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neurotypical behaviour: dogs and cats and handling Flashcards

1
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behaviour can be ____ or _____

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passive or active

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behaviour is

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everything an animal does including movement, activities and underlying mental processes

or

how is an animal acts in response to a particular situation or stimulus

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neurotypical behaviour

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conforms to common behaviour for a species

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behaviour is _____- specific and ______- specific

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species and situationally

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non-neurotypical or neuroatypical behaviour can indicate many things, including

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welfare issues

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what influences behaviour

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genetics (intrinsic) and learning experiences (extrinsic)

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dangers of anthropomorphizing

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animals don’t experience emotions the way we do, better to talk about what you see rather than assuming

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neurotypical behaviour of dogs

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  • not hierarchal pack animals
  • social
  • live singly, in pairs or have fluid family groups
  • can be territorial
  • breed specific traits exist (ex some friendlier to people than others)
  • non verbal communicators
  • highly affiliative (do best in groups w dogs or people, develop strong bonds)
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true or false; dogs and indoor cats do not need enrichment activities to meet their needs

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false they do

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neutral, relaxed dogs are (temperament, head, ears, mouth, tail, body)

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  • friendly and often initiate contact
  • head erect, ears up or neutral
  • mouth slightly open
  • may pant lightly, tongue may hang out
  • tail relaxed, may wag
  • weight even , balanced
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fearful dogs:
(ears, eyes, mouth, lips, body, tail, others)

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  • ears pinched back or pinned down
  • intermittent eye contact or avoidance or staring, eyes half close or whale eye
  • mouth nearly closes, tongue tip may dart out
  • possible lip curling
  • body curved, back rounded, low position, makes self smaller
  • tail tucked
  • may urinate, cower, hide, or become aggressive and bite
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appeasing, submissive dogs (ears, eyes, head, mouth, paws, body position, others)

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  • ears down and back
  • avoids eye contact, lots of blinking
  • turns head away, avoidance
  • licks lips, licks nose, yawns
  • may raise one paw
  • may roll over and expose belly
  • may urinate, show lipstick, cower, crouch, hesitant, tail position varies

*example pic shows a bunch of dogs “smiling” showing teeth

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alert dogs (eyes, tail, mouth, ears)

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  • eyes enlarged, hard and staring
  • tail up, may have stiff wag
  • muzzle tense, may lift lips and show teeth
  • ears up, forward
  • overall tense
  • this is not aggression
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confident aggressive dogs
(ears, eyes, lips, hackles, tail, weight, others)

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  • eyes erect, tilted forward
  • eyes staring, pupils dilated
  • lips curled, teeth bared, growls, snarls, barks
  • hackles up
  • tail stiff, raised
  • weight forward
  • extremely tense
  • lunging or charging, will bite
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defensive, fearful aggressive dogs (demeanour, tail, mouth, weight, other)

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  • same as fearful but intensified
  • tail low and tucked
  • muzzle tense, wrinkled, snarling
  • teeth exposed, all weapons visible
  • posture crouched, weight on hindquarters
  • will bite but would likely prefer to run
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neurotypical behaviour of cats

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  • can be social IF resources are abundant
  • territorial, males have more territory than females
  • queens w kittens defensive of territory
  • cats can have territories inside homes
  • non verbal communicators
  • affiliative
17
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adult cats spend most of their time _____ and _____

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sleeping and grooming

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friendly cats (ears, eyes, posture, tail, others)

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  • ears up and attentive
  • eyes wide, will dilate initially but then return to slits
  • relaxed posture
  • tail neutral
  • will approach and touch you, might purr, probably rub against uou
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fearful cats
(ears, eyes, tail, fur, body position, others)

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  • ears plastered back against head
  • eyes wide, dilated pupils, let in all the light
  • tucks tail around body
  • piloerection (hair up)
  • tense, low or may do halloween cat
  • attempt to hide, may hiss or yowl
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aggressive cats (ears, eyes, mouth, body, tail, etc)

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  • as for fearful but intensifies rapidly
  • ears wide
  • dilated pupils
  • mouth often, hissing, often loud vocalization
  • body crouched to attack
  • tail tucked, tip of tail flicking
  • piloerection, busy, makes self bigger
  • cats use ALL their weapons
21
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cats eyes _____ before striking

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dilate

22
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what is welfare and wellbeing

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welfare is how animal copes physically and mentally within its environment

wellbeing is ensuring both physical and emotional needs are met

23
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five freedoms and five domains

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1) from hunger and thirst -nutrition
2) from discomfort- environment
3) from pain, injury and disease - health
4) to express normal behaviour- behaviour
5) from fear and distress- mental state

24
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five domains reinforce that:

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animals have emotional needs equally as important as physical needs

25
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when handling animals you have to consider what they:

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hear, see, feel (emotionally and physically), smell and taste

26
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what to consider about what an animal hears within the clinic

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  • latches, clippers, doors, other animals, staff, strangers talking
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what to consider about what an animal feels within the clinic

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slippery surfaces, cold surfaces, illness, pain

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what to consider about what an animal sees within the clinic

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unknown animals, predators/ prey, strangers, rapid threatening movement, equipment, shiny surfaces, bright lights

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difference between odour and pheromones

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odours: animal sniff to smell or scent, taken through nasal turbinates, bony structures inside the nose covered w soft tissue mucosa, the olfactory epithelium

pheromones: chemicals produced unconsciously by animals which can effect behaviour of others, flehmen response, perceived through the vomeronasal organ

30
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before interacting with an animal, do a

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distant examination:
- posture, movement, body and coat condition, assess demeanour

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how to approach a dog

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quiet, friendly, soft, slow, avoid staring and grabbing, side on, lower posture, encourage dog to come to you

32
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how to approach a cat

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quiet, friendly, slow, less is best, stroke head to tail, encourage to come to you

33
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whats the weight of dog where you have to lift in pairs

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15 kg and up

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