Best Friends Mobile Veterinary Asheville, North Carolina

Our practice serves the medical needs of dogs, cats, and
pocket pets in the Asheville and Hendersonville areas.
Please call to see if you live within our practice area.

We work by appointment only, and make every effort to be
prompt. If we see that we will be late for your appointment,
we will call.

We can examine your pet either in your home or in our
examination room in the mobile clinic. We only ask that
you have your pet ready for the visit. Please have them
confined in a small room or on a leash when we visit.

In August of 1973 Scott Emory Pickett was born in
Greensboro, NC to two loving parents, Jim and Janice
Pickett. Scott moved with his parents and his new
brother, Stewart, to Macon, GA three years later. In the
hot, humid, heat of Middle Georgia, Scott spent his
awkward adolescent years, grew to young adulthood,
spent many years swimming competitively, and attended
the local catholic high school, Mount de Sales Academy,
from which he graduated in 1991. Scott subsequently
journeyed to Gambier, Ohio and Kenyon College where
he happily lived and studied for the next four years. In
May of 1995 he graduated from Kenyon with a bachelor
of Arts in Biology. The bayous of Louisiana were Scott's
next stop where he began attending Louisiana State
University: School of Veterinary Medicine in Baton
Rouge during the fall of 1995. During his stay he gained
a life long friend in the form of Sage, a Golden
Retriever, explored New Orleans, and decided that
Blues and Jazz weren't half bad. Four grueling years
later and a newly acquired taste for all things spicy Scott
graduated with a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine.
After practicing for a year in Macon, Dr. Pickett in the
never-ending search for a better bike trail developed a
desire for the mountains and thus moved to Western
North Carolina in the summer of 2000. In between
mountain biking, snow skiing, and fly fishing he
practiced small animal medicine and surgery at Jackson
County Veterinary Associates and Cope Creek Animal
Hospital in Sylva. Dr. Pickett also provided relief
veterinary services to the veterinary community in the
surrounding counties. In the summer of 2004, Dr.
Pickett and his brother, Stewart, realized the need for a
small animal mobile veterinary practice in the Asheville
and Hendersonville area and began taking the
necessary steps to make their dream a reality. During
the summer of 2005 Dr. Pickett and Stewart were happy
to announce the opening of Best Friends Mobile
Veterinary Clinic

In 1997 Stewart first began as a Veterinary
Technician in his home town of Macon, Ga and
acquired his Choc. Lab, Hunter. A few years later
in 1999 Stewart felt the need to move to the
mountains of Western North Carolina. He fell in
love with the city of Asheville and the plethora of
outdoor activities close by. Before beginning with
Best Friends Mobile Veterinary Clinic Stewart
enjoyed the excitement of working in the local
emergency animal hospital. When he can find the
free time Stewart enjoys mountain biking, skiing,
and computer games. But most importantly
spending time with his girlfriend Alicia along with
Hunter, and the 2 cats Mable and Yoshi.