, Salem, MA  April 5, 2013  Vet Connection: Behavior training
for pets — and humans  Vet Connection Dr. Elizabeth Bradt  ----
— Do you want your pet to be the best-behaved pet in the
neighborhood? Do you want your cat to be perfectly clicker-
trained and your dog to fetch the morning paper, iPad or your
slippers? What is the secret to achieve a well-behaved pet? The
answer is easy. Get yourself to a behavior trainer. Surprise! We
call it pet behavior training, but what actually occurs is we
humans learn how to interact with our pets using the proper body
language, hand signs and verbal cues that the pet can
understand. All pets, even birds, cats and iguanas, can be
trained. We will focus on dogs for the purpose of this article.
Behavior training is sometimes called obedience training. This
may be because the first dog training session occurred in the
military and had a lot in common with military boot camp. This
military dog obedience training did influence family dog
behavior training. People still do train