User:MegFrank/sandbox

Thank You for your Peer Review -Maw222

Hi MegFrank! Thank you so much for your insightful review. I am happy to hear that you also agree with the changes and additions that I would like to make. If you have any more suggestions feel free to let me know. Happy editing!

Peer Review by Maw222

It is unclear what your assigned topic is. I am not sure if you will be creating a new article called "Resource Guarding", or if you will be adding to the article on dog behaviour. You appear to have some good references such as scientific journal articles, but I would highly recommend not using the website http://www.patriciamcconnell.com/theotherendoftheleash/resource-guarding-treatment-and-prevention as a resource since this is website with a blog. From quickly browsing the website, I did not see any references to any academic work such as books or peer reviewed journal articles. If this website does reference primary sources, I would use those original sources and not the website itself. A blog is not scientific and therefore may present the information in a bias manner. Try sticking to journal articles and books as sources, but defiantly feel free to use websites as a jumping off point for ideas on what you might want to conduct research on.

As for the content (i.e., what you plan to add) I can't really say much since there is minimal detail for me to comment on and make suggestions. Your topic seems interesting, but it's just really hard to ask specific questions. Here are some questions that I have:

Are you going to expand your introduction? It might help to include a little bit more detail into your introduction.

Why does this behaviour need to be prevented and treated? What are the consequences of guarding behaviour?

Will you mention all the things that are guarded and why?

Will you provide a little history about the topic and why it is of concern considering that it is something that requires treatment?

Are there any mechanisms that have been hypothesized to underlie such behaviour? If so, what are they?

I hope this helps. Good luck and I look forward to reading your section/article in the future! Happy editing!

Peer Review by Mdw087

From what I can tell, you have decided to add to the article on dog behavior rather than creating a new article. This is the best course of action since your topic of choice is a dog behavior and should definitely be part of said page so like information is kept together. You have some good references, peer reviewed journals are reliable, but I recommend you find different sources for the information you are gathering from the two blog sources you listed. Blogs tend to be biased and typically less reliable than a publish scientific article. If they have referenced a reliable source in their blog I suggest you look into those instead. The content you plan to add seems to be well organized and will be a good contribution to Wikipedia. The article lead seems pretty brief, but I understand you may not be using this now as you plan to contribute to an existing article, you may have wanted to mention that there are ways to prevent this behavior as well as treat it in the lead just to cover all the topics you will be discussing. I assume you will elaborate on the poor environment that leads to this behavior in shelters in your section on causes. It would be nice to see a description about the history of this behavior, its manifestation in domestic dogs may stems from their wild ancestry, or due to the way the individual dog was raised as though it were "spoiled rotten", or any other theories as to way this behavior exists. You should include the reason why this behavior requires prevention and treatment though it seems self explanatory but at least give it a mention, to prevent attacks for example. I look forward to reading your completed article and I hope my suggestions are of some help to you!

Article Evaluation

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggression

I thought that most of the sections in the article were relevant. One section I thought was more of a distraction was the part about etymology where they talked about where the word aggression comes from. I felt that it wasn't necessary to break it down that much as you could use another resource for that part in my opinion. There are a lot of topics covered in the article, some of which could possibly have been kept shorter and contained links to topics in greater detail depending on what the reader needed to know more about. Some of the sections were very long, like gender and physiology where others were very short like etymology. The article did not seem overly biased and the citations/references that I checked all worked. One possible addition could be adding in a social context view as most of this was history/biology based. The references used seemed to support the part of the article that the reference was used for. Based on what I saw, the information was up to date but could use some rewording. In the talk section, some users were discussing the use of aggression when maybe defence or a similar term should have been used. There is also a section on what some users removed and why theydid it. There were also sections on what was added in and a spot for questions. This article focused more on the what versus the why/ how that we study in class and was more general knowledge than specifics like we cover.

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Resource Guarding

Resource guarding is exhibited by many canines. If a canine places value on some resource (i.e. food, toys, etc.) they may attempt to guard it from other animals as well as people. The guarding can manifest in many different ways, such as growling, barking, or snapping. Some dogs will also resource guard their owners and can become aggressive if the behaviour is allowed to continue.. These behaviours are commonly seen in shelter animals, most likely due to insecurities cause by a poor environment.

Contents: 1. Causes 2. Manifestations 3. Prevention & Treatment 4. References

Potential resources: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168159106002486 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1558787808000762 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168159110003552 http://grishastewart.com/resource-guarding/ http://www.patriciamcconnell.com/theotherendoftheleash/resource-guarding-treatment-and-prevention

Topic suggestion:

I think the topic is worth-while but I would consider adding it to the dog behavior article. Additionally, some of the resources you have provided are good for helping find reputable references but in of itself are not the strongest.

Jpethier (talk) 16:17, 17 October 2017 (UTC)jpethier

Topic reevaluation: Based on feedback, and further attempted research on resource guarding, I think that contributing to an already existing article would be best as opposed to creating a new article. The topic of research guarding could be added to dog behaviour because it has sections on behaviour problems as well as dogs in society which both relate to resource guarding.

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Behavior problems

There are many different types of behavioural issues that a dog can exhibit, including growling, snapping, barking, and invading human's space. A survey of 203 dog owners in Melbourne, Australia, found that the main behaviour problems reported by owners were overexcitement (63%) and jumping up on people (56%).. Some problems are related to attachment while others are neurological, as seen below.

Separation anxiety

When dogs are separated from humans, usually the owner, they often display behaviors which can be broken into the following four categories: exploratory behaviour, object play, destructive behaviour, and vocalization, and they are related to the canine's level of arousal.. These behaviours may manifest as destructiveness, fecal or urinary elimination, hypersalivation or vocalization among other things. Dogs from single-owner homes are approximately 2.5 times more likely to have separation anxiety compared to dogs from multiple-owner homes. Furthermore, sexually intact dogs are only one third as likely to have separation anxiety as neutered dogs. The sex of dogs and whether there is another pet in the home do not have an effect on separation anxiety. It has been estimated that at least 14% of dogs examined at typical veterinary practices in the United States have shown signs of separation anxiety. Dogs that have been diagnosed with profound separation anxiety can be left alone for no more than minutes before they begin to panic and exhibit the behaviors associated with separation anxiety. Separation problems have been found to be linked to the dog's dependency on it's owner, not because of disobedience . In the absence of treatment, affected dogs are often relinquished to a humane society or shelter, abandoned, or euthanized.

Resource Guarding

Resource guarding is exhibited by many canines, and is one of the most commonly reported behaviour issues to canine professionals . It is seen when a dog uses specific behaviour patterns so that they can control access to an item, and the patterns are flexible when people are around . If a canine places value on some resource (i.e. food, toys, etc.) they may attempt to guard it from other animals as well as people, which leads to behavioural problems if not treated. The guarding can show in many different ways from rapid ingestion of food to using the body to shield items. It manifests as aggressive behaviour including, but not limited to, growling, barking, or snapping. Some dogs will also resource guard their owners and can become aggressive if the behaviour is allowed to continue. Owners must learn to interpret their dog's body language in order to try to judge the dog's reaction, as visual signals are used (i.e. changes in body posture, facial expression, etc.) to communicate feeling and response . These behaviours are commonly seen in shelter animals, most likely due to insecurities cause by a poor environment. Resource guarding is a concern since it can lead to aggression, but research has found that aggression over guarding can be contained by teaching the dog to drop the item they are guarding .

Noise anxiety

Canines often fear, and exhibit stress responses to, loud noises. Noise-related anxieties in dogs may be triggered by fireworks, thunderstorms, gunshots, and even loud or sharp bird noises. Associated stimuli may also come to trigger the symptoms of the phobia or anxiety, such as a change in barometric pressure being associated with a thunderstorm, thus causing an anticipatory anxiety.

Tail chasing

Tail chasing can be classified as a stereotypy. It falls under obsessive compulsive disorder, which is a neuropsychiatric disorder that can present in dogs as canine compulsive disorder . In one clinical study on this potential behavioral problem, 18 tail-chasing terriers were given clomipramine orally at a dosage of 1 to 2 mg/kg (0.5 to 0.9 mg/lb) of body weight, every 12 hours. Three of the dogs required treatment at a slightly higher dosage range to control tail chasing, however, after 1 to 12 weeks of treatment, 9 of 12 dogs were reported to have a 75% or greater reduction in tail chasing.. Personality can also play a factor in tail chasing. Dogs who chase their tails have been found to be more shy than those who do not, and some dogs also show a lower level of response during tail chasing bouts .

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Added to Behaviour Problems intro Added information to Separation Anxiety Added information to Tail Chasing Created Resource Guarding section