Litter Box Training Your Cat

Vetsuite Staff Behavioral Disorders THE LITTER BOX If you’re taking home a new kitten who has captured your heart, you will certainly need one important accessory — a litter box. Hmmm, the mysterious litter box — knowing which one to get and what to do with it does...

SUBMISSIVE URINATION IN DOGS

Behavioral Disorders OVERVIEW Submissive urination can be a frustrating and embarrassing problem. Fortunately, it is often easily corrected. Shy, timid puppies are the most likely candidates for submissive urination but occasionally it persists into young adulthood....

COPROPHAGIA IN DOGS

Dr. Nicholas Dodman Behavioral Disorders OVERVIEW Coprophagia is the practice of eating stool (feces). There’s nothing more disgusting to a dog owner than seeing their dog eat its own or another dog’s stool, and then to have the dog saunter up, tail wagging, looking...

NIPPING AND MOUTHING BY DOGS

Dr. Nicholas Dodman Behavioral Disorders –  General Practice & Preventative Medicine NIPPING AND MOUTHING When puppies play with each other, they use their mouths a lot. When they play with you or when they are petted, they usually want to bite or “mouth,”...

BARKING

Dr. Nicholas Dodman Behavioral Disorders BARKING PROBLEMS Dogs bark for a variety of reasons, some good, some not so good. Sometimes barking is a welcoming signal, other times not. Sometimes dogs bark briefly, and other times they just won’t quit. And therein...