Skip to content

Living with pets

Blogs for people interested in pets and their humans, today, in history, and in different parts of the world

Menu
  • Anthrozoology
  • Animal behaviour
    • Sheep as Leaders
    • A Broader Understanding of Dogs: Adam Miklosi’s Dog Behaviour, Evolution and Cognition
  • Animal welfare
    • Do chickens have feelings?
    • The Call of the Wild
    • Donald McCaig and the Dog Wars
  • Training Pets
    • The power of routine
    • A Broader Understanding of Dogs: Adam Miklosi’s Dog Behaviour, Evolution and Cognition
    • Missed Connections: How useful is Brian Hare’s ‘Genius of Dogs’ for people interested in dog training?
    • Book Review: Jean Donaldson’s Culture Clash
    • Gundog training for your Chihuahua…
    • Little heroes: Why do little dogs act big?
  • History of pets
    • Run rabbit run …A short history of rabbits and humans
  • Multi-dog households: Enjoying life with more than one dog
Menu

Day: 11 March 2019

small herd of sheep
Sheep like routines | Photo by Lisa Berrymen

The power of routine

Posted on March 11, 2019March 11, 2019 by Alison Lever

routines can be a powerful way of influencing behaviour. They make it easier to persuade animals to do what you want them to do. They work because they allow animals to achieve what they want,.

Read more

Categories

  • Animal behaviour
  • Animal welfare
  • Anthrozoology
  • Chickens
  • Cognition
  • Dog training
  • Dogs
  • Exotic pets
  • History of pets
  • Rabbits
  • Wild animals as pets
March 2019
M T W T F S S
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
« Jan   Aug »

Tags

animal welfare Anthrozoology book review book reviews border collies canine cognition dogs dog training everyday routines exotic pets International trade in wild animals rabbits sheep sheepdogs small dogs wild animals as pets working dogs yappy dogs
Sheep as leaders

Recent Posts

  • Multi-dog households: Enjoying life with more than one dog
  • Sheep as Leaders
  • The power of routine
  • A Broader Understanding of Dogs: Adam Miklosi’s Dog Behaviour, Evolution and Cognition
  • Missed Connections: How useful is Brian Hare’s ‘Genius of Dogs’ for people interested in dog training?
©2025 Living with pets | Built using WordPress and Responsive Blogily theme by Superb