Handbook of Applied Dog Behavior and Training, Procedures and Protocols
, by Lindsay, Steven R.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780813807386 | 0813807387
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 9/9/2008
The third volume in this definitive series concentrates on practical training procedures with an emphasis on how to recognize and counteract your dog's underlying reasons to behave inappropriately. The text thoroughly covers basic training procedures, training tools, formal obedience exercises, housetraining, destructive behavior, appetite problems, fears and phobias, separation distress syndrome, compulsive behavior disorders, hyperactivity and hyperkinesis, neurobiology, and aggression.
Steven R. Lindsay, MA, is a dog behavior consultant and trainer in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. He provides a variety of professional consulting and training services. In addition to his long career working with companion dogs, Lindsay previously trained military working dogs.
Preface | p. xiii |
Acknowledgments | p. xxv |
Cynopraxic Training: Basic Procedures and Techniques | p. 3 |
Foundations and Theory | p. 4 |
Benefits of Cynopraxic Training | p. 4 |
Specific Benefits of Various Exercises | p. 7 |
Behavioral Equilibrium | p. 10 |
Signals and Communication | p. 11 |
Attention and Impulse Control | p. 13 |
Interrupting Behavior | p. 14 |
Training and Play | p. 16 |
The Training Space | p. 17 |
Directive Prompts and Blocking | p. 27 |
Tools and Techniques | p. 29 |
Training Tools | p. 29 |
Bridges, Markers, and Flags | p. 37 |
The Training Session | p. 39 |
Play Training | p. 39 |
Training Projects and Exercises | p. 41 |
Introductory Lessons | p. 41 |
Walking on Leash | p. 48 |
Basic Exercises | p. 58 |
Stay Training | p. 61 |
Heeling | p. 64 |
Walking Stand-Stay and Distance Exercises | p. 68 |
Recall Training | p. 69 |
References | p. 73 |
House Training, Destructive Behavior, and Appetitive Problems | p. 75 |
House Training | p. 75 |
House-Training Basics | p. 76 |
Common House-Training Problems | p. 81 |
Destructive Behavior In Puppies | p. 83 |
Assessing and Controlling Destructive Behavior | p. 83 |
Selecting Appropriate Chew Items | p. 84 |
Redirecting and Discouraging Destructive Behavior | p. 85 |
Destructive Behavior In Adult Dogs | p. 87 |
Basic Training, Exercise, and Play | p. 90 |
Controlling Inappropriate Chewing Activities | p. 91 |
Aversive Startle and the Control of Destructive Behavior | p. 95 |
Miscellaneous Devices and Techniques for Deterring Destructive Behavior | p. 96 |
Digging | p. 99 |
Appetitive Problems | p. 101 |
Pica and Scavenging | p. 101 |
Coprophagy | p. 103 |
Crate Training | p. 106 |
Selecting a Crate | p. 107 |
Guidelines for Successful Crate Training | p. 108 |
Dangers of Excessive Crate Confinement | p. 111 |
Ethological Rationalizations of Crate Confinement | p. 117 |
References | p. 118 |
Fears and Phobias | p. 121 |
Orientation and Basic Concepts | p. 121 |
Coping with Fear | p. 122 |
Basic Training and Fear | p. 123 |
Neurobiological Substrates of Anxiety and Fear | p. 127 |
Pharmacological Control of Anxiety and Fear | p. 132 |
Exercise and Diet | p. 135 |
Active and Passive Contingency Management Strategies | p. 137 |
Habituation, Sensitization, and Preventive-Exposure Training | p. 137 |
Social Facilitation and Modeling | p. 139 |
Coping with Fear and Stress: Licking and Yawning | p. 141 |
Counterconditioning | p. 142 |
Play and Counterconditioning | p. 146 |
Instrumental Control and Fear | p. 147 |
Graded Exposure and Response Prevention | p. 150 |
Fears and Phobias: Treatment Procedures and Protocols | p. 157 |
Fear of Pain and Discomfort | p. 157 |
Storm and Thunder Phobias | p. 158 |
Fear of Loud Noises and Household Sounds | p. 165 |
Fear of Sudden Movement or Change | p. 167 |
Fear of Heights | p. 168 |
Fear of Water | p. 170 |
Fear of Riding in Cars | p. 171 |
Fear of Enclosed Spaces and Confinement | p. 172 |
Social Fears and Inhibitions | p. 173 |
References | p. 176 |
Separation Distress and Panic | p. 181 |
Neurobiology and Ontogenetic Influences | p. 181 |
Neurobiological Substrates of Attachment and Separation Distress | p. 182 |
Pharmacological Control of Separation Distress | p. 191 |
Potential Alternative Treatments | p. 194 |
Separation Distress and Diet | p. 196 |
Early Stimulation, Separation Exposure, and Emotional Reactivity | p. 198 |
Attachment and Separation Problems: Puppies | p. 203 |
Separation Distress and Panic: Treatment Procedures and Protocols | p. 209 |
Attachment and Separation Problems: Adult Dogs | p. 209 |
Quality of Social Attachment and Detachment Training | p. 222 |
Basic Training and Separation Distress | p. 226 |
Separation-related Problems and Punishment | p. 227 |
Massage, Play, and Exercise | p. 228 |
References | p. 230 |
Compulsive and Hyperactive Excesses | p. 237 |
Compulsive Behavior Disorders | p. 237 |
Neurobiology and Compulsive Behavior Disorders | p. 239 |
Pharmacological Control of Compulsive Behavior | p. 244 |
Potential Dietary Treatments | p. 246 |
Diagnostic Considerations | p. 247 |
Evaluation, Procedures, and Protocols | p. 250 |
Excessive Licking and Tail Chasing | p. 253 |
Hyperactivity and Hyperkinesis | p. 256 |
Compulsivity and Hyperactivity: Evolutionary Considerations | p. 257 |
Hyperactivity and Neurobiology | p. 258 |
Pharmacological Control of Hyperkinesis | p. 259 |
Behavior Therapy | p. 260 |
Hyperactivity and Social Excesses | p. 264 |
Nuisance or Gem in the Rough | p. 274 |
References | p. 275 |
Neurobiology and Development of Aggression | p. 279 |
Evolution and Neurobiology | p. 279 |
Dominance and the Regulation of Aggression | p. 280 |
Coevolution, Play, Communication, and Aggression | p. 281 |
Emotional Command Systems and Drive Theory | p. 283 |
Adaptive Coping Styles: Play, Flirt, Forbear, and Nip | p. 289 |
Olfaction and Emotional Arousal | p. 293 |
Neurobiological Regulation of Aggression | p. 296 |
Pharmacological Control of Aggression | p. 309 |
Placebo Effects, Endophenotypes, and the Dead-Dog Rule | p. 312 |
Development and Control of Puppy Competitive Behavior | p. 313 |
Temperament and Aggression | p. 313 |
Tactile Stimulation and Adaptation | p. 314 |
Play, Discipline, and Dominance | p. 315 |
Precocious Aggression Problems | p. 317 |
Competitive Social Excesses | p. 317 |
Difficult Puppies: Establishing the Training Space | p. 326 |
Posture-Facilitated Relaxation | p. 334 |
References | p. 337 |
Canine Domestic Aggression | p. 347 |
Social Competition and Aggression | p. 348 |
Interactive Conflict, Stress, and Social Dominance | p. 348 |
Wolf Model of Dominance and Submission | p. 350 |
Dispersal Tensions and Household Aggression | p. 350 |
Dynamic Modal Relations and Social Dominance | p. 351 |
Filial and Sibling Dominance-Submission Relations | p. 356 |
Involuntary Subordination and Canine Domestic Aggression | p. 357 |
Social Dominance: Dispositional Cause or Attributional Error | p. 358 |
Adverse Environmental and Emotional Influences and Canine Domestic Aggression | p. 363 |
Social Communication and the Regulation of Aggression | p. 365 |
Social Competition, Cooperation, Conflict, and Resentment | p. 368 |
Species-typical Defensive and Offensive Aggression | p. 368 |
Loss of Safety, Depression, Panic, and Aggression | p. 370 |
Assessing and Treating Canine Domestic Aggression | p. 374 |
Canine Domestic Aggression: Assessing the Threat | p. 374 |
Affiliative Conflicts and the Rise of Agonistic Competition | p. 377 |
Anger, Restraint, and Frustration | p. 389 |
Behavior Therapy and Training Procedures | p. 391 |
Manhandling and Physical Punishment | p. 405 |
Aggression and Diet | p. 406 |
Exercise | p. 412 |
Brief Protocols for Canine Domestic Aggression | p. 412 |
Children and Dog Aggression | p. 421 |
Infants and Dogs: Toward the Prevention of Problems | p. 421 |
Introducing Baby and Dog | p. 424 |
The Toddler and Increased Risk | p. 425 |
Child-initiated Aggression and Sibling Rivalry | p. 426 |
References | p. 428 |
Impulsive, Extrafamilial, and Intraspecific Aggression | p. 433 |
Intrafamilial and Extrafamilial Aggression | p. 434 |
Classifying Aggression | p. 436 |
Antipredatory Strategy and Autoprotection versus Dominance | p. 438 |
Ontogeny and Reactive Behavior | p. 445 |
Household Stress and Aggression | p. 450 |
Living Space, Proxemic Relations, Inattentiveness, and Autoprotectiveness | p. 451 |
Social Spaces, Frames, and Zones | p. 453 |
Novelty, Sudden Change, and Reactive Adjustments | p. 454 |
Collicular-Periaqueductal Gray Pathways and Reactive Adjustments | p. 457 |
Orienting, Preattentive Sensory Processing, and Visual Acuity | p. 458 |
Social Engagement and Attunement | p. 460 |
Oxytocin, Arginine Vasopressin, and Autonomic Attunement | p. 462 |
Arginine Vasopressin, Hyperkinesis, and Aggression | p. 463 |
Stress, Thyroid Deficiency, Hypocortisolism, and Aggression | p. 464 |
Activity Success and Failure, Pavlovian Typology, and Coping Styles | p. 466 |
Proactive versus Preemptive Processing and Cynopraxis | p. 468 |
Barking, Motor Displays, and Autonomic Arousal | p. 469 |
Variables Affecting Extrafamilial Aggression | p. 471 |
Conflicts and Rituals Toward Novel Social Stimuli | p. 472 |
Watchdog Behavior | p. 474 |
Attention and Autonomic Regulation | p. 477 |
Play and Autonomic Attunement | p. 480 |
Attention and Play Therapy | p. 482 |
Quality-of-Life Matters | p. 489 |
Opening the Training Space | p. 493 |
Inhibitory Conditioning | p. 495 |
Counterconditioning: Limitations and Precautions | p. 497 |
Precautions for Safer Contact | p. 500 |
Aggressive Barking and Threats Toward Visitors | p. 501 |
Aggressive Barking, Lunging, and Chasing | p. 505 |
Intraspecific Aggression | p. 510 |
Hierarchy, Territory, and the Regulation of Aggression | p. 510 |
Framing the Concept of Hierarchy and Territory | p. 513 |
Unilateral, Bilateral, and Pluralistic Relations | p. 517 |
Ontogeny of Play and Fighting | p. 521 |
Fair Play, Emergent Social Codes, and Cynopraxis | p. 524 |
Intraspecific State and Trait Aggression | p. 527 |
Controlling Intraspecific Aggression Toward Nonfamilial Targets | p. 529 |
Fighting Between Dogs Sharing the Same Household | p. 532 |
Sources of Conflict Between a Newcomer Puppy and a Resident Dog | p. 535 |
Introducing a New Adult Dog into the Household | p. 537 |
Interdog Aggression within the Household | p. 539 |
Sex Hormones and Intraspecific Aggression | p. 544 |
Aggression Toward Cats in the Household | p. 547 |
References | p. 548 |
Biobehavioral Monitoring and Electronic Control of Behavior | p. 557 |
Monitoring Autonomic and Emotional States | p. 558 |
Stress, Temperature, and Behavior | p. 558 |
Cardiovascular Activity and Emotional Behavior | p. 562 |
Devices Used to Monitor Autonomic and Stress-related Changes | p. 566 |
Autoshaping and Automated Training | p. 568 |
Electronic Training | p. 569 |
Technical Considerations | p. 571 |
Subjective Factors and Electrical Stimulation | p. 576 |
Stress, Distress, and Potential Adverse Side Effects of Electrical Stimulation | p. 579 |
Electrical Stimulation Technology | p. 583 |
Behavior-activated Electronic Training | p. 587 |
Basic Training and Enhancement | p. 593 |
Recall Enhancement | p. 595 |
Behavioral Equilibrium | p. 599 |
Punishment and Aversive Counterconditioning | p. 600 |
Electronic Training and Problem Solving | p. 600 |
Electronic Training and Wildlife Conservation | p. 609 |
Electrical Stimulation and Working Dogs: A Shocking Study | p. 611 |
Electronic Training Collars in Perspective | p. 622 |
Future Prospects and Trends | p. 625 |
References | p. 627 |
Cynopraxis: Theory, Philosophy, and Ethics | p. 635 |
Training Theory | p. 636 |
What Is Cynopraxis? | p. 636 |
Cynopraxic Training Theory | p. 636 |
Basic Postulates, Units, Processes, and Mechanisms | p. 636 |
Prediction Error and Adaptation | p. 638 |
Adaptation, Prediction Error, and Distress | p. 640 |
Comparator Processing, Allostasis, and Adaptive Optimization | p. 641 |
Somatic versus Cortical Reward, Projects and Ventures, and Power Incentives | p. 644 |
Expectancies, Emotion, and Stress | p. 647 |
Autonomic Arousal, Drive, and Action Modes | p. 648 |
Play and Drive | p. 652 |
Fair Play and the Golden Rule | p. 653 |
Neural Comparator Systems | p. 654 |
Phylogenetic Survival Modes | p. 659 |
Genetic Influences on Adaptive and Reactive Coping Styles | p. 669 |
Neurobiology and Loss of Adaptability | p. 672 |
Bonding Theory | p. 680 |
Ontogeny, Coping, and Social Behavior | p. 680 |
Attunement, Attachment, and the Human-Dog Bond | p. 685 |
Opportunity with Limit | p. 686 |
Hitting and Missing the Mark | p. 687 |
Big Bangs and Black Holes: Extraversion, Introversion, and Disorganizing Load | p. 688 |
Coping with Conflict | p. 691 |
Restraint, Unavoidable Aversive Stimulation, and Stress | p. 694 |
Attentional Nexus, Allocentrism, and Attunement | p. 697 |
Sensitivity to Human Attentional States | p. 701 |
Complex Social Behavior and Model/Rival Learning | p. 705 |
Ethics and Philosophy | p. 708 |
Cynopraxis and Ethics | p. 708 |
Owner Control Styles and Wellfare Agendas | p. 714 |
Anthropic Dominance Ideation, Perceived Power, and Control Styles | p. 715 |
Power-dominance Ideation and Treatment Protocols | p. 717 |
Problematic Trends and Obstacles to Adaptive Coping and Attunement | p. 720 |
Cynopraxis: Allostasis, Adaptability, and Health | p. 724 |
Hydran-Protean Side Effects, the Dead-dog Rule, and the LIMA Principle | p. 725 |
References | p. 727 |
Sit-Stay Program | p. 739 |
Modified Sit-Stay Instructions | p. 739 |
Sit-Stay Tasks | p. 746 |
Reference | p. 746 |
Sit, Down, Stand, and Stay Practice Variations | p. 747 |
Posture-Facilitated Relaxation (PFR) Training | p. 751 |
Basic Guidelines and PFR Techniques | p. 751 |
PFR Training Instructions | p. 753 |
References | p. 759 |
Puppy Temperament Testing and Evaluation | p. 761 |
Temperament Testing | p. 761 |
Testing Procedures | p. 761 |
Significance and Interpretation | p. 765 |
References | p. 772 |
Index | p. 773 |
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