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Dogs Who Cover and Eat Poop

Some behaviors in dogs are built in. They are there from generations of breeding. These behaviors don’t require dog training to initiate. They show up when something triggers them. For example, I had a Dobermann named Bouchard who visited a friend’s house several times before he noticed the waves against the sea wall in her back yard were something to chase. Once that drive to chase the waves was triggered, he would run back and forth on the sea wall {Read More}

Fixed Action Patterns and Learning

Fixed Action Patterns, or FAPs, are hardwired into our dogs’ genetic make-up. They are stereotypical behaviors to a certain group: everyone has them, or each sex has them, or everyone of a certain age has them. FAPs do not have to be learned. FAPs aren’t learned, and they don’t happen by chance. There is usually a specific something that triggers them. For example, when a dog sees a quick moving object, his prey drive may be activated. A pup’s nursing {Read More}