A comprehensive technical manual, written for dog behavior professionals. How to assess the problem constructing systematic behavior change programs, and case management techniques. Includes an extensive glossary and bibliography.
Chapters and some content includes:
- Introduction
- Part 1. Working Aggression Cases
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Gaining Perspective on Aggression
- Perspective
- Summing Up
- Suggested Reading
- Chapter 2. Aggression Statistics
- Statistcis
- Risk Factors for Dog-Human Aggression
- Risk Factors for Dog-Dog Aggression
- Summing Up
Suggested Reading
- Less Aroused Affiliative Signals
- Ambivalent Affiliative/Appeasement Signals
- Chapter 3. Consulting Skills and Case Management
- Roles and Perspectives of Consultants and Clients
- The Psychology of Owners of Aggressive Dogs
- Empowering Owners and Facilitating Success
- Basic Attending Skills
- Nonverbal Cues
- Minimal Encouragers (Prompts)
- Open and Closed Questioning
- Verbal Tracking
- Paraphrasing
- Mirroring
- Summarizing
- Case Management
- The Consult Sessions
- Remote Versus In-Person Consulting
- Equipment and Supplies
- more…
- Part 2. What is Aggressive Behavior
- Introduction
- Chapter 4. Understanding Aggressive Behavior in Dogs
- Approaches to Explaining, Predicting and Changing Behavior
- Biological Approach
- Cognitive Approach
- Applied Behavior Analysis Approach
- The Approach Employed in this Manual
- What is Dog Aggression?
- Why Do Dogs Use Aggressive Behaviors
- Ultimate Evolutionary Context for Behavior
- Proximate Context for Behavior
- The Normal/Abnormal Distinction
- Broad Behavioral Categories of Aggressive Behaviors
- Respondent Aggressive Behavior
- Operant Aggressive Behavior
- Broad Anatomical and Physiological Categories of Aggression
- more…
- Chapter 5. Biological Context of Aggressive Behavior
- The Mammalian Nervous System
- The Brain
- The Limbic System
- The Cerebral Cortex
- Limbic System versus Cerebral Cortex
- Neurotransmitters
- Dopamine
- Serotonin
- Glutamate and GABA
- The Endocrine System
- Glands and Hormones of the Endocrine System
- Testosterone
- Adrenaline and Noradrenaline
- Biology of Stress
- more…
- Part 3. Preventing Aggressive Behavior
- Chapter 6. Genetic Influences and Finding a Companion Dog
- Shifting the Paradigm of Breeding Dogs
- Adopting a Dog
- Breed Choice
Groups of Dogs are Listed. ie: Terriers, Retrievers, Spaniels, Pointers, Setters, Flock Guarders, Scent Hounds etc.
- more…
Chapter 7. Environmental Influences and Prevention of Aggressive Behavior
Part 4. Assessment of Aggression Cases
- Chapter 8. Introduction to Assessing Aggressive Behavior
- Chapter 9. Functional Assessment
- Predicting the Likelihood of Success
- Training
- Biddability
- Social Motivation
- more…
Part 5. Principles of Behavior and Behavioral Change Programming
- Chapter 11. Principles of Behavior
- Basic Concepts
- Behavior
- Environment
- Learning
- more…
- Chapter 12. Behavior Change Procedures
- Chapter 13. Behavior Change Programming
Part 6. Applied Behavior Change: The Nuts and Bolts
- Chapter 14. General Antecedent Control Procedures
- Training
- Impulse Control
- Play
- Exercise
- Nutritional Support
- Mental Enrichment
- Surgical Intervention
- more…
- Chapter 15. Applied Strategies and Sample Protocols
- On Leash Aggressive Behaviors
- Guarding Behaviors
- Nonaffective Aggressive Behaviors
- Dog-Dog Aggressive Behavior
- more…
Appendices
Glossary
References Cited
Index
by James O’Heare, 2007, 445 pgs, eBook.
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