BEHAVIORAL ASSISTANCE      

Canine & Feline Behavioral Assistance

Behavior issues are a common reason for owners surrendering their pets. Even the best pet may exhibit some less than desirable behaviors. The ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) has a website created by a nationally recognized team of animal behaviorists - The Virtual Behaviorist.  Follow this link below to find ideas and suggestions for handling most of the common issues pet owners experience - http://www.aspcabehavior.org/

Need more help with your pet? 

The Monadnock Humane Society has experienced and professional staff for humane solutions of problem pet behavior.

 For Canine behavior issues:  Most unruley behavior can be significantly reduced through obedience training.  We offer the largest selection of Puppy and Basic training classes in the area.  These classes are taught by experienced trainers and teachers who are here to help you with your canine companion.   For puppies under 16 weeks old, we recommend immediate enrollment in our Puppy Kindergarten class.  This class helps owners appropriately train and manage their puppies to help them develop into well-socialized and well-trained companions. 

Adolescent dogs without any training can have a wide-assortment of issues.  For general training and management, we recommend our basic training class Everyday Canine Essentials.   This group class helps you learn to train your dog to sit, down, wait and manage some problem behaviors you may be experiencing. 

 For owners experiencing more serious behavior issues such as aggression towards people and other dogs, severe anxiety, resource-guarding, and others, a private behavior consultation will be most-likely recommended.  Your behavior consultation helps us determine the issues and move forward with a customized management and training plan as well as 3 months of support from our Animal Behaviorist on staff here at MHS.   Our Behavoir Hotline is available:  behavior@humanecommunity.org  You will be contacted typically within the week to help you move forward with training, a consultation questionaire, or contact information for our shelter support person for adopted dogs.  Our primary goal here at MHS is to keep animals in their homes.  For dogs, training and behavioral support helps us do this.

For animals adopted from the Monadnock Humane Society:  If you are experiencing a behavioral issue or have behavioral questions, contact the Training and Behavior Manager at amanda@humanecommunity.org or 603-352-9011 x105.

Small Animals

Many small animals, such as rabbits, mice and guinea pigs, have specific care needs and exhibit a variety of behaviors. Use the following links to learn more about these animals needs and behaviors. 

Rabbits: www.rabbit.org,  http://www.ddfl.org/behavior/rabbit_behav.pdf, and/or The House Rabbit Handbook, by Marinell Harriman (available online through Amazon.com or Drollery Press.)

Rats:  http://www.ratbehavior.org/WhatIsMyRatDoingFAQ.htm

Mice:  http://.rmca.org/Resources/mousefaq.htm

Hamsters:  http://www.petco.com/Content/Article/30/20/801/Natural-Hamster-Behavior.aspx

Gerbils:  http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/gerbils/a/gerbilbehavior.htm