Special behavioral center focuses on worst-case shelter dogs There is a specialized center where dogs from across the country with special behavioral needs are getting help and then finding their forever home. and last updated 2021-08-02 20:13:59-04 WEAVERVILLE, N.C. â For the gathered furry friends, it looks like an ordinary afternoon playdate. However, this is no ordinary place. Tucked into a spot near North Carolinaâs Great Smoky Mountains sits the ASPCAâs Behavioral Rehabilitation Center. Dogs that experience extreme cases of cruelty and neglect are brought there to get better. âThese cases are, quite dramatically, the worst of the worst,â said Kristen Collins, vice president of rehabilitation services. âItâs not possible for them to go home and have time and love and just get better on their own. Thatâs why we are here, so we can provide the treatment that they need.â