The book that has become the "bible" for identifying, understanding, and resolving aggression problems in dogs. It contains detailed training protocols to use in specific types of aggression situations and how to manage the aggressive dog for his safety and the community’s. This title is for anyone who wants to know more about aggression or dog behavior, it does not just discuss aggression. It describes in great detail protocols to use for behavior modification, starting with prevention.
The reader learns about common mistakes owners make to promote aggression in their dog, and how to avoid these mistakes. In the behavior modification section, you will learn about how to build trust with the dog, using positive reinforcement. This book also details how to achieve this level of trust with hundreds of exercises to promote appropriate behavior and modify inappropriate behavior. In the practical management section, the reader is prepared for a lifelong regimen of keeping his dog safe.
Chapters include:
- Section 1: Understanding and Managing Aggression in Dogs
- Understanding and Managing Aggression in Dogs
- Aggression- The Most Misunderstood Survival Trait
- Is Dog Aggression Ever OK?
- Appropriate vs. Inappropriate Behaviour
- Canine Social Systems
- Factors that Influence Aggressive Behavior
- Learned Behaviour
- Genetics
- Hormones
- Social Development Periods
- more…
- How Dogs Learn to Avoid Aggression
- Section 2: Dog Communication Systems
- Learning to Interpret the Signals- Dog Communication Systems
- Why is This Important?
- Dog Signals Provide Information
- Dog Signals and Stress
- How Do I Recognize Stress in My Dog?
- Displacement Behaviors and Calming Signals
- Displacement Activities
- Calming Signals
- How Do I Tell if My Dog is Signaling
- Distance Increasing Signals
- Distance Decreasing Signals
- Tails- The Other End
- Iinterpreting Intent Through Observation- Signal Clusters
- The Role of Play Behavior
- Indications that Dogs are in Play Mode
- Indications that Dogs are in Play Mode
- Signs of Trouble Ahead
- Choosing Playmates
- Puppy Play-Groups
- Play and the “Older” Dog
- Dog Parks
- Section 3: Pathways of Aggression
- Classifications
- Vacuum Activity
- Normal vs. Abnormal
- Specific Types of Aggression
- Lack of Socialization – Intraspecies
- Lack of Socialization – Interspecies
- Excessive Breed Tendencies or the Lack of These
- Human Selection for Aggression in Dogs
- Control Conflict Aggression
- Fear Aggression
- more…
- Stuff that drives your dog crazy
- Entrapment
- Frustration
- Arousal Levels
- Conflict
- The Classic Scenario: Fight vs. Flight
- Section 4: Laws of Learning
- The Laws of Learning – Education for Everyone!
- Classical Conditioning
- Operant Conditioning
- Overview for Teaching a Behaviour
- Carved in Stone – Laws Of Learning
- Primary Reinforcement
- more…
- Tools
- Extinction
- Systematic Desensitization
- Flooding
- Differential Reinforcement Schedules
- Counter-Conditioning
- Section 5: A Chat About Equipment
- The Basics – Collars & Head Collars
- Martingale Collar
- Head Collars
- Acclimating Your Dog to a Head Collar
- Leads
- Maintenance
- Section 6: Management and Damage Conrol
- Implementing a Scheduled Feed
- Relationships – Teaching Dogs That Humans Are Relevant!
- Provide Structure – Help for Pushy or Anxious Dogs!
- Games People & Dogs Play
- Games Dogs Play with other Dogs
- Games that people should play with Dogs
- !!Quiet!!
- The Way Owners Promote Aggression
- Lack of Supervision
- Lack of Structure
- Lack of Knowledge
- Lack of Management
- Lack of Exercise
- Inadvertent Reinforcement of Fearful Behaviour
- On A Walk And Approached By Loose Dogs
- Section 7: Hi Ho! Hi Ho! It's Planning Before Off to Work We Go
- Dogs Make Lots Of Mistakes – So Do You!
- Rules
- Already Got A Problem vs. Prevention
- The Relevance Of Observation
- Getting Started
- Sudden Environmental Contrast (SEC)
- The Master Plan
- Mental Gymnastics
- Human Behaviour Changes
- The Plan
- Jeez, That Was A Lot Of Work – Now What?
- Problem Solving – Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It’s Off To Work We Go
- Section 8: The Fix- Protocols
- The RM/NRM and Release Cue
- Determine Positive Reinforcers for Training
- Before You Install the RM:
- To Install the RM:
- The NRM
- The Final Polish – The End-Working Cue or Release Cue
- Name Recognition
- Eye-contact & Involvement
- Using Eye Contact as an Anchor
- Challenge List
- Maintenance of Behaviour
- When Do I Correct?
- Secrets Of Success
- The Zen Sit & Down Stay
- What To Have Ready:
- Acquisition: Manufacture a Sitting Behaviour
- Placing A Behaviour on A Verbal Cue
- Acquisition - Manufacture A Down Behaviour
- Cease & Desist!
- Acquisition
- Keep In Mind
- Adding The Cue
- Over-correction: doggy push-ups
- The “Twos” Game
- Game Rules
- To End this Game
- Common Sense is Just Not That Common...Taking Advantage of Calming Signals
- Fear and a Controlled Retreat
- As a regular agenda
- Central Theme
- Training a Polite Greeting
- Opportunity Training
- The Cold Shoulder
- Raise Criteria
- DRI - Teach Sit to Greet
- much more…
- Appendices:
- Case History Examples
- Learned Aggression, Territorial Aggression
- Play Aggression
- Learned Aggression, Territorial Aggression, Breed Tendencies
- Possessive Aggression, Protective Aggression, Learned Aggression
- Predatory Aggression
- Territorial Aggression, Learned Aggression, Fear-based Aggression
- Fear Based Aggression, Learned Aggression, Generalized Anxiety
- Abnormal Behaviour
- Control Conflict Aggression, Possessive Aggression, Abnormal Behaviour
- Glossary
- Resources
Brenda Aloff, 2002, 425 pages, eBook.
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