Dog Grooming Unit B-Behavior

Question 1

What is Classical Conditioning?

Answer 1

A Unconditioned stimulus followed by an unconditioned response. Dog isnt taught the response.
Ex: Presenting a bowl of food and salivating.

Question 2

What is Operant Conditioning?

Answer 2

System of reinforcement based on reward and punishment.
Positive rewards based on desired behavior.
Positive punishment is adding something unpleasant to a situation. (shock collars)
Negative punishment is removing something desirable (favorite toy and or treat)

Question 3

What are some Reactive Behavors?

Answer 3

Lunging or jumping up
Barking, growing, snarling, or whining.
Pacing, panting or trembling.
Hyper-vigilance or hyper-excitability
Hair raised along shoulder and back.

Question 4

What are some Threatening Behavior?

Answer 4

Aggressive growing/snarling
Baring teeth
Snapping at the air
Aggressive barking
Lunging
ALL WARNING SIGNS

Question 5

What types of Aggressions are typically found in a grooming salon?

Answer 5

Fear aggression, Pain aggression, and Dominance agression.

Question 6

What is Fear Aggression?

Answer 6

can be spotted if dog is anxious, nervous, or scared before resorting to aggression.

Question 7

What is Pain Aggression?

Answer 7

Easily planned for if know the medical history. If not known dog by snap at you when you reach an effected painful area. Never muzzle dog and keep working on painful area, skip over and inform owner.

Question 8

What is Dominance Aggression?

Answer 8

Dog doesn’t like when its behavior is corrected and acts out because dog has a hard time controlling its impulsive behavior. Found when clipping nails and holding paws.

Question 9

What are Displacement Behaviors?

Answer 9

Regular behavors displayed in abnormal context like…
Yawning, licking, scratching, biting at paws, shaking, panting, and stretching.

Question 10

What are Avoidance Behaviors?

Answer 10

Clear signs the dog is uncomfortable and wants to leave like…
Leaving the room, Turning head away, Looking away, hiding, low-tail carriage, pinning ears sideways/back.

Question 11

What is Compulsive Behaviors?

Answer 11

dogs can develops compulsive behaviors (like displacement behaviors) are behaviors done out of context like…
Biting or liking air, spinning and tail chasing, pacing,licking surfaces, chasing light/shadows, chewing/swallowing inedible objects.

Question 12

What are Stress Signals?

Answer 12

Ways a dog shows its stressed like…
“whale eyes”-whites of the dogs eyes showing
Dialated pupils
Sweaty paws
Ears back
Still posture
Trembling
Displacement behaviors
Avoidance behaviors
Threatening behaviors

Question 13

What are Calming signals?

Answer 13

signals used to communicate. Ranges in all emotions (happy, excitement, fear, confusion.

Question 14

What are some Calming signals?

Answer 14

Turning head or body away
sitting down
moving slowly
averting eyes
play bowing
“smiling”-showing teeth in a grin
licking the nose or chompers
tail wagging
walking in a curve
yawning

Question 15

What are the 5 F’s?

Answer 15

Instictive response options for a dog when dealing with undesirable or scary situations.
Fight, Flight, Freeze, Faint, and Fool around.
dogs often choose flight response but in a grooming salon its typically freeze or fight because of being on a table restricted.

Question 16

what is Counter Conditioning?

Answer 16

A method used to relearn an association.
Ex: a dog that has a negative association to grooming can be taught positive association by doing/giving something positive during the room.

Question 17

What is Extinction?

Answer 17

Reducing or removing any reinforcement associated with that behavior.
Ex: Dog whines to get attention when told to stop, if you give in and give him what he wants after being told no he knows to keep doing it. Only give treat or attention when whining stops and the behavior of stopping is rewarded not the whining.

Question 18

What is Habituation?

Answer 18

Dog exposed to something over and over again may gradually stop reacting to it. Repeated exposure to have zero response, no reward, and no punishment. Similar to Desensitization.

Question 19

What is Desensitization?

Answer 19

Decreasing a negative response to something that upsets them by exposure.

Question 20

What is Flooding?

Answer 20

Incredibly stressful for dogs, do not use. Flooding is the stimulus the dog reacts to in an intense prolonged level. Can be very traumatic for the dog.

Question 21

What are some common Anxietys?

Answer 21

Seperation anxiety and Kennel Anxiety.

Question 22

What does it mean if the Dog is Over Threshold?

Answer 22

The point where the dog moves from one emotional state to another.
Ex: Dog is calm having normal behavior to over-excitement or reactivity.

Question 23

What are some signs of a Dog Over Threshold?

Answer 23

Barking
Lunging
Snarling
Freezing
Shutting down
Over excitement
Cant concentrate
Racing around
Defecating/urinating
Vomiting
Biting
Squealing/Screaming

Question 24

How do you approach a blind dog?

Answer 24

Use sound to approach and come from behind/side and brush up against the body.

Question 25

Should you still talk to deaf dogs?

Answer 25

Yes. They can still read your body language and energy that comes off of you and its easier to do that while talking to them.