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Additional Common Behaviour Problems in Dogs Flashcards

1
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Why do dogs pull on the leash

A

Training problem
Feel restraint, try to break free

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How does destructive chewing develop

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As puppy, chew on toys to relieve pain
Problematic when dog does not grow out of it
Chew when bored, lonely, anxious

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How do you treat chewing in dogs

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Puppy-proof
Re-direct
Bitter Apple
Supervision
Do not give objects similar to off limit items
Adequate physical activity

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Why do dogs dig

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Escape, find cool spot, bury a bone, frustration/boredom, search for object/prey, seek attention

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How do you treat digging

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Based on cause, reinforce good behaviour, redirect digging to new spot

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What are the causes of escape behaviour in dogs

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Environment outside rewarding
Inconsistent outing schedule
Enclosure not secure

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How do you resolve escape

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Secure enclosure
Schedule routine outings
Do not give attention when escaped

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What causes roaming behaviour in dogs

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Distant places = attractive
No reward for staying home
Pattern? time of year, location?

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How do we resolve roaming

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Eliminate distant attractions
Castration?
Buried perimeter (remote punishment)
+ Reinforce staying home

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What are the causes of soiling

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Medical problems
Submissive/excitement urination
Territorial urine marking
Separation anxiety
Fears/phobias

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What does submissive urination look like

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Urinates when scolded/approached
History of abuse, shyness, anxiety
Submissive posturing

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What does excited urination look like

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Urinates when being greeted
<1 year old
No submissive posturing

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Causes of inappropriate elimination in adult dogs

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Medical problems
Disturbance of house training
Weak den sanitation predisposition

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How do we resolve inappropriate elimination in adult dogs

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Treat medical/primary behavioural causes
Reinstate house training (small room)
Frequent trips outside
Clean soiled areas
Remote punishment near soiled area

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Submissive urination (inter dog) causes

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Natural response to avoid aggression by dominants

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How do we resolve submissive inter dog urination

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tone down greeting
stage multiple greetings (desensitize)

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What are some attention seeking behaviours that defy categorization

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Chasing shadows, barking at light beams, snapping at imaginary flies, vomiting, twitching, lameness

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What causes attention seeking behaviour

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Attracts attention from owner (payoff)
If competing pets
May begin initially as medical issue

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How do we resolve attention seeking behaviour

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No attention for problem behaviour
Leave dog alone when problem occurs (social punishment)
Attention for good beh only

20
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What are the reasons a dog will jump up

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Greet you at face level
Get attention
Testing position in group (dominant/subordinate); not usually

21
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Why might a dog display gorging behaviour

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Can be socially facilitated
More likely in competitive environments
- dominant get larger proportion
- subordinate might be undernourished

22
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How do we prevent gorging

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Plenty of food spread out if multi-dog space
Slow down eating (ball in bowl, using puzzle box)

23
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What are the forms of problem feeding behaviour

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Gorging, conditioned food aversions, eating grass

24
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Why might a dog have a conditioned food aversion

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Acquired aversions/tastes
Garcia effect

25
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What is the garcia effect

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acquired aversion derive from a food that made a dog sick in the past

26
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What % of dogs show signs of illness before eating grass

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10%

27
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Is eating grass normally followed by vomiting?

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No, only 20%

28
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What kind of dog most likely will display coprophagy

A

Small dogs
Confined dogs

29
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What kind of behaviour is coprophagy

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Attention seeking

30
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What are the two maternal behaviour concerns

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Maternal indifference
Cannibalism

31
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Why might a dog display maternal indifference

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Endocrine changes, hormonal defect
Only one puppy born (not enough stimulation to mother to maintain maternal behaviour/lactation)

32
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Why might a dog be cannibalistic towards its pups

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Nutritional stress, weak/sick offspring, environmental stress

33
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Why might behavioural vices and stereotypies occur

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Method of coping with difficult conditions

34
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How do you assess abnormal behaviours

A

Figure out causal factor (context)
Boredom, hunger, stress, crating, poor enrichment, loneliness, scared??

35
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Slide 21**

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DO it

36
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What is the abnormal behaviour spectrum

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Normal behaviour <> Behaviour vice <> stereotypies

37
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What are stereotypies

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Dysfunctional behaviour, abbreviated, fixed action pattern

38
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What are behaviour vices

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Re-directed behaviours, repetitive, no obvious goal or function

39
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What is ARB

A

abnormal repetitive behaviour

40
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Three criteria to be considered a stereotypy

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  1. Behaviour is repetitive
  2. Behaviour has no obvious goal or function (does not mean no fxn; they are in the ethogram)
  3. Behaviour has a fixed action pattern
41
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Do stereotypies have no function

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No obvious function; they are in the ethogram

42
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What happens as a stereotypie becomes more repetitive

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Behaviour sequence becomes more abbreviated
Becomes detached from original stimulus

43
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What are the two coping strategies

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Active coping: performance of behavioural vices, stereotypies

Passive coping: lethargic animals

44
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Example of some stereotypies

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Tail chasing, flank sucking, fly snapping, acral lick dermatitis

45
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What causes a stereotypie

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Confinement, boredom, conflict, isolation

Skin disorders, disordered grooming control = acral lick dermatitis

Neurotransmitter abnormality

Learned behaviour due to endorphin release (+ reinforce)

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How do we resolve stereotypies

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Alleviate stress, conflict, boredom
Allow wound to heal, licking restraint
Structured environment and caregiver (routine)
Drug treatment

47
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Signs of aging in dogs

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Hearing/vision impairment
Arthritis
Dental problems
Anxieties
Irritable aggression
House soiling
Sleep-wake cycle issues
Cognitive dysfunction/impairment

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