Teaching Your Horse Not to Bite
In the horse world, there are different motivations for biting... |
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Teaching Your Horse Not to Bite
In the horse world, there are different motivations for biting. Aggressive bites tell another horse to back off. Read More... |
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Bites, nips, aggressive, mad, angry, play, play bites, nibbles, resource guarding, excited, afraid, fearful, head shy, hand shy, skittish |
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Bridling Your Horse: The English Bridle
Bridling is a fundamental part of tacking your horse in preparation fo... |
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Bridling Your Horse: The English Bridle
Bridling is a fundamental part of tacking your horse in preparation for almost any activity with her. Most horses accept this basic handling procedure without complaint, but some horses object. Read More... |
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Bridling, bridles, English bridle, head shy, bit, tack, tacking, straps, fitting bridle, removing bridle, putting on bridle, headstall, crownpiece, brow band, cheek strap, halter, throatlatch |
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Bridling Your Horse: The Western Bridle
Bridling is a fundamental part of tacking your horse in preparation fo... |
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Bridling Your Horse: The Western Bridle
Bridling is a fundamental part of tacking your horse in preparation for almost any activity with him. Most horses accept this basic handling activity without complaint, but some horses object to it. Read More... |
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Bridling, bridles, Western bridle, head shy, bit, tack, tacking, straps, fitting bridle, removing bridle, putting on bridle, headstall, crownpiece, brow band, cheek strap, halter, throatlatch |
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Horses Who Are Head Shy
Most interactions between a horse and her guardian begin with handling... |
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Horses Who Are Head Shy
Most interactions between a horse and her guardian begin with handling the horse’s head. Read More... |
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Head shy, headshy, head-shy, shy, skittsh, fearful, afraid, scared, doesn't trust, handling, flinches, tosses head, avoids, rears, strikes, runs away, desensitization and counterconditioning, DSCC, halter, haltering, grooming, Nervous, Goes crazy, goes nuts, freaks out |
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Spooking Under Saddle
Spooking is a term that describes a horse’s flight reaction to an unex... |
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Spooking Under Saddle
Spooking is a term that describes a horse’s flight reaction to an unexpected sight, sound, smell or touch. This behavior is also referred to as shying. Read More... |
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Flight, flight reaction, spooks, shies, skittish, shying, balks, lunges, panics, desensitization and counterconditioning, DSCC, sacking out, Goes crazy, goes nuts, freaks out |
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Introducing Your Dog to a Head Halter
If your dog pulls on leash, a head halter, like the Gentle Leader®, ca... |
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Introducing Your Dog to a Head Halter
If your dog pulls on leash, a head halter, like the Gentle Leader®, can make outings a walk in the park! Head halters for dogs work a lot like halters for horses. A head halter fits around your dog’s snout, enabling you to control her head. Read More... |
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Head halter, gentle leader, halti, walking equipment, pulls on leash, lead, tugs on leash |
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Riding Equipment: The Western Bridle
Western-style riding evolved out of necessity among the early American... |
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Riding Equipment: The Western Bridle
Western-style riding evolved out of necessity among the early American colonists and settlers. Both the style and the tack were influenced heavily by the Spanish vaqueros (cowboys). Read More... |
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Western, bridles, headpiece, head, pony, bridle, headstall, halter |
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Dogs Who Are Hand Shy
Many dogs love to be petted and actively seek attention from everyone ... |
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Hand shy, handshy, shies away from hands... |
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Dogs Who Are Hand Shy
Many dogs love to be petted and actively seek attention from everyone they see. When you reach to pet them, they lean into your touch, move their bodies to permit better access to their favorite spots and paw at you to solicit more contact. Read More... |
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Hand shy, handshy, shies away from hands, ducks away, won’t let people pet, doesn’t like hands, doesn’t like reaching, afraid of hands, abused, cowers, growls, hides, bites, snaps, nips, aggressive, Nervous |
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Preparing Your Cat for a New Baby
All cats will benefit from some preparation before a new baby’s arriva... |
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Preparing Your Cat for a New Baby
All cats will benefit from some preparation before a new baby’s arrival, but those who are nervous, skittish or needy require extra consideration. Cats are creatures of habit and tend to prefer consistency. Read More... |
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Neophobia (Fear of New Things)
Neophobia is fear or avoidance of new things... |
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Neophobia (Fear of New Things)
Neophobia is fear or avoidance of new things. Neophobic dogs show fearful behavior in new environments or around unfamiliar objects or animals they’ve never seen. Read More... |
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Afraid of new things, new people, new objects, new places, unfamiliar, nervous, scared, shy, skittish, anxious, shakes, pants, quivers, trembles, runs away, avoids, hides, fearful, Goes crazy, goes nuts, freaks out |
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Fear of Visitors
Cats can develop a fear of people they don’t know for many reasons... |
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Fear of Visitors
Cats can develop a fear of people they don’t know for many reasons. Companion felines have unique personalities, and some are just more outgoing than others. Read More... |
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Afraid, scared, nervous, terrified, anxious, skittish, shy, mean, strangers, people, visitors, unfriendly, hides, runs away, hates people, spooked, Doesn’t like, Goes crazy, goes nuts, freaks out |
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Horses Who Are Sensitive to Handling
Horses are fabulous, fun companions... |
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Horses Who Are Sensitive to Handling
Horses are fabulous, fun companions. Read More... |
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Sensitive, reactive, afraid, fearful, frightened, scared, skittish, shies, runs away, avoids, spooks, startles, fidgets, touching, handling, afraid of equipment, grooming, desensitization and counterconditioning, DSCC, target training, Nervous |
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Fear of the Veterinary Clinic
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Fear of the Veterinary Clinic
Thank you for using the ASPCA's Virtual Pet Behaviorist. We do not currently have a solution completed for this behavior question. Please fill out the form below to request help from our behaviorists.. Read More... |
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Fear of vet, scared of vet, afraid of vet, panic, shy, anxious, startle, runs away, terrified, nervous, Goes crazy, goes nuts, freaks out |
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Adopting a Puppy Mill Dog
If you’ve adopted a dog who came from a puppy mill, congratulations! Y... |
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Adopting a Puppy Mill Dog
If you’ve adopted a dog who came from a puppy mill, congratulations! You’ve given her a new lease on life. Read More... |
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Puppy mill, adopt, commercial breeder, undersocialized, under-socialized, unsocialized, shy, timid, nervous, anxious, terrified, scared, fearful, afraid, hides, afraid of leash, afraid of going outside |
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Walking Equipment for Your Dog
Although it’s much more pleasant to walk dogs who don’t pull on their ... |
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Walking Equipment for Your Dog
Although it’s much more pleasant to walk dogs who don’t pull on their leash, it’s not an easy task to teach them. Dogs naturally forge ahead on walks because they move faster than us and are excited to explore the world. Read More... |
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Collar, harness, no-pull harness, head collar, head halter, Gentle Leader, Halti, Easy Walk, pulls, yanks, drags me, pulls on leash, control, walks, walk politely, leash training, teach dog not to pull on leash |
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Compulsive Behavior in Horses
The term stereotypy describes a sequence of behaviors that’s repeated ... |
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Compulsive Behavior in Horses
The term stereotypy describes a sequence of behaviors that’s repeated over and over with no apparent function. Stereotypies occur in all types of animals who live in the care of people. Read More... |
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Stereoypy, stereotpyies, stereotypical behavior, obsessed, compulsive, OCD, cribbing, wood chewing, weaving, head bobbing, head weaving, stallwalking, circling, self-biting, wall kicking, locomotor, oral, self-mutilation, stress, repetitive, vice, grazing, high energy, frustrated, photic headshaking, welfare |
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Teaching Your Shy Dog to “Say Hello”
Some dogs become uncomfortable or afraid when people stretch out their... |
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Say hi, say hello, greet... |
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Teaching Your Shy Dog to “Say Hello”
Some dogs become uncomfortable or afraid when people stretch out their hands to pet them. If your dog dislikes hands reaching toward her or seems nervous when people try to greet her, hand targeting may help. Read More... |
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Say hi, say hello, greet, meet, hand target, hand targeting, shy, timid, skittish, afraid of people, hates people, nervous, anxious, frightened, scared, fearful, new people, unfamiliar people, strangers, visitors, avoids, runs away, hides, undersocialized, under-socialized, unsocialized |
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Fear of People
Like we do, dogs sometimes react fearfully to certain people... |
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Fear of People
Like we do, dogs sometimes react fearfully to certain people. A dog is particularly likely to fear a specific person if that person looks different in some way than the people the dog already knows. Read More... |
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Afraid, frightened, scared, terrified, nervous, anxious, skittish, shy, fearful, people, new people, unfamiliar people, strangers, visitors, barks, growls, bites, lunges, attacks, snaps, avoids, runs away, hides, hates people, undersocialized, under-socialized, abused, Doesn’t like, Goes crazy, goes nuts, freaks out |
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Horses Who Are Afraid of Noises
Horses are quite sensitive to sudden or unusual noises... |
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Horses Who Are Afraid of Noises
Horses are quite sensitive to sudden or unusual noises. Because of his size, a horse’s reaction to sounds can be dangerous to his caretaker, whether the caretaker is walking the horse in hand or riding him. Read More... |
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Sensitive, reactive, sound sensitive, afraid, fearful, frightened, scared, skittish, shies, runs away, spooks, startles, spooks under saddle, desensitization and counterconditioning, DSCC, sacking out, noises, sounds, Nervous, Goes crazy, goes nuts, freaks out |
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Stallwalking and Weaving
What Is a Locomotor Stereotypy?
Some horses stand in their stalls ... |
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Stallwalking and Weaving
What Is a Locomotor Stereotypy?
Some horses stand in their stalls and swing their heads rhythmically back and forth for long periods of time, seemingly oblivious to the goings-on in the stable. Read More... |
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Swings head, paces, stallwalking, weaving, circles, moves continuously, shifts body back and forth, stereotypy, stereotypies, stereotypical behavior, obsessed, compulsive, OCD, locomotor stereotypies, stress, repetitive, vice, high energy, frustrated, agitated, photic headshaking, welfare |
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