My first Magazine Behavioral_dogs_and_how_to_prevent_them

Discover the top training secrets to ensure your Dog is always well behaved!
Dogs like every other pet can develop bad behaviors over time, which if not giving attention to at the
onset, can degenerate and cause serious problems/issues for the owner and may ultimately lead to their
owners giving them out to shelters out of frustration.
According to a study conducting by National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy (NCPPSP), an
overwhelming 96% of pets abandoned at shelters have behavioral problems and absolutely lacks
manners or any form of training by their owners.
Regardless of this worrisome statistics however, all hope is not lost as there are still ways to prevent this
issues from cropping up, and the two most important ways of ensuring this are consistent training and
setting of boundaries right from the beginning or when the dog is still young.
Below are some of the common behavioral problems associated with dogs.
1. EXCESSIVE BARKING
Although barking is a natural way of life for dogs through which they express emotions like anger,
warning, excitement, boredom, hunger, seeking attention, communication with other dogs etc but it
becomes a problem when they bark or howl excessively thus constituting a sort of nuisance to the
owner and neighbours.
Solution - Excessive barking can be curtailed by first finding out what could possibly be the reason for it,
dedication with undivided attention on details. Consistency and patience while teaching the dog some
bark/quite commands and improving on their IQ could go a long way in solving the problem.
2. INDISCRIMINATE URINATION AND DEFECATION
This could cause a great deal of inconvenience and frustration to the owner and even result in damage
to properties and household equipment.
Possible causes could be health, territorial marking, anxiety, attention seeking etc.
Solution - Ensure to find out the remote or direct cause of this bad behavior, monitor your dog closely
and try to ascertain why it behaves in this way. Try to keep a log or if you can decipher a
sequence/pattern fashion out ways on how you can take it out during such times for the dog to ease
itself.
3. BITING
Dogs bite due to natural tendencies and make up, but it could also be injurious to both humans, animals
and equally damage other items like clothing and other goods.
Possible causes could be fear and defensiveness, predatory instincts, pain/anger/sickness, to assert
dominance etc.
Solution - Dog owners can discourage this through inhibition and minimizing the causative agents.
4. CHEWING
The tendency to chew also comes naturally to dogs, but this could also become a dangerous behavior