ANBI 360.3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Toilet Training, Urinary Tract Infection, Obedience Training
20 Jun 2018
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LECTURE 6
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Training!
manners?!•
obedience?!•
only 2% of dog owners mentioned training as a responsibility in an Australian survey ( but study
was done over 20 years ago)!
#- this has changed today!
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manners!•
Canadian kennel club`s attempt to encourage training!◦
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minimum commands for safety!
come: averts dog from being in the wrong place!•
stop or whoa: halts dog from impending action!•
stay: helps avoid trouble!•
meant to be in a relaxed posture!◦
don't meant to be the same as down!◦
are allowed to stand up and turn around just want to be stayed in one area!◦
sit is an "extra" command!•
why must your dog sit?!◦
is an "alert" posture!◦
is it comfortable for the dog?!◦
house breaking!•
"breaking: as in eliminating a behaviour problem!◦
in early weeks the dam cleans the den of fecal matter and licks the pups urine!‣
putting young dogs in crates is an attempt to mimic " respect for the den"!◦
pups have limited time span between urinations ( so have to put them outside often)!◦
to long increases risk of bladder infection!◦
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Kitty litter!
developed at the U of S by Brain Rossnagel from barely ( the biodegradable one)!•
manufactured in Saskatoon by infraReady!•
many cats won't use the litter box if it is not clean!•
some types have a scent that stimulates urination in cats!•
cats want to "bury" their scat and so a certain depth of litter is needed!•
households with multiple cats may find they need multiple litter boxes!•
note: some students choose to analyze toilet training!•
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tricks!
especially children, want dogs to do tricks!•
adapted bird retrieve to crayon holding!•
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"good citizenship"!
trained to retrieve garbage in winnipeg!•
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vocabulary!
rico at 9, knows > 200 words!•
