Sentences with phrase «lack of socialization in»

In the past few years several reports have come out suggesting that the stressful early rearing conditions and lack of socialization in the puppies usually sold by pet stores can lead to a variety of behavior problems (click here for more about that).

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Nor do homeschoolers miss out on the so - called socialization opportunities, something considered a vital part of a traditional school environment and lacking in those who don't attend regular schools.

(Russell et al. 2011: 6) Meg Russell and her collaborators believe that this increase has «caused problems for the effective operation of the chamber,» including its rising cost; a lack of time for interested members to participate in its deliberations; and a lack of socialization of new members, leading to increased fractiousness and partisanship.

Almost all of these cases have 1 major thing in common and that is lack of socialization when the dog was young.

Antisocial behavior often comes from a lack of socialization as puppies or abuse at some point in their life.

I completely agree that neglect will cause aggression in some cases but it is the lack of human contact and socialization that causes this not the method of confinement.

The socialization (or lack thereof) in these early weeks is going to determine the type of temperament your adult dog will one day have.

Experience and epidemiologic data support the relative safety and lack of transmission of disease in these puppy socialization classes over the past 10 years in many parts of the United States.

They are the products of the very commercial operations and irresponsible uneducated minority that the Shelter Industry rails against, lacking any health clearances or temperamentally positive selection of parents or puppy socialization, and often with negative behavioral & health baggage which is why they landed in the shelter in the first place.

Other common factors in causing reactivity are fear, lack of socialization, and unintentional reinforcing of the behavior by the handler.

These commercial breeding operations are inherently exploitive not only of the animals trapped in inhumane breeding conditions, but also of the public that purchase over-priced pets, many of whom have diseases, genetic defects and behavior problems due to poor breeding practices, inadequate nutrition and lack of socialization and veterinary care.

However, fear can also come from a bad experience in the puppy's past, or from the lack of socialization, so you should take things slowly and don't push your dog's limits too far.

Lack of socialization can result in behaviors that are the major reasons for dogs ending up in shelters.

Crowded, squalid conditions, abuse, no veterinary care or socialization, poor food, no clean water, lack of adequate exercise space and more, this is the plight of dogs and cats in «Puppy Mills or «Kitten Mills» (Yes, there are kitten mills too!)

Many problem behaviors we see in mature dogs develop from a lack of socialization and preventative work done early on.

This can be enough for a dog to react aggressively from fear or lack of socialization or a «natural predatory» reaction that could result in injury to a child.

When one weighs the risk of behavioral problems caused from lack of socialization, and disease from the soil at the local doggy park, I'd rather take my risk in the form of a «clean, indoor» puppy class.

Bad socialization or lack of training when a dog is a puppy may result in an adult with undesirable behaviours.

Because behavior issues arise due to lack of primary socialization and training when puppies are in their first three months.

Lack of boundaries, socialization is not breed specific.Not understanding dog body language is critical in knowing when and how to «distract» the focus the dog is showing toward many possible behaviors!no understanding of what really is aggression, which comes in many «forms», territorial, fear, possession.

Most of the typical types of behavioral problems seen in adult dogs like excessive barking, fear, and aggression usually are associated with the lack of correct socialization when the dog was a puppy.

In my opinion, a puppy has a much greater chance of dying from a lack of early socialization (due to behavior problems) than from a dying of a contagious disease contracted in puppy clasIn my opinion, a puppy has a much greater chance of dying from a lack of early socialization (due to behavior problems) than from a dying of a contagious disease contracted in puppy clasin puppy class.

ACDs are most certainly no exception to this rule; their native wariness will only be exacerbated by a lack of socialization, which may result in fear - biting or outright aggression.

In this case, Tessa's problems stemmed from a lack of training, insufficient ongoing socialization, and a well - intentioned owner who didn't start out knowing how to lead her dog.

Although puppies can contract diseases by picking up even small amounts of feces or other kinds of excrement left behind by sick dogs in public places, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) asserts that eventual dog behavior problems stemming from lack of puppy socialization are of much more concern than the chance of your puppy contracting a disease from a public place.

The condition may also be the result of abusive confinement and lack of socialization, physical abuse, extended separation from owners, constant aggression from other pets in the household, and other sources of prolonged anxiety or mental trauma.

She brings many years of experience to MZar - especially in regards to birthing litters, working with nursing moms and bottle feeding babies, as well as pets with lack of socialization or behavioral issues, and her favorite, «pibbles» (pit bulls).

The 501 C 3 nonprofit organization supports local rescues and shelters, taking in dogs that have been waiting for extended periods to find a home, dogs that have been returned multiple times and dogs that are struggling in the shelter environment due to fear and lack of socialization.

Background The ASPCA recognizes that there are dogs who by virtue either of training or lack of training and socialization — especially in combination with a genetic predisposition to be wary of strangers, aggressive toward other dogs and / or predatory toward other animals — may pose serious threats if inadequately supervised and controlled by their guardians.

Adult dogs can certainly make great strides in overcoming a lack of early socialization, especially if they have a genetically sound, confident temperament.

Sutherland writes about fear in dogs, about lack of socialization, about training.

Meanwhile, BSL ignores the real problems of pet overpopulation, poor socialization, lack of training, and failure to follow leash laws for ALL dogs in the area, not just a particular breed.

This lack of socialization can cause unwanted behavior in your dog such as barking and snapping.

The veterinarian deemed the animal to be in such poor physical condition and due to the severity of his medical condition and lack of socialization; the German Shepherd had to sadly be euthanized.

Moreover, regardless of breed or breeding, a dog's temperament — vis a vis his feelings towards people and other dogs — is largely the result of socialization (or lack of socialization) during puppyhood — the most important time in a dog's life.

In one year my practice treated 773 dogs — 79 of them, that's 10 percent, had problems of fearfulness towards people or the environment due to a lack of early socialization or habituation and a further 4.5 percent were inept at relating to other dogs, again due to a lack of early socialization.

Threatening a dog, negative training methods or lack of socialization can cause a pet to react in fear.

A: Dog trainers vary in skill level and accreditation, and while many are well suited to assist in puppy socialization, manners, or teaching foundation behaviors, a lack of standardization in the field makes it difficult to discern what training methods are being employed by an individual, and whether those methods are backed by scientific research in behavior.

Trainer Butch Goodwin of Northern Flight Retrievers discusses in his article on Pre-Stressing your dog the potential dangers of not socializing your dog, «Dogs lacking sufficient socialization often show undesirable psychological traits such as aggression, fearfulness, and anti-social behavior in general.»

Commercial breeders, here and in other countries, produce millions of puppies each year, with cruel conditions for the breeder dogs and lack of adequate socialization for the puppies.

As for lack of socialization, street dogs and cats in other countries are often extremely well socialized to people and other animals and new situations.

On the other hand, a lack of socialization — or even worse, an encouragement of aggressive tendencies — may lead to a greater risk of the kind of dog bite attacks that have singlehandedly ruined the reputation of breeds that are, in reality, sweet and good - natured.

A more constructive way of thinking is that the dog, being a dog, has a utterly different way of experiencing the world than you and is behaving in unacceptable ways due to genetics, early socialization (or the lack thereof), prior training (ditto), or traumatic events, otherwise known as single event learning.

In other cases, the dog has developed fears because of a lack of socialization, especially during the first 16 weeks of life.

Lack of socialization can cause a dog to feel intimidated and fearful around strangers and in unfamiliar places, provoking aggressive behavior.

If this aggression is due to a lack of experiences in adolescence or early adulthood, one way to prevent it would be to continue socialization well into adulthood.

She tends to be wary meeting other dogs, probably due to her lack of socialization earlier in her life.

In the case of aggressive acts by dogs, factors may include, but are not limited to: genetic predisposition; irresponsible handling; lack of animal management; general care; improper socialization and training; poor housing conditions; physical ailment, and lack of education and supervision.

The lack of socialization within the community became even more apparent when the designers visited Autistry Studios, a workshop in Marin County, California for adults with autism.

Lack of attention to the mental wellbeing of children and adolescents, in a key phase of socialization, may lead to mental health consequences that may remain throughout life and reduces the capacity of societies» socioeconomic productivity (4, 10).