BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS
Are you faced with a DOG DILEMMA?
BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS
Are you faced with a Dog Dilemma?
- Aggression: Growling, Barking, Lunging, Biting!
- Body Handling: “don’t touch me with that brush!”
- Separation distress
- Pulling on leash
- Fear
- Jumping
- House soiling
- Digging
- Nuisance barking
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- To learn more, please text or call at 509-594-6337 and will get back to you as soon as possible.
- FREE 15 minute phone consultation with Susan when you fill out this behavior questionnaire. She will read it and call you to discuss the issue and create a plan with you. Behavior Questionnaire
- Contact Susan now to discuss your situation and to set an appointment
- Cell: (509) 594-6337
- Email: gooddog@dogdilemma.com
- Provide a history of your dog and the problem behavior by completing the questionnaire.
- Sessions can be conducted at your home, at the Dog Dilemma training facility, or via phone with internet video access, or a combination of these locations.
Susan will use a behavior analytic approach to assess your situation and develop, with your participation, a plan to modify the problem behavior. The assessment process will provide information to guide the construction of a behavior modification plan to:
- maintain safety for all concerned
- address management steps that can be quickly implemented
- determine new behaviors your dog may need to learn
- provide coaching for you on how to teach your dog the new behaviors
- address other elements as needed for your individual situation
Each human-dog partnership is unique and your goals will not be the same as the next person’s. An individual behavior modification plan, to address your goals and your dog, has the best chance of success.
Methods used by Susan Signor follow the Least Intrusive, Minimally Aversive (LIMA) approach to behavior modification and training. Read about the LIMA approach here.
“The standard of care for veterinarians specializing in behavior is that punishment is not used as a first-line or early-use treatment for behavior problems.” American Veterinary Society for Animal Behavior – Punishment Position Statement” –AVSAB position statement on the use of punishment