Most dog bad behavior based in fear
from the University of California at Davis this is Newswatch veterinary behavior specialist Melissa Bane’s says dogs can have a range of behavior problems but most of them are fear-based most of the dogs that we see coming through the behavior service have some sort of fear or anxiety problems going on so whether you call them unbalanced or not I tend to call the more anxious or fearful baines a behavior expert does not recommend using choke pinch or shock collars because those restraint tools do not address the underlying problem it just suppresses the behavior by using pain or punishment it’s just like telling a child no no no no no without telling them exactly what you want them to do and rewarding them for it plus it also can increase the anxiety or fear especially say if a dog is aggressive towards stranger dogs and is pulling on a prom collar it’s getting essentially bit every time it lunges towards that other dog therefore causing it a nice vicious cycle dogs undergoing behavior modification are given both positive and negative reinforcement and no animal is punished there’s a scary dog pepper here watch me good boy positive reinforcement is positive just think of us adding something so scatting a treat adding praise negative reinforcement is taking something aversive a way to increase the behavior from occur so for dogs wearing a head collar and they pull and the dog stops pulling that’s negative reinforcement Bane says there are no quick fixes dog owners need to be trained as well so they learn the proper techniques to change their dog’s behavior in a positive way Paul Pfotenhauer reporting from UC Davis come on Meishan please log on to broadcast UC Davis Edie
