Changing BEHAVIOR requires MOTIVATION. The MOTIVATION can come from FEAR or through LOVE. The choice is YOURS! Motivating with LOVE teaches the dog what TO DO instead of correcting what we don't like.
Pamela Johnson, Pam's Dog Academy
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Saturday, June 2, 2012
Dog's, Stress, and LEARNING...
Your interactions with your dog literally shape their brains!
When one relays on fear based discipline, they trigger physical stress responses in a dog that will HENDER the dogs ability to LEARN. When a dog experiences stress, stress hormones are released. One chemical released is cortisol. High levels of cortisol can damage brain cells in the hippocampus, which plays a major role in MEMORY and LEARNING. If you keep the dogs stress levels low, you can IMPROVE the dogs agility to LEARN.
Pamela Johnson
When one relays on fear based discipline, they trigger physical stress responses in a dog that will HENDER the dogs ability to LEARN. When a dog experiences stress, stress hormones are released. One chemical released is cortisol. High levels of cortisol can damage brain cells in the hippocampus, which plays a major role in MEMORY and LEARNING. If you keep the dogs stress levels low, you can IMPROVE the dogs agility to LEARN.
Pamela Johnson
Why do cat's hiss?
I have read that when cat's hiss they are mimicking snakes. Cat's imitate snakes because most other animals including dogs are afraid of snakes. So, when cats hiss they are attempting to scare away another cat, dog, or other enemy. A cat will actually attempt to take on a snake like appearance. The cat will flatten out his ears, widen his jaw, and wave his tail back and fourth before he hisses to scare away the enemy. Sometimes the cat will spit when they hiss, which is similar to that of a snake when they are excreting their venom to paralyze their victim. This is a cats way to communicate... What ever you do, do not mimic the cat and hiss back. Hissing at your cat might scare him (remember he uses this to scare others) and if you scare him, he might become afraid of you and you will not have a good relationship or the relationship you would want with your cat. So, take the warning and give him space, if he hisses at you.
Just a little fun bit of trivia...
Pamela Johnson
I have read that when cat's hiss they are mimicking snakes. Cat's imitate snakes because most other animals including dogs are afraid of snakes. So, when cats hiss they are attempting to scare away another cat, dog, or other enemy. A cat will actually attempt to take on a snake like appearance. The cat will flatten out his ears, widen his jaw, and wave his tail back and fourth before he hisses to scare away the enemy. Sometimes the cat will spit when they hiss, which is similar to that of a snake when they are excreting their venom to paralyze their victim. This is a cats way to communicate... What ever you do, do not mimic the cat and hiss back. Hissing at your cat might scare him (remember he uses this to scare others) and if you scare him, he might become afraid of you and you will not have a good relationship or the relationship you would want with your cat. So, take the warning and give him space, if he hisses at you.
Just a little fun bit of trivia...
Pamela Johnson
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