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Or how to get your canine to chill out and stop barking? In this episode, youll hear about the underlying psychology behind why our animals act the way they do, and Zazies humane techniques for getting your pet to behave.
Zazie is the developer of the blog site, CompanionAnimalPsychology.com, and author of the brand-new book, Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy.
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Highlights from this weeks episode
On the basic guidelines to follow for training your dog:
I believe one of the most crucial things that individuals can do with training their canines is to use food as positive support for habits that you like or when you training the pet. One is just that if people utilize aversive techniques like leash jerks or screaming at the dog or shock collars, research shows that those methods run the risk of triggering fear, anxiety, aggression and a worse relationship with the owner. Theres research that shows that pet dogs take pleasure in working for a benefit.
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I believe one of the most important things that individuals can do with training their pets is to utilize food as favorable support for behaviors that you like or when you training the dog. One is just that if people use aversive techniques like leash jerks or yelling at the pet or shock collars, research study reveals that those methods run the risk of triggering worry, anxiety, aggressiveness and a worse relationship with the owner. Theres research study that reveals that pet dogs enjoy working for a benefit. You ought to begin to offer them some alone time, even if that indicates youre going outdoors and sitting in your automobile or going for a pet dog walk without the canine so that they get to be at home for a brief period of time anyway, and theyre used to it. If you understand that youre going back to work, if you can change your regular closer to that before you in fact go back to work in terms of the times that day that you stroll the canine and the times a day that you feed them and the times of day that you feed the cat … then that will assist them since animals truly like routine.
Episode Transcript
On how to readjust our pets to us leaving your house for work after quarantine:
It can actually help to give them some alone time still. Ideally, you would have been doing this all through the previous couple of weeks and months, but I think the majority of people havent. However you need to begin to provide some alone time, even if that implies youre going outside and being in your cars and truck or going for a dog walk without the pet so that they get to be at house for a brief amount of time anyway, and theyre utilized to it. And then another thing is to have a routine as much as you can. So if you understand that youre going back to work, if you can switch your routine closer to that prior to you actually return to operate in terms of the times that day that you stroll the canine and the times a day that you feed them and the times of day that you feed the cat … then that will help them since family pets really like routine. It helps them to feel more comfortable and it makes things predictable and less stressful.
