundation and Spun Gold Golden Retrievers.

04/27/2026

Ms. Bourbon Belle had a fantastic finish to her runaway games over the weekend! We’re delighted by her enthusiasm and growing confidence.

04/25/2026

Kentucky “River” enjoyed some runaway games today as part of his service dog journey. His hard work was rewarded with a picnic in Montreat with his raisers and his brother, Tucker, before a long afternoon napping in the cool weather.

The costs of River’s upbringing are covered by Alltech and the Pearse Lyons ACE Foundation so that he may be placed at no cost to his recipient. Our return to puppy raising and, eventually, placements after a very long post-Helene recovery is celebrated every single time we see these puppies from Spun Gold Golden Retrievers. We are very grateful to be able to serve our community again.

09/07/2025

The One Acre One Health gardens in Swannanoa are supporting the community meals at Blunt Kitchen, with excess produce free for the taking. We’re proud to be doing our part to reduce the need for free, fresh food in a community without a grocery store. Below, Rocket and Wiley are at the home farm, sampling vegetables they’ve never had.

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31 Snowy Cove Lane
Black Mountain, NC
28711

Website

http://paws-effect.org/

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