Decoding Your Dog

Explaining Common Dog Behaviors and How to Prevent or Change Unwanted Ones

Amer. Coll. of Veterinary Behaviorists, Debra F. Horwitz

• Publisher: Harvest
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN:
  9780547834450
• Print ISBN:
  9780544334601
• Subtopic: Veterinary Medicine

The board-certified specialists of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists are here to decode how dogs think, how they communicate, and how they learn.

More than 90 percent of dog owners consider their pets to be members of their family. But often, despite our best intentions, we are letting our dogs down by not giving them the guidance and direction they need. Unwanted behavior is the number-one reason dogs are relinquished to shelters and rescue groups.

The key to training dogs effectively is first to understand why our dogs do what they do. And no one can address this more authoritatively than the diplomates of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists, whose expert and researched work analyze problem behaviors and correct common misconceptions.

With veterinary-approved positive training methods, expert advice on socialization, and remedies for behavior problems such as OCD and aggression, Decoding Your Dog is the must-have behavior guide that will challenge the way we think about man's best friend.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Contents
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• Foreword
• Preface
• Introduction
• Can’t We Just Talk?
• Choosing Your New Best Friend
• Creating a Mensa Dog
• Housetraining 101
• Tools of the Trade
• School Days
• I Know They’re Normal Behaviors, but How Do I Fix Them?
• Lassie and Timmy: Kids and Dogs
• All Dogs Need a Job
• Aggression Unleashed: Do Dogs Mean to Be Mean?
• Loyalty Gone Overboard: Separation Anxiety
• I Know It’s Going to Rain, and I Hate the Fourth of July
• Tail Chasing, Leg Licking—Can’t You Stop?
• Dogs with an AARF Card: Growing Old with Grace
• Conclusion
• Appendix
• Glossary
• Recommended Resources
• About the Editors
• About the Authors
• Members of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists
• Index