Behavior

Question 1

What is the goal of therapeutic handling?

Answer 1

Learning about the dog’s behavior in order for cooperation for therapy

Question 2

What should behavior modification plans be focused on ?

Answer 2

Reinforcing desired behaviors, ingnoring inappropriate behaviors, and creating behavior plans geared towards each dog’s behavior

Question 3

What is positive force-free interaction?

Answer 3

Creating interactions that create positive experiences for the dogs. These actions should be consensual

Question 4

What is positive reinforcement?

Answer 4

adding something pleasant to increase a behavior frequency

Question 5

What is negative reinforcement?

Answer 5

Removing something to increase a desired behavior

Question 6

What is positive punishment?

Answer 6

Adding something to decrease an activity

Question 7

What is negative punishment?

Answer 7

Removing something to decrease the frequency of an activity

Question 8

What are reflexive signals?

Answer 8

Outward reflexions of a dog’s inward state

Question 9

What are signs of

a reflexive signals?

Answer 9

• Face: closed mouth, blinking, watching
• Ears: pulled back
• Body: forward and backward facing
• Braced front legs, stretched hind legs

Question 10

What are signs of shyness in a dog?

Answer 10

• Face: looking away, tense eyes, tongue licks
• Ears: pulled back
• Body: turned away from trigger with lowered tail

Question 11

What are signs of stress in dog?

Answer 11

Face: tense eyes, dilated pupils, pulled lips, panting, yawning, drooling
Ears: pulled back
- Body shedding, round topline, head down and sniffing
- Tucked tail

Question 12

What are signs of fear in dog?

Answer 12

• Face: lips drawn back, whale eyes, looking away, low head
• Ears: pulled to side
• Body: Rounded topline
• Tail tucked

Question 13

What are signs of avoidance anxiety?

Answer 13

Same as other clinical signs

Question 14

What are examples of calming signals in dogs?

Answer 14

• Face: subordinate licking, sniffing, yawning, tongue licks, soft mouth
• Body: relaxed, turned away, lying down,

Question 15

What are signs of defensive aggression?

Answer 15

• Face: eyes, ears, nose all toward trigger, dilated pupils, tight closed mouth, showing teeth
• Legs braced

Question 16

What are signs of offensive aggression?

Answer 16

Face: eyes, ears, nose all toward trigger, dilated pupils,, C-shaped mouth
- Tail high, legs braced towards target

Question 17

What is the functional threshold?

Answer 17

• The line between rational thinking and survival thinking

Question 18

What cause dogs to go over their functional threshold?

Answer 18

Stress and fear

Question 19

What is flooding and is it effective?

Answer 19

Flooding is overloading of an undesirable behavior. It is not effective

Question 20

A dog yawns. What reciprocal signal should you send?

Answer 20

Yawn

Question 21

A dog shows whale eyes. What reciprocal signal should you send?

Answer 21

Look away and yawn

Question 22

A dog places a paw on you. What reciprocal signal should you send?

Answer 22

Look away and yawn

Question 23

A dog sniffs, licks, or tongue flicks. What reciprocal signal should you send?

Answer 23

Take a break

Question 24

A dog looks away. What reciprocal signal should you send?

Answer 24

Look away and yawn

Question 25

What is the first agreement between knowing animals

Answer 25

- Who are you? | - Knowing who the dog is : name, breed, greeting client first, not dog, letting the dog interact with you first

Question 26

What is the second agreement between knowing animals?

Answer 26

- How are you? - Understanding the dog's emotional and physical state - Not putting dogs in difficult situations - E.G toss treats a safe distance away from you --> hand feeding keeps it too close to fear-trigger

Question 27

What is the third agreement between knowing animals?

Answer 27

- Will you do this with me? - Aim for active participation from dog - Make sure dog does not feel trapped

Question 28

What is the third agreement between knowing animals?

Answer 28

- May I do this to you? | - Use least amount of restraint possible

Question 29

How do you calm a dog for treatment/ evaluation

Answer 29

1. speak dog and understand body language | 2. Use positive reinforcement

Question 30

What should you do prior to starting a physical treatment on a dog?

Answer 30

- Ask them to assume a position and reward positive behaviors