Dog Aggression Workbook by O'Heare, James -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION

S OME P ERSPECTIVE ? W HAT A BOUT Y OU ? H IRING AND W ORKING WITH A P ROFESSIONAL B EHAVIOR C ONSULTANT R OLES AND R ESPONSIBILITIES OF THE G UARDIAN AND P ROFESSIONAL D OG B EHAVIOR C ONSULTANT L IABILITY I SSUES P ERSPECTIVES ON B EHAVIOR AND C HANGING B EHAVIOR

CHAPTER 2. WHAT IS AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR AND WHY DO DOGS AGGRESS?

W HAT IS A GGRESSIVE B EHAVIOR ? W HY DO D OGS A GGRESS ? I NTERPRETING A D OG’S C OMMUNICATION S IGNALS

Affiliative Signals

Play Signals Less Aroused Affiliative Signals Ambivalent Affiliative/Appeasement Signals

Agonistic Signals

Appeasement Signals

Passive Appeasement Signals Active Appeasement Signals

Ambivalent Aggressive/Appeasement Signals Aggressive Signals Ambivalent Aggressive/Affiliative Signals

Conflicted Signals

Ambivalent Signals Cutoff Behavior Displacement Activities

Greeting Rituals How to Handle Aggressive Signals Fight-or-Flight Response Adaptation and Exhaustion Signs of Stress and Distress

S TRESS AND A GGRESSIVE B EHAVIOR CHAPTER 3. PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE

I NTRODUCTION TO THE P RINCIPLES OF L EARNING W HAT IS B EHAVIOR AND L EARNING R ESPONDENT C ONDITIONING O PERANT C ONDITIONING

The ABCs of Behavior The Contingency Table Increasing the Frequency of Behaviors

Positive Reinforcement Negative Reinforcement

Decreasing the Frequency of Behaviors

Positive Punishment Negative Punishment

Extinction Variables Influencing Operant Conditioning

O PERANT –R ESPONDENT I NTERRELATIONSHIPS

CHAPTER 4. ASSESSMENT

CHAPTER 5. BEHAVIOR CHANGE PROCEDURES AND CONSTRUCTING YOUR BEHAVIOR CHANGE PROGRAM

L OOKING AT O PTIONS G OALS S AFETY F IRST R ESPONDENT -C ONDITIONING -B ASED B EHAVIOR C HANGE P ROCEDURES

Counterconditioning Systematic Desensitization

O PERANT -C ONDITIONING -B ASED B EHAVIOR C HANGE P ROCEDURES

Behavior Replacement

The Strategy Manipulating Antecedents (Antecedent Control Procedures)

Some Common Antecedent Control Procedures

W HAT’S W RONG WITH A VERSIVES ?

Side Effects

Social Disruption Aggression Countercontrol Learned Helplessness But Does Punishment Work?

P UTTING IT ALL T OGETHER T HEN W HAT ? (G ENERALIZATION AND M AINTENANCE )

CHAPTER 6. STRATEGIES FOR COMMON SCENARIOS

O N -L EASH A GGRESSIVE B EHAVIORS L OCATION -R ELATED A GGRESSIVE B EHAVIORS G UARDING B EHAVIORS

Food Bowl Guarding Object Guarding Location Guarding Person Guarding

P REDATORY B EHAVIORS D OG –D OG A GGRESSIVE B EHAVIOR

Dog–Dog Aggressive Behavior Between Dogs who Live Together

Train Each Dog Individually Train in Pairs Train in Groups

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

B OOKS W EB S ITES

GLOSSARY OF TERMS REFERENCES CITED