Behaviors covered by ABAdog®
Before starting the ABAdog® questionnaire, you should try to look out for your dog displaying any of the behaviors below. In the questionnaire, you will need to identify all the behaviors from this list that you see your dog display.
- Barking
- Growling
- Biting (or snapping)
- Howling
- Whining
- Trembling (shaking)
- Panting (without being hot - and not after exercise)
- Pacing (walking around and unable to settle)
- Yawning (not including just before bed time)
- Withdrawing or hiding (backing off or hiding or going under or behind things to get away)
- Lip licking (licking own lips - other than after eating or drinking)
- Licking other things excessively (people, animals, objects or nothing)
- Cowering
- Freezing (standing still, stiff and not moving)
- Grooming excessively (eg. licking, biting, sucking, plucking or chewing at him/her-self)
- Overexcitement
- Circling (obsessively spinning around in small circles or chasing tail)
- Running laps (obsessively/repetitively, around enclosure, yard or house)
- Chasing (eg. chasing lights, animals, nothing, shadows)
- Mounting or sexual behaviors
- Surface avoidance (eg. hates walking on stairs or tiles or other floor surfaces)
- Escaping (running away, disappearing etc.)
- Digging
- Swallowing, chewing or eating inappropriate things (eg. rocks, doors, shoes, toys, faeces/poo, furniture)
- Destructive behavior (scratching, shredding, tearing)
- Urinating in the wrong place
- Defecating in the wrong place
- Pulling on lead
- Jumping up on people or furniture