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Behavioral Problems: Cats & Dogs Flashcards

1
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What are the two categories of behavior problems?

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  1. Normal
  2. Abnormal
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What are normal behaviors? (4)

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  1. Vocalizing
  2. Biting
  3. Chewing
  4. Urinating
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Vocalizing, biting, chewing, & urinating are all ___ behaviors that still may be a ___ for the owner. These behaviors can also indicate a ____ issue.

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  1. Normal
  2. Problem; issue
  3. Medical
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What are some abnormal behaviors? (3)

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  1. Anxiety
  2. Phobias
  3. Compulsive disorders
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Lip licking in cats
Meaning
Solution

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  1. Stress, nausea, anxiety
  2. Provide space to hide. Ideally up high & away.
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Flat ears in cats
Meaning
Solution

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  1. Stress, frightened
  2. Provide place to hide & get up high
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Rubbing cheeks on surfaces or legs
Meaning

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Scent marking

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Slow blink in cats

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Relaxed in your presences!
Try doing it back then turning your head away.

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Exposed belly in cats
Meaning

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Greeting! They are relaxed around you & have trust.
Respond by giving soft head rubs, not the belly!

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Purring in cats
Meaning

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Content, attention seeking, pain/discomfort, &/or stress

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T/F: It is important to listen to the owner & how they’re saying it

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True!
Their body language can tell us a lot about the O intentions

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Treatment steps for behavior issues (4)

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  1. Management
  2. Training
  3. Behavior modification
  4. Medication
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Tx management (6)

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  1. Crate (properly trained)
  2. Baby gates
  3. Tethers - a book, training w/tether
  4. Harnesses
  5. Head halter
  6. Muzzles
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T/F: Collars cannot cause damage

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False. They can cause damage (ex: trachea)

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T/F: Patient just needs to tolerate methods such as crates & head harnesses

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False. It is best to make them LOVE it!

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Management Tx
Motivators & distractors should be ___ to the animal. It they are, they can be used in behavior ___. If they aren’t, you need to find the ___ one.

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  1. Fun
  2. Modification
  3. Right; new
17
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Motivators & Distractors (3)

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  1. KONG
    - Attention & anxiety: Eating & anxiety are not compatible
  2. Food puzzles - DIY, complex, snuffle mat
  3. Cameras: Get data & monitor progress
    - Don’t recc: Pt contact w/ O on camera
18
Q

Anti-anxiety aids (4)

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  1. Thunder shirt
  2. Thunder cap
  3. T-touch
  4. Body wraps
19
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Tx Behavior Modification
Counterconditioning

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Teach animal a fun behavior
- Clicker

20
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Tx Behavior Modification
Desensitization

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Carefully expose the animal to the trigger in small steps

21
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What is a tigger?
Trigger stacking?

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  1. Whatever causes the behavior.
    - Intensity of a trigger can cause the animal to go over threshold.
  2. Exposure to mult trigs before the animals emotional state has returned to normal
22
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___ language will tell you when the animal is approaching their threshold.
___, ___, ___, & ___ are all signs that the animal is approaching threshold.
When these signs show, it is important to ___.

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  1. Body language
  2. Eye position
  3. Ear position
  4. Body tension
  5. Lip licking
  6. STOP
23
Q

Define:
Reinforcement
Punishment

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  1. Anything that increases the behavior it follows
  2. Anything that decreases the behavior it follows
24
Q

A reward is an item ___ for good behavior. It cannot be confused for a ___. Food is an ___ reinforcement.

A
  1. Given
  2. Bribe
  3. Unambiguous
25
Q

Define:
Positive reinforcement
Positive punishment
Negative reinforcement
Negative punishment

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  1. Add something animal likes
  2. Add something the animal doesn’t like
  3. Take away something the animal doesn’t like
  4. Take away something the animal likes
26
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Extinction definition

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Ignoring the behavior.
- Beware: many behaviors are self-rewarding (ex: counter surfing)

27
Q
  1. Flooding is…
  2. Side effects: (2)
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  1. Inability to escape from trigger.
  2. Outcomes
    - Learned helplessness
    - Shutting down
28
Q

Tx Medication
OTC products (2)

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  1. Milk protein: I-theonine
  2. Pheromones
    - Adaptil
    - Feliway
29
Q

Tx Medication
Behavioral Pharmacology (3)

A
  1. SSRIs
  2. Benzos
  3. Buspirone
30
Q

___-modification is the primary way of resolving issues.
___ are only an adjunct. Meds will often have ___.

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  1. Behavioral
  2. Medications
  3. Relapse

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