Dog Behaviour Problems
Is your dog suffering from separation issues? Does your dog have a history of biting? Is your dog anxious and nervous? Are walks becoming a burden due to their unruly reactive behaviour? We cover dog behaviour problems in Waterlooville and the surrounding area. Using training and management methods that solve common dog behaviour problems.
Changing our dog’s behaviour
Dog behaviour issues can be frustrating, tiring and even dangerous, depending on the level of aggressive dogs.
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Finding the causes and starting to change your dog’s behaviour
If a dog is displaying unwanted ‘bad’ behaviours or aggression. It can be down to multiple factors, and rarely is it just one single object or trigger. Many of these cases are born from an underlying fear response of something within the dog’s environment.
This anxiety or fear could be due to a lack of understanding and experience or previous bad experiences. Phobias such as loud noises are another common cause but are not limited to either of these.
Working at your dog’s pace, we will help them understand their world from a different perspective. We will empower your dog to make alternative behaviour choices in their lives.
How long will it take to change a dog’s behaviour?
Dog behaviour adjustments and modifications are likely to be an ongoing process, depending on the behaviours in question.
When behaviours have been successful in the dog’s eyes, they are repeated. They can be habitual responses to a situation, and it will take consistency on our part for the training to be successful.
It is essential to work at the dog’s pace and not expect an overnight transformation. Therefore, management and training are crucial to success.
Changing Behaviour takes time and effort.
When working with behaviour issues, it is essential to remember that there is no such thing as a magic wand. If anyone says, they can guarantee to change behaviour. I would suggest caution for your dog’s sake and your own.
Some dogs’ responses adjust very quickly, while others do not. We will take a holistic approach using a training and management process designed around you and your dog.
Consistency and patience are vital elements of any behaviour modification program. We will be there to help you along the way.
Avoiding rewarding the unwanted behaviour
Always important to remember what a dog sees as a reward may be entirely different from us. Often, we see clients who accidentally reinforce their dog’s behaviour problems by giving them attention.
We, as owners, tend to fall into the trap where when our dogs are being quiet or making good choices, we are silent and ignore them. Then, we give them attention when they do something like barking or jumping up at us. The attention to us may seem negative if it’s shouting at our dogs or pushing them off.
However, if it was attention they were seeking, this behaviour display has been a success and is likely to be repeated.
Management of dog behaviour problems
During the process, you also learn to manage their environment. To minimise the unwanted behaviours being repeated and becoming habitual.
These skills will promote your dog’s learning without taking away their confidence. Dogs constantly repeat actions that have previously worked for them.
Our job is to teach them alternative behaviour options using positive rewards like food, toys or life rewards to promote the new behaviours.
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