Behaviour Problems 9

Question 1

What is a phobia and give a behavioural example?

Answer 1

An extreme irrational fear of a specific object or situation- an extreme emotional response

Separation anxiety

Question 2

What is almost always needed in order for a successful behaviour modification programme for separation anxiety?

Answer 2

Vet referral for pharmaceutical intervention

Question 3

What is dog reactivity leash frustration?

Answer 3

Reactivity and aggression caused by frustration at not being able to follow through with previously reinforced behaviours- in this case gaining access to other dogs

Question 4

What set up is used to reduce leash frustration?

Answer 4

Parallel walking, gradually reducing the distance as excitement diminishes

Question 5

What body language in a dog shows they are telling someone to back off?

Answer 5

When the whites of the dogs eyes are showing

Question 6

How can you increase the dogs ability to share?

Answer 6

Change the conditioned emotional response of human approach from negative to positive at earliest back off signal

Question 7

What is a behavioural problem?

Answer 7

Any behaviour that is defined as a problem by the owner, a vet, by the law it has implications on the welfare of the animal

Question 8

What are the initiating factors?

Answer 8

Those which culminated in the onset of the problem

Question 9

What are the maintaining factors?

Answer 9

Those that serve to perpetuate the behaviour