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Decoding your dog : the ultimate experts explain common dog behaviors and reveal how to prevent or change unwanted ones / American College of Veterinary Behaviorists ; edited by Debra F. Horwitz, DVM, DACVB, and John Ciribassi, DVM, DACVB with Steve Dale.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014Description: xxiii, 360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0547738919
  • 9780547738918
Subject(s):
Contents:
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.
Summary: The top dog behaviorists in the country - the top researchers, scientists, and veterinarians - have teamed up with a renowned media personality to create the most cutting-edge, scientifically accurate, definitive book on the most popular behavioral issues that dogs face.
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 636.7088 D296 Checked out 05/29/2024 33111007247196
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

More than ninety 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 Behavior, whose work, the culmination of years of rigorous training, takes them deep into the minds of dogs in an effort to decode how they think, how they communicate, and how they learn.

In Decoding Your Dog, these experts analyze problem behaviors, decipher the latest studies, and correct common misconceptions and outmoded theories. The book includes:

* Effective, veterinary-approved positive training methods
* Expert advice on socialization, housetraining, diet, and exercise
* Remedies for behavior problems such as OCD and aggression

With Decoding Your Dog the experts' experts deliver a must-have dog behavior guide that ultimately challenge the way we think about our dogs.

Includes index.

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.

The top dog behaviorists in the country - the top researchers, scientists, and veterinarians - have teamed up with a renowned media personality to create the most cutting-edge, scientifically accurate, definitive book on the most popular behavioral issues that dogs face.

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