Some cats are more fearful than others and some cats react aggressively to what they perceive
as fearful situations.
Not exact matches
Behaviorally, they are not only less aggressive and more playful
as adults, but also friendly in
situations whereas wild foxes were
fearful and violent.
The ASPCA Behavioral Rehabilitation Center is dedicated to rehabilitating
fearful, undersocialized dogs, such
as those confiscated from puppy mills and hoarding
situations.
These dogs typically haven't had the opportunity of socialization in other areas of their life
as well and are
fearful of many new
situations not just the nail trimming.
If your dog responds to a
situation with a
fearful response (such
as tail tucked, hunching over, not wanting to move) then stop the event.
Every veterinary clinic sees its share of
fearful, aggressive patients — these
situations are hard for the dogs and their owners,
as well
as the staff.
It is imperative prior to the first
fearful stage at 14 weeks to expose the puppy to
as many new people, places, sounds and
situations.
Socialization is the process of exposing the puppy to
as many different people, places, and
situations as possible to prevent him from forming
fearful reactions to new people and events.
Exposing the puppy to frightening
situations such
as being shipped on a plane across the country or undergoing elective surgery such
as ear cropping may cause
fearful responses.
Even in the most dire of
situations, like at the ASPCA Behavioral Rehabilitation Center,
fearful and under - socialized dogs learn to come out of their shells and enjoy life
as a result of classical and operant conditioning procedures, which I covered here.
TC behaviour may also function
as a coping strategy for fear [16], although
fearful situations were rarely described
as TC triggers in our study.
Children may interpret adults» anxiety or worry
as indicating to them that their
situation is unsafe and that they should be
fearful too (eg «the world is a dangerous place and I am not capable to handle it on my own»).
Children may interpret adults» anxiety or worry
as indicating to them that their
situation is unsafe and that they should be
fearful too (e.g., «the world is a dangerous place and I am not capable to handle it on my own»).
In more mature persons, however, memories of
fearful events are put in perspective, and people generally do not feel the same fear they felt
as a child when confronting a similar
situation as an adult.
For example, Chinese and Korean toddlers exhibited higher
fearful, vigilant and anxious reactions than Australian, Canadian and Italian toddlers in novel stressful
situations.7, 8 Chinese children also displayed more committed and internalized control or self - regulation on compliance and delay tasks than North American children in the early years.9, 10,11 Similarly, Cameroonian Nso toddlers displayed more regulated behaviors than Costa Rican toddlers who in turn were more regulated than Greek toddlers,
as indicated by their compliance with maternal requests and prohibitions.12