Canine and feline behavioral therapy /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ames, Iowa :
Blackwell Publishing,
2006.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Basis for techniques of behavior therapy
- Medical interview and case history assessment
- Principles of behavior modification
- Hormones and behavior : gonadectomy
- General approaches to behavioral pharmacology
- Prescribing psychotropic drugs
- The behavior of sick dogs and cats
- Behavior and behavior problems of dogs
- Aggression towards people
- Aggression towards other dogs
- Anxieties and fears
- Barking : normal and excessive
- Excessive activity and destructiveness
- Escaping and roaming
- Urination and defecation problems
- Attention-seeking behavior
- Problems with feeding behavior
- Problems with sexual and maternal behavior of dogs
- Repetitive, compulsive, and stereotypic behaviors
- Behavioral aspects of aging dogs
- Selecting and raising puppies
- Behavior and behavior problems of cats
- Feline housesoiling : urine marking : inappropriate urination and inappropriate defecation
- Aggression towards people and other cats
- Inappropriate feline scratching
- Problems with feeding and predatory behavior
- Problems with sexual and maternal behavior of cats
- Repetitive, compulsive and stereotypic behaviors
- Selecting and raising kittens
- Human-companion animal interactions
- Role of the dog and cat in families
- Dealing with loss of the companion animal