Category Archives: Health

How does my pets weight affect behaviour?

Weight can affect behaviour choices for our animals, such as: Increased/decreased appetite changes Decreased physical activity Increased aggression Stealing behaviours Resource guarding behaviours General responsiveness Gait changes If your pet is overweight, your dog or cat will be less likely to partake in physical activities and thus have a reduced mental stimulation. This could also…

Do medical conditions affect behaviour problems? YES! It has been shown in recent studies that from animal patients seen at behavioural referral centres, that up to 80% of cases had a medical problem contributing to the behaviour, leading to the emotion of PAIN being involved in their diagnosis. If medical concerns are found, they can…

Water fountains can help your pet’s health!

Do you use water fountains for you pets? Water fountains can encourage more drinking for your cat or dog. It is important for health, as water intake can help kidney function and improve gastro-intestinal health. This in turn can help improve behaviours related to internal medical drivers. For cats the visual sight of moving water…

Neutering

As we can never truly fully assess the amount that sexual hormones are involved in a behaviour, the total removal of a hormone can have a big knock-on affect. Therefore, Neutering pets can have a variable outcome or very limited outcome, depending on the behaviours involved with your pet. This could be from no affect,…

Does your dog urinate during greeting?

These are often called "Excited wees" or "Happy wees" Spoiler alert: It is not a happy or excited behaviour! Urine contains pheromones as is used by canines to gather information about others. This is part of the reason they like to sniff and urine mark on walks, to communicate and pass the information on about…

How can pheromones help my pet?

Pheromones can work wonders when used in combination with a well-designed behaviour modification plan. However, when used alone they might have limited affects for your pet. If your cat is urinating in the house or your dog is scared of noises, pheromones can help to make the environment feel more secure, however they do not…