Actions modified by experience, including conditioning and imitation.
The rule of thumb in progressive veterinary science is: A veterinary behaviorist will never prescribe a pill without a concurrent environmental modification plan, because the drug merely lowers the volume of the fear—it does not teach the animal how to cope. animal dog 006 zooskool strayx the record part 1 8
Maren knelt. She did not scold the dog. She read the scrap. It was a page torn from an old calendar—on it someone had written a number and a name: “K. Hollis — 547-322.” It wasn’t her book, not technically; it was a scrap that had likely been part of something else. The Record noted the absurdity: a stranger’s number on a piece of paper, found in the mouth of a dog that had never been to that street. She did not scold the dog
Associating a voluntary behavior and a consequence. This includes positive reinforcement, like rewarding a dog for sitting quietly during an exam. Applied Animal Behavior Hollis — 547-322