Lyn Fleet
Animal Behaviourist and
Dog Trainer

 

 

  

Behaviour problems with your pet? 
Don't worry help is at hand...

Milo What constitutes a behaviour problem? It's not always easy to answer because what some owners find acceptable for their dogs and cats, others do not.

Owners do not deliberately set out to create behaviour problems with their pets. However, sometimes, despite our best efforts, things can go wrong. In addition, people assume that their pet will ‘grow out of it’ but in reality this does not happen. The sooner a problem is addressed the easier and quicker it is to resolve.

There are numerous types of problem behaviours especially with dogs and cats but the most common I treat are:

Dogs 
  • Aggression (towards their owners, other dogs or strangers)
  • Over-boisterousness
  • General misbehaviour
  • Excessive barking
  • Destructiveness
  • Loss of house training
  • Nervousness
  • Phobias (fireworks, thunder, traffic)

Cats

  • Spraying in the house
  • Nervousness
  • Aggression to people
  • Aggression to other cats in the home
  • House soiling

 

Ollie and Millie

When a pet’s behaviour is causing problems or just not meeting the owner’s expectations, there are three choices available.

 

 

  1. Improve / Modify the pet's behaviour. 
  2. Do nothing and continue to live with the problem. 
  3. Part with the pet. 

My methods

AsboThe methods I use are based on animal psychology and DO NOT involve hurting or frightening your pet. This is why vets and rescue centres are confident in referring their clients to me with their pet behaviour problems.

Unpleasant methods (shouting, hitting, throwing choke chains or water bombs at the animal etc) are not necessary in this day and age. Such behaviour inflicted by humans is nothing more than physical and mental abuse! This ‘old fashioned’ approach invariably creates more problems than it solves and so is counter-productive. In addition, it usually renders a resolvable problem far more difficult, especially in cases of aggression.

 
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