Brining You New Cat Home
Introducing a cat to a new home can be very stressful for the cat because cats do not like change.
From Certified Animal Behavior Consultant
Kelley Bollen, MS, CABC
Cats
Enrichment for the Indoor Cat
The following strategies can help your indoor cat lead a more fulfilled life.
Correcting Unwanted Behavior in Your Cat
Sometimes cats do things that we don’t like such as jumping up on the table or counters, or scratching on the furniture.
Urine Marking (Spraying) in Cats
Urine marking (spraying) is a normal feline behavior that is quite unacceptable in our homes.
Inappropriate Elimination in Cats
There are many reasons why cats eliminate outside of their litterbox.
Teaching Your Cat to Use a Scratching Post
Cats scratch on things for two reasons – to shed their dead nail sheaths and to mark their territory.
Cats and Their Litterboxes
The best thing about cats is that they don’t need to be potty-trained.
Dogs
Bringing Your New Dog Home
We hope that you and your new dog will bond and have a long lasting relationship. To insure that you get started on the right foot we have a few suggestions.
Acclimating an Adult Dog to a Crate
Proven step-by-step guide to crate training your adult dog
Attention-Seeking Behaviors
Eradicating attention-seeking behaviors in your dog
Barking
Controlling request, fear, or boredom barking in your dog
Chasing Fast Moving Objects
In order to stop this unwanted behavior we must change the way your dog perceives the object and then condition a new response to the sight of the object.
Crate Training Your Puppy
The key to house training your puppy is to reduce the possibility of accidents in the house.
Destructive Chewing in Dogs
Dogs need appropriate chew toys and encouragement in their use, to circumvent destructive chewing habits.
Fear of the Car
Combining systematic desensitization with counterconditioning to help dogs overcome their fear of the car.
Fear of the Vet Office and Medical Procedures
Condition a competing emotional response to help your dog overcome his fears.
House Training
The key to house training your puppy is to prevent accidents inside and to reward successful elimination outside.
Important Things for All Dogs
Exercise, Enrichment, and Positive Reinforcement Training for your dog.
Jumping Up
One thing to remember is that jumping up persists because the dog is usually reinforced for doing it.
Owner Guarding-Jealous Behavior
To curb this behavior, you must try to identify the underlying motivation.
Preparing Your Pet for the Arrival of a New Baby
Three step process to prepare your dog for a new family member.
Pulling
Does your dog practically pull your arm off when you take him for a walk?
Puppy Mouthing
Should your puppy be so mouthy?
Puppy Socialization
Socializing a new puppy is the most important thing you can do to create a wonderful dog.
Resource Guarding
Dogs with this problem can become quite aggressive towards anyone who approaches.
Separation Anxiety
Because dogs are social animals, it is not natural for them to be away from their social group (you) for long periods of time.
Submissive Urination
Some dogs will submissively urinate when they are approached by people.
Teaching Recall - "Come"
This is the most important behavior you will teach your dog.
Teaching Your Dog a Quiet Command
Alarm barking is a natural behavior in dogs and we can’t expect to completely eliminate it, but we can learn to control it.
Tethering Your Dog
Tethering is a very useful management technique that controls the movement of the dog in certain situations until he can learn to control himself.
Thunderstorm Phobia
This program is designed to help your dog change the way he feels during a thunderstorm and can be very effective.
Why Dogs Eat Poop
Eating feces, although disgusting to us, is not disgusting to them, its food.
Introducing a New Dog to a Resident Cat
Don’t let the dog have free run of the house unless you are present until you are sure they are fine together.
Introducing a New Dog to a Resident Dog
Step-by-step guide to introducing one dog to another.
Introducing a New Dog to Children
Step-by-step guide to introducing your new dog to your children.
Aggressive Behavior in Cats
It is important to learn to read your cat’s moods and body language to temper aggressive behavior in your cat.