Sentences with phrase «more fearful behavior»

Not exact matches

Anxiety typically sounds fearful in adults, but looks more like avoidance, annoyance or off the wall behavior in children.

Once they had achieved this precise control over the cellular interactions in the brain, they turned to exploring behavior: Mice that are less fearful are more likely to venture farther than others.

A system that will inspire more creative teaching instead of more fearful compliant behavior.

Or they could attempt to hide in an unsafe area or worse still may be so fearful they resort to even more dangerous behavior.

But if you wait too long, those links can no longer be created and it becomes more difficult for your puppy to create positive associations to new experiences and may cause fearful behavior in adulthood.

If your dog is fearful or showing aggression, you may need to pursue more directed help from a board - certified veterinary behaviorist (DACVB), a veterinarian with training in behavior or a Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist (CAAB).

* Dog (s) bullying another dog — Although this will happen occasionally, if it happens often in a particular park, it is an indication that aggressive and / or fearful behaviors are more likely to develop in some dogs because of exposure to the dog park.

She excels at dealing with the dogs who have behavioral issues, especially fearful or anxious dogs that require more attention and care, said Pet Behavior Manager, Vincent Buscemi.

Your pup will interpret your behavior as saying there is something to be afraid of and will become more fearful.

They also didn't report whether age correlated with behavior problems, but I wonder if aggression toward humans is more prevalent in younger cats and kittens, with more of a playful / predatory bent, than the more fearful, defensive types of aggression problems seen in some cats.

So long as no aggressive or overly fearful tendencies are present in the dog's behavior, we are happy to work with these dogs to see how they may become more confident and trusting.

This is even more prominent for fearful dogs, anxious dogs, or dog that already have some behavior problems.

In fact, they can increase unwanted behaviors such as aggression or leash reactivity and may make your dog more fearful.

Plus, walking a fearful dog in public will only deepen a dog's fearful behavior, so she will react aggressively more often.

To accept the fact that we had a very anxious and fearful dog, and to modify what we asked of him to incorporate what he could comfortably do, rather than always force him into situations that simply made him more anxious and fearful, thus increasing his undesirable behaviors.

Use more objective, precise language when you describe behavior («crouched, tail tucked, looked away» vs «fearful»).

For more detailed information on handling fearful and / or aggressive behavior in dogs, please read HELP!

More often, shy and fearful dogs suffer from the lack of early socialization, and owners have a hard time changing these behaviors without professional help.

This rewards him for his fearful behavior, so he is more likely to repeat it.

More than likely, the fearful behavior is due to a lack of socialization.

Fearful dogs are more likely to have behavior problems, so you'll only be escalating the issue.

Dogs who bark due to separation anxiety or other fear issues can become more fearful and may channel their anxiety into destructive behaviors instead of barking with use of these collars.

Given what you describe about your ex's behavior, it is possible that she terminated the relationship because of having an avoidant attachment style, meaning that she is fearful about entering and becoming too close to others.1 People with avoidant attachment styles are more likely than people with other styles to end relationships when they start getting too intimate2 and to use indirect strategies to do so, such as avoiding direct communication about the real problems that are leading to the break - up.3 In other words, she may have been holding back negative feelings.

No program - related increases in problematic behaviors were reported by teachers or parents, nor were the children in the BST group perceived by their parents as more fearful subsequent to participation.

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