Many dog owners don't realize that many of the things they see as behavior problems are actually
normal behaviors which can be given permissible outlets.
Our goal is to identify problem behaviors and differentiate
normal behaviors which are inappropriate for the situation versus abnormal behavior.
Scratching is
a normal behavior which is why owners train their cats to scratch acceptable surfaces such as a scratching post.
Not exact matches
This is particularly true in those groups in
which the heavy use of alcohol is not regarded as
normal behavior.
Yo moron, sexuality wasn't studied till the 19th century
which is why the experts determined just recently that heterosexual
behavior and homosexual
behavior are
normal aspects of human sexuality.
Your daughter will start to undergo the transition from childhood to being an adolescent; you will start to see a rapid change in her
behavior which is completely
normal.
Depending on the family or community in
which you were raised, you may feel the questionable
behaviors are actually
normal.
Biting is a
normal behavior or phase for most younger children,
which is the most important thing most parents need to know.
Certain symptoms contradictory to his
normal behavior, such as inconsolable crying, breathing difficulties, and loss of appetite and so on, might appear to be indicating factors
which serves as a forewarning to further symptomatic exacerbation.
At the next meal I did indeed slap his little hand,
which he thought was a new game but it left me feeling awful; it just didn't seem right to hit him for
normal baby
behavior.
At every stage, learning
which behaviors are
normal (or unavoidable) keeps your expectations realistic.
However, too few feedings on days 1 — 3 and common birth practices, such as induction and cesarean sections,
which can interfere with
normal lactation and infant feeding
behaviors, are still the leading preventable reasons for inappropriate supplementation.
But it also left lingering ethical questions about the mayor's
behavior and even confirmed the existence of a culture at City Hall in
which the mayor considered it
normal to make the case for donors in front of city agencies that report to him and acceptable to seek «an end run around» campaign finance limits.
A tool that monitors networks has access to massive amounts of data of
which «
normal»
behavior can be observed.
The discovery of this neuronal tally chart may help scientists to understand the neural mechanisms underlying
normal social
behavior in primates and humans, and might even provide insight into disorders such as autism, in
which social processing is disrupted.
Addiction occurs when drugs or other pleasurable stimuli hijack the brain's
normal reward system,
which has evolved to reinforce beneficial
behaviors, such as eating food and having sex.
When the scientists mixed nanocubes coated with DNA tethers on all six sides with nanospheres of approximately the same size,
which had been coated with complementary tethers, these two differently shaped particles did not segregate as would have been expected based on their
normal packing
behavior.
Gore and her colleagues believe these effects are epigenetic; that is, rather than inducing genetic mutations,
which would change the sequence of the rats» DNA, the fungicide is permanently silencing or reprogramming
normal genes that control development and
behavior.
The new research finds that the stiffness of the extracellular matrix and the availability of certain ligands (molecules that bind to cell membranes) can together determine
which genes are actually called on — and whether
normal epithelial cells begin to exhibit the
behaviors characteristic of highly malignant cancer cells.
But if variation in any given trait is
normal, that does raise questions about what makes for disordered
behavior,
which he stresses is very much a real phenomenon.
They examined
behaviors of the following types of mice:
normal mice, AS model mice, mice that had reduced levels of the Na / K - ATPase, and AS model mice in
which expression of the subunit of Na / K - ATPase was reduced.
Particularly the findings that already small fluctuations in Earth's magnetic field elicit a behavioral response and the fact that «
normal» magnetic conditions under
which dogs express their orientation
behavior occur only in about 30 % of all cases call for caution.
Frey and Halatek compare this type of
behavior to the effect of a cardiac pacemaker,
which counteracts arrhythmias by applying electrical impulses to restore the
normal pattern of impulse conduction.
Within 35 days, Steve Newport's rapid neurological decline was arrested and 18 months later he had recovered enough brain function and
normal behavior to test as only a mild case of Alzheimer's — the same tests
which before starting the VCO feeding program had indicated that he was borderline severe dementia.
I would expect this kind of
behavior and quality from
normal brands such as H&M,
which make $ 50 winter coats, but from a brand like this, I did not expect it.
This daring step is far removed from
normal sexual
behavior,
which we are used to in free adult personals match online.
Seen today, «Rebel Without a Cause» plays like a Todd Solondz movie, in
which characters with bizarre problems perform a charade of
normal behavior.
Twitter Curator of eBook / ePublishing / eLibrary news Interview starts at 14:25 Many of the things that the authors and the publishers complain about are
normal, everyday
behavior in the chemical industry, in the auto industry, in the telecom industry, and the construction industry,
which are industries
which I've worked on — this is the way business works.
Promoters of this kind of legislation cite the risks to women and particularly to children in the case of public school bathrooms, but support groups insist that transgender individuals merely wish to follow the
normal behavior of the gender group with
which they identify.
Now she's hiding under the loveseat
which is not
normal behavior.
Pay attention to any variation from your dog's
normal behavior, including continued heavy panting or panting in situations
which do not seem to warrant the need to cool off.
I could understand the bite would be
normal behavior between two dogs,
which probably wouldn't cause any injury, but I'd hoped and believed my dog would be smart enough to understand that my son was a boy and not a sibling dog.
Most likely, the puppy is just engaging in completely
normal canine
behaviors which are often perceived by dog owners as problematic.
Still, the high frequency with
which the syndrome is seen in older dogs does not make the
behavior normal.
Why This Doesn't Work - First off, if you didn't punish your dog while they were in the process of using the bathroom, they will not know why you are doing this and will begin to think it's
normal behavior for you to do this
which will make them begin to fear your presence.
Holding in the urine often is not a
normal cat
behavior and by doing this the urine starts getting more concentrated
which leads to the formation of crystals or stones or even mucous plugs in their urethra.
With increasing age there are many physical changes that take place, all of
which potentially impact on a cat's
normal patterns of
behavior, including2:
Researchers found that dogs had a «period of socialization» that lasted between three and 12 weeks,
which helped determine
which behaviors were
normal or not.
Scratching is a
normal feline
behavior which is the way cats mark territory with a scent and for conditioning the claw (removing the covering sheath or husk).
Much to the dismay of humans, stool eating is a
normal behavior in
which many dogs engage.
Other Airedales have protective instincts toward strangers,
which means they need extensive exposure to friendly people so they learn to recognize the
normal behaviors of «good guys.»
In addition to being able to diagnose and treat medical issues that can contribute to behavioral changes, Veterinary Behaviorists have extensive knowledge and expertise in advanced learning theory,
behavior modification techniques,
normal and abnormal
behavior, psychopharmacology (and appropriate use of such medications) and knowledge neuromolecular processes
which influence learning and
behavior.
It became clear very quickly that I needed his expertise in
behavior as I learned that Ike's chemistry is very «reactive»
which doesn't allow him to naturally concentrate on training and also results in a lot of over reacting to
normal everyday situations.
Let them sniff each other briefly,
which is
normal canine greeting
behavior.
In moderation, all of the above types of barking is perfectly
normal behavior - however in some cases, excessive barking can become a pathologic problem for your dog, a type of obsessive - compulsive
behavior which can lead to a disruptive home, community and even endanger the dogs life if ignored.
Henrot further invokes the presence of animals in her anthropomorphic drawings,
which prompt the viewer to examine seemingly
normal human
behaviors and sexuality as they are re-appropriated in animalistic contexts.
Examples of «extraordinary»
behaviors are, for instance, the demographic growth on the two last centuries,
which exceeds by far the «
normal» statistics on this timescale.
A «polluter pays» tax (the costs of
which should, via
normal market mechanisms, tend to be distributed among the benificiaries of the polluting activity, including internationally, other things being equal) doesn't just provide revenue to deal with damages (or avoid them) but also produces a price signal
which reshapes
behaviors (once decided, even before going into effect) in suppliers, consumers, and investors — the supply and demand curves shift making alternatives more abundant, etc..
Point 2: Effects of punishment have shown to have only temporary changes in
behavior which return to
normal once the punishment contingency is terminated.
According to Garbarino et al., psychological maltreatment can be viewed as a pattern of adult
behavior which is psychologically destructive to the child, sabotaging the child's
normal development of self and social competence (15).