Table 4
Key behaviors used in clinical settings to identify fearful dogs and cats
Behavior patterns associated with normal development |
Behavior patterns associated with problematic development |
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Approaches unfamiliar people | Will not approach/actively avoids unfamiliar people |
Approaches and/or plays with other friendly and/or solicitous animals | Doesn’t interact or play with other solicitous animals, avoids them or responds aggressively to their solicitations for play |
Not fearful of most noises and recovers quickly from exposure to loud noises | Fearful of many noises and does not immediately recover from exposure to loud noises |
Takes treats and explores exam room | Doesn’t take treats, hides, freezes, or panics in the exam room |
Uses litter box/eliminates outside when taken out and does not soil the house if otherwise given reasonable access | House/litter box training is either not progressing or regressing |
Table adapted from Manual of clinical behavioral medicine for dogs and cats
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