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While it's easy to think of a trigger as being bad (such as a trip to the vet, fireworks going off, new people, or a dog they're not sure about), good things can also trigger the body to go into a ...
Well, expert dog trainer Juliana DeWillems, owner and head trainer at JW Dog Training & Behavior, has got one crucial tip that can help us help our reactive dogs. You might be surprised at how ...
First, we tell the dog not to get on the couch, but when they do and we tell them to get off, we then say good boy or girl and that's a reward. You have to punish the dog for doing the wrong thing ...
Golden Retrievers are often used as therapy dogs due to their calm demeanor, gentle disposition, and friendliness to strangers.. A therapy dog is a dog that is trained to provide affection, comfort and support to people, often in settings such as hospitals, retirement homes, nursing homes, schools, libraries, hospices, or disaster areas.
A drawing by Konrad Lorenz showing facial expressions of a dog - a communication behavior. X-axis is aggression, y-axis is fear. Dog behavior is the internally coordinated responses of individuals or groups of domestic dogs to internal and external stimuli. [1] It has been shaped by millennia of contact with humans and their lifestyles.
A dominant dog turning its head away from a submissive dog – a calming action, indicating that it is not going to attack. [1]: 120 A less dominant dog approaching a dominant dog with its head down, and only on occasion quickly pointing its muzzle towards the higher-status dog – shows no fight is intended. [1]: 120
When your dog sleeps on its side with its legs fully extended, they're in a deep sleep. Pooches sleeping in this position are doing some serious sleep and most likely prefer to be left alone.
Dog intelligence or dog cognition is the process in dogs of acquiring information and conceptual skills, and storing them in memory, retrieving, combining and comparing them, and using them in new situations. [1] Studies have shown that dogs display many behaviors associated with intelligence. They have advanced memory skills, and are able to ...