Animal Behavior Articles

The articles below provide basic information about dog and cat behavior and offer strategies for addressing common behavior issues. If you have animal behavior questions that are not addressed in these articles, or if you have questions about how to implement the behavior-modification strategies described here, please click here to email Kelley Bollen. If you are experiencing a more serious behavior problem with your pet you may need a private behavior consultation. Please click on Private Consultation for a detailed description of what that involves.

Dog Behavior Articles

Attention-Seeking Behaviors

Barking

Coprophagy: Why Do Dogs Eat Feces?

Crate Training Your Puppy

Destructive Chewing in Dogs

Housetraining

Jumping Up

The Pulling Dog

Puppy Training and Socialization

Submissive Urination

Cat Behavior Articles

Cat Aggression

Correcting Cat Behavior

Inappropriate Cat Elimination

Cats and Their Litterboxes

Teaching Your Cat to Use a Scratching Post

Cat Urine Marking