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: Techniques like desensitization (gradual exposure to a scary stimulus) and counterconditioning (associating the stimulus with something positive) help change an animal's emotional response.

Every growl is a sentence. Every hide is a clue. Every refusal to eat is a vital sign. When we listen to behavior, we diagnose disease earlier. When we treat the whole animal—mind and body—we heal more completely. Zooskool Ohknotty

The lesson: You cannot train away a medical problem, and you cannot medicate away a behavioral one without addressing the environment. : Techniques like desensitization (gradual exposure to a

: Thorough exams rule out physical causes like arthritis or dental pain that may be driving "bad" behavior. Zooskool Ohknotty