BEHAVIOUR ASSIGNMENT by Nicole Green https://padlet.com/nicole_greenxyz/behaviour Behaviour Study on Dog & Rabbit en-us 2017-03-02 12:38:45 UTC 2017-06-19 13:38:32 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Watchclock.png Step 1 nicole_greenxyz https://padlet.com/nicole_greenxyz/behaviour/wish/157295738 For the Dog and the Rabbit you need to write down the following information;
  • The animal species
  • The animals’ approximate age or date of birth
  • Sex of the animal
  • Distinguishing features (what they look like, how you can tell your animal apart from any others)
  • Describe their Accommodation 
  • Describe 5 normal behaviours associated with the chosen animal (e.g. a normal behaviour for a rabbit is to dig with their front paws, a normal behaviour for a dog would be drinking by lapping up water with their tongue)

]]> 2017-03-02 12:46:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_greenxyz/behaviour/wish/157295738 Step 2 nicole_greenxyz https://padlet.com/nicole_greenxyz/behaviour/wish/157296090 Research and write down how Dogs and Rabbits show;
Dominance
Submission
Aggression
Fear

Now explain how;
Age
Gender
Environment (e.g. being kept inside compared to outside / toys and no toys)
affect the behaviour of the Dog and Rabbit.
http://www.petmd.com/dog/slideshows/training/how-dog-behavior-changes-with-age
http://www.bunnyhugga.com/a-to-z/rabbit-behaviour/rabbit-lifestages.html
http://www.second-opinion-doc.com/how-gender-affects-rabbit-behaviour.html
http://www.toybreeds.com/gender.htm]]> 2017-03-02 12:47:57 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_greenxyz/behaviour/wish/157296090 Step 3 nicole_greenxyz https://padlet.com/nicole_greenxyz/behaviour/wish/157296343 Do the behaviour study.
Study each animal for 30 minutes, writing down their behaviour every 30 seconds.
Repeat this twice for each animal, but not on the same day.]]> 2017-03-02 12:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_greenxyz/behaviour/wish/157296343 Step 4 nicole_greenxyz https://padlet.com/nicole_greenxyz/behaviour/wish/157296613 After each observation you need to write up what you saw.
Give a summary of everything you saw.
Then you need to say what you saw each of the following behaviours;

Level of interest (were they interested in their surroundings or not?)

Facial expressions (what different expressions did you see?)

Body postures (what different body postures did you see?)

Vocalisations (did they make any noises?)

Interactions with other animals (if there were any other animals, did they interact with them?)

*Even if they didn't do any of these things, you need to say that you didn't see them!*
]]> 2017-03-02 12:50:14 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_greenxyz/behaviour/wish/157296613 Step 5 nicole_greenxyz https://padlet.com/nicole_greenxyz/behaviour/wish/157297545 After you have watched each animal twice, compare what you saw the first time to what you saw the second time.
Was there a difference? Why do you think that was?

*Remember to include you observation sheets (where you recorded what they did every 30 seconds) when you hand in your assignment!*]]> 2017-03-02 12:54:34 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_greenxyz/behaviour/wish/157297545 If you want a higher grade.... nicole_greenxyz https://padlet.com/nicole_greenxyz/behaviour/wish/157297768 Your descriptions of the 5 normal behaviours need to be very detailed.

Your descriptions of fear, dominance, submission, aggression should be very detailed.

Your description of how age, gender and environment affect behaviour should be very detailed.

You could create graphs to show the results of your observations.]]> 2017-03-02 12:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/nicole_greenxyz/behaviour/wish/157297768