In reality, changing behavior usually needs four parts working together to be effective: Rule out a medical cause, prevent and manage the dog from gaining his own reinforcement from the undesirable behavior, provide an acceptable alternative if the drive for the undesirable behavior is innate (ex: chewing in puppies) and train a behavior which is incompatible with the undesirable behavio
In reality, changing
behavior usually needs four parts working together to be effective: Rule out a medical cause,
prevent and manage the
dog from gaining his own reinforcement from the
undesirable behavior, provide an acceptable alternative if the drive for the
undesirable behavior is innate (ex: chewing
in puppies) and train a behavior which is incompatible with the undesirable behavio
in puppies) and train a
behavior which is incompatible with the
undesirable behavior.
Benefits include
preventing uterine infection,
preventing mammary cancer and other reproductive cancers,
preventing or improving
undesirable behaviors (such as aggression, territorial
behaviors, urine marking),
preventing prostate enlargement and difficulty urinating or defecating
in older male
dogs.