Quotes About Behavior

When people visit my farm they often envision their dog, finally off-leash in acres of safely fenced countryside, running like Lassie in a television show, leaping over fallen tree trunks, shiny-eyed with joy at the change to run free in the country. While they're imagining that heartwarming scene, their dog is most likely gobbling up sheep poop as fast as he can. Dog aren't people, and if they have their own image of heaven, it most likely involves poop.

DO THIS, INSTEAD!) SPECIAL TOPICS HOW TO STOP UNWANTED BEHAVIOR Inevitably, at some point

Generally dogs do best if their crates are in rooms that you frequently use, but that aren't in high traffic areas or in front of windows.

her start to go in the house, distract her with hand claps or "Uh Oh!" and immediately take her outside, giving lots of praise and treats for going outside. If you find a puddle or pile after the fact, say nothing to her

As a matter of fact, the universal tendency of adult domestic dogs to bark is one of the many behavioral markers that suggests that adult dogs are actually a juvenilized version of adult wolves.

The more you love your dog, the more you need to understand human behavior.

Don't lick the guests, darling. Bad manners.

You forgot the 'my precious,'" Anna said dryly. "If you want to act like a freaking nutcase, you have to do it right.

Never run from a predator. Even the most behaved of them will have a hard time restraining themselves from chasing after a prey.

an apology implies that you wouldn't do it again. (Adam)

She glanced surreptitiously at Charles, but he was eating the way he usually did—like a well-mannered starving person who wasn't sure where his next meal with coming from.

Anyone who is known as the Mysterious Marquis ought to have far more interesting reasons for his behavior than a stupid dispute with Sir Hilary.

Being upset is no excuse," Mother said sternly. "If you're going to be rude, do it for a reason and get something from it.

I learned a lot about how to be frigidly polite and still leave somebody feeling like they'd been spanked.

You yourself, I seem to remember, have a way of soaking up scandal broth even as you seem to have a mind for higher and nobler things. Stir yourself.

Denial and avoidance are classic abusive behaviors. They're what the abuser is doing when he trivializes and counters his partner's experience

People who act against others truly act in a backwards way, doing the opposite of what they would need to do to realize their goal.

You cannot respond appropriately to denial if you believe the abuser. Do not believe the abuser's denial, or you may be caught in the endless cycle of trying to explain to him how he hurts or frightens you and just how disturbing some of his behavior is.

If we don't manage our feelings, thoughts, actions, and patterns, they operate on automatic and can sabotage our dreams, place stress on our personal and professional relationships, and distract us from our goals. Just as we need lots of practice to learn to ride a bike and to speak a second language, we need practice to become skillful at managing our thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and patterns.

You were born with the power to change others. You change people by the way you treat them. That is what changes the human heart.

You never did master a leer." - Katharine Murray, Death on the Family Tree

men hunt by pretending to be the brothers of the prey they seek, and women hunt by impersonating the mothers of their prey.

Humans are the killers of magic, you see.....People can be cruel, unkind, mean, selfish. We can be a great many dreadful thing, and at one time or another we are all guilty of bad behavior. What we fail to realize is that we are the only ones who can do such things.

Terrorism is a psychological warfare. Terrorists try to manipulate us and change our behavior by creating fear, uncertainty, and division in society.