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Reading Time: 5 minutes …or negative reinforcement to eliminate an unwanted behavior. Some of these methods can cause fear, anxiety, and stress in pets or even aggression toward owners using these methods. Let’s talk…
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Reading Time: 3 minutes …perfectly sensible response to something frightening, especially if you’re a cat. But if your cat exhibits more severe signs of fright such as excessive salivation, redirected aggression—scratching a person, for…
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Reading Time: 3 minutes …as fear, aggression, pleasure, or excitement, or environmental, such as a change in ambient light levels. Think of it like a silent movie: the autonomic nervous system is the director,…
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Reading Time: 3 minutes …threat and is prepared to fight. The posture signals a high level of aggression. The bristled fur is an attempt to look more threatening to an opponent to ward off…
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Reading Time: 3 minutes …ears flatten more. Consider flattening a warning to stop what you’re doing that may be causing the agitation. Aggression Pay attention to a cat displaying aggression. This cat may show…
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Reading Time: 3 minutes …where this aggression came from,” the woman said, tears in her eyes. “We took her everywhere as a puppy like you’re supposed to do. She went with us to stores,…
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Reading Time: 3 minutes …pain. Significantly higher odds of back pain due to change in gait kinetics. Greater likelihood of excessive grooming and fur chewing (barbering). Greater likelihood of aggression than non-declawed cats; that…
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Reading Time: 3 minutes …a new baby in the family, a new cat or dog in the home, or sudden aggression between cats in the same household who have previously coexisted peacefully. Cats are…
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Reading Time: 3 minutes …evaporate, however. It can get worse as your dog gets older. I once had a client whose Dachshund had a fear-aggression problem. Toby was 9 years old, but on assessment…
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Reading Time: 3 minutes …“COVID puppies.” Huge numbers of people adopted or purchased puppies during the pandemic for companionship, and she’s been seeing a lot of fear and aggression cases since they haven’t had…