Designed for veterinarians, animal scientists, dog owners, trainers, consultants and counsellors, this reference and handbook concerns positive, humane management and control of dogs. Reflecting the author's extensive work with dogs, the book provides thorough explanations of topics and proven behavioural strategies that have been designed, tested and used by the author. More than 50 figures and tables illustrate this contribution to dog behaviour, training and learning.

Table of Contents

Origins and Domestication; Development of Behaviour; Neurobiology of Behaviour and Learning; Sensory Abilities; Biological and Dispositional Constraints on Learning; Classical Conditioning; Instrumental Learning; Aversive Control of Behaviour; Learning and Behavioural Disturbances; Human-Dog Companionship - Cultural and Psychological Significance.

Reviews

""The most valuable publication about dogs since Scott and Fuller's classic text, Genetics and the Social Behavior of the Dog, published in 1965.""

Victoria Lea Voith, President, American Vetirinary Society of Animal Behavior

""The objective of giving a scientific account of all aspects of learning in dogs has been accomplished to a very high degree. ... No other comparable scientific texts are available.""

Andrew Luescher, Director, Animal Behavior Clinic, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University