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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Cynopraxic Training: Basic Procedures and Techniques | |
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| Foundations and Theory | |
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| Benefits of Cynopraxic Training | |
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| Specific Benefits of Various Exercises | |
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| Behavioral Equilibrium | |
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| Signals and Communication | |
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| Attention and Impulse Control | |
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| Interrupting Behavior | |
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| Training and Play | |
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| The Training Space | |
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| Directive Prompts and Blocking | |
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| Tools and Techniques | |
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| Training Tools | |
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| Bridges, Markers, and Flags | |
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| The Training Session | |
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| Play Training | |
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| Training Projects and Exercises | |
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| Introductory Lessons | |
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| Walking on Leash | |
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| Basic Exercises | |
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| Stay Training | |
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| Heeling | |
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| Walking Stand-Stay and Distance Exercises | |
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| Recall Training | |
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| References | |
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| House Training, Destructive Behavior, and Appetitive Problems | |
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| House Training | |
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| House-Training Basics | |
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| Common House-Training Problems | |
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| Destructive Behavior In Puppies | |
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| Assessing and Controlling Destructive Behavior | |
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| Selecting Appropriate Chew Items | |
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| Redirecting and Discouraging Destructive Behavior | |
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| Destructive Behavior In Adult Dogs | |
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| Basic Training, Exercise, and Play | |
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| Controlling Inappropriate Chewing Activities | |
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| Aversive Startle and the Control of Destructive Behavior | |
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| Miscellaneous Devices and Techniques for Deterring Destructive Behavior | |
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| Digging | |
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| Appetitive Problems | |
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| Pica and Scavenging | |
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| Coprophagy | |
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| Crate Training | |
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| Selecting a Crate | |
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| Guidelines for Successful Crate Training | |
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| Dangers of Excessive Crate Confinement | |
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| Ethological Rationalizations of Crate Confinement | |
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| References | |
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| Fears and Phobias | |
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| Orientation and Basic Concepts | |
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| Coping with Fear | |
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| Basic Training and Fear | |
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| Neurobiological Substrates of Anxiety and Fear | |
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| Pharmacological Control of Anxiety and Fear | |
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| Exercise and Diet | |
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| Active and Passive Contingency Management Strategies | |
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| Habituation, Sensitization, and Preventive-Exposure Training | |
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| Social Facilitation and Modeling | |
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| Coping with Fear and Stress: Licking and Yawning | |
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| Counterconditioning | |
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| Play and Counterconditioning | |
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| Instrumental Control and Fear | |
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| Graded Exposure and Response Prevention | |
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| Fears and Phobias: Treatment Procedures and Protocols | |
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| Fear of Pain and Discomfort | |
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| Storm and Thunder Phobias | |
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| Fear of Loud Noises and Household Sounds | |
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| Fear of Sudden Movement or Change | |
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| Fear of Heights | |
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| Fear of Water | |
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| Fear of Riding in Cars | |
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| Fear of Enclosed Spaces and Confinement | |
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| Social Fears and Inhibitions | |
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| References | |
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| Separation Distress and Panic | |
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| Neurobiology and Ontogenetic Influences | |
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| Neurobiological Substrates of Attachment and Separation Distress | |
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| Pharmacological Control of Separation Distress | |
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| Potential Alternative Treatments | |
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| Separation Distress and Diet | |
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| Early Stimulation, Separation Exposure, and Emotional Reactivity | |
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| Attachment and Separation Problems: Puppies | |
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| Separation Distress and Panic: Treatment Procedures and Protocols | |
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| Attachment and Separation Problems: Adult Dogs | |
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| Quality of Social Attachment and Detachment Training | |
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| Basic Training and Separation Distress | |
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| Separation-related Problems and Punishment | |
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| Massage, Play, and Exercise | |
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| References | |
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| Compulsive and Hyperactive Excesses | |
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| Compulsive Behavior Disorders | |
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| Neurobiology and Compulsive Behavior Disorders | |
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| Pharmacological Control of Compulsive Behavior | |
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| Potential Dietary Treatments | |
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| Diagnostic Considerations | |
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| Evaluation, Procedures, and Protocols | |
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| Excessive Licking and Tail Chasing | |
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| Hyperactivity and Hyperkinesis | |
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| Compulsivity and Hyperactivity: Evolutionary Considerations | |
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| Hyperactivity and Neurobiology | |
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| Pharmacological Control of Hyperkinesis | |
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| Behavior Therapy | |
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| Hyperactivity and Social Excesses | |
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| Nuisance or Gem in the Rough | |
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| References | |
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| Neurobiology and Development of Aggression | |
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| Evolution and Neurobiology | |
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| Dominance and the Regulation of Aggression | |
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| Coevolution, Play, Communication, and Aggression | |
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| Emotional Command Systems and Drive Theory | |
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| Adaptive Coping Styles: Play, Flirt, Forbear, and Nip | |
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| Olfaction and Emotional Arousal | |
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| Neurobiological Regulation of Aggression | |
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| Pharmacological Control of Aggression | |
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| Placebo Effects, Endophenotypes, and the Dead-Dog Rule | |
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| Development and Control of Puppy Competitive Behavior | |
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| Temperament and Aggression | |
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| Tactile Stimulation and Adaptation | |
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| Play, Discipline, and Dominance | |
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| Precocious Aggression Problems | |
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| Competitive Social Excesses | |
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| Difficult Puppies: Establishing the Training Space | |
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| Posture-Facilitated Relaxation | |
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| References | |
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| Canine Domestic Aggression | |
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| Social Competition and Aggression | |
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| Interactive Conflict, Stress, and Social Dominance | |
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| Wolf Model of Dominance and Submission | |
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| Dispersal Tensions and Household Aggression | |
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| Dynamic Modal Relations and Social Dominance | |
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| Filial and Sibling Dominance-Submission Relations | |
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| Involuntary Subordination and Canine Domestic Aggression | |
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| Social Dominance: Dispositional Cause or Attributional Error | |
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| Adverse Environmental and Emotional Influences and Canine Domestic Aggression | |
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| Social Communication and the Regulation of Aggression | |
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| Social Competition, Cooperation, Conflict, and Resentment | |
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| Species-typical Defensive and Offensive Aggression | |
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| Loss of Safety, Depression, Panic, and Aggression | |
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| Assessing and Treating Canine Domestic Aggression | |
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| Canine Domestic Aggression: Assessing the Threat | |
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| Affiliative Conflicts and the Rise of Agonistic Competition | |
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| Anger, Restraint, and Frustration | |
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| Behavior Therapy and Training Procedures | |
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| Manhandling and Physical Punishment | |
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| Aggression and Diet | |
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| Exercise | |
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| Brief Protocols for Canine Domestic Aggression | |
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| Children and Dog Aggression | |
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| Infants and Dogs: Toward the Prevention of Problems | |
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| Introducing Baby and Dog | |
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| The Toddler and Increased Risk | |
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| Child-initiated Aggression and Sibling Rivalry | |
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| References | |
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| Impulsive, Extrafamilial, and Intraspecific Aggression | |
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| Intrafamilial and Extrafamilial Aggression | |
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| Classifying Aggression | |
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| Antipredatory Strategy and Autoprotection versus Dominance | |
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| Ontogeny and Reactive Behavior | |
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| Household Stress and Aggression | |
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| Living Space, Proxemic Relations, Inattentiveness, and Autoprotectiveness | |
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| Social Spaces, Frames, and Zones | |
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| Novelty, Sudden Change, and Reactive Adjustments | |
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| Collicular-Periaqueductal Gray Pathways and Reactive Adjustments | |
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| Orienting, Preattentive Sensory Processing, and Visual Acuity | |
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| Social Engagement and Attunement | |
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| Oxytocin, Arginine Vasopressin, and Autonomic Attunement | |
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| Arginine Vasopressin, Hyperkinesis, and Aggression | |
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| Stress, Thyroid Deficiency, Hypocortisolism, and Aggression | |
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| Activity Success and Failure, Pavlovian Typology, and Coping Styles | |
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| Proactive versus Preemptive Processing and Cynopraxis | |
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| Barking, Motor Displays, and Autonomic Arousal | |
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| Variables Affecting Extrafamilial Aggression | |
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| Conflicts and Rituals Toward Novel Social Stimuli | |
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| Watchdog Behavior | |
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| Attention and Autonomic Regulation | |
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| Play and Autonomic Attunement | |
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| Attention and Play Therapy | |
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| Quality-of-Life Matters | |
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| Opening the Training Space | |
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| Inhibitory Conditioning | |
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| Counterconditioning: Limitations and Precautions | |
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| Precautions for Safer Contact | |
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| Aggressive Barking and Threats Toward Visitors | |
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| Aggressive Barking, Lunging, and Chasing | |
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| Intraspecific Aggression | |
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| Hierarchy, Territory, and the Regulation of Aggression | |
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| Framing the Concept of Hierarchy and Territory | |
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| Unilateral, Bilateral, and Pluralistic Relations | |
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| Ontogeny of Play and Fighting | |
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| Fair Play, Emergent Social Codes, and Cynopraxis | |
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| Intraspecific State and Trait Aggression | |
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| Controlling Intraspecific Aggression Toward Nonfamilial Targets | |
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| Fighting Between Dogs Sharing the Same Household | |
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| Sources of Conflict Between a Newcomer Puppy and a Resident Dog | |
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| Introducing a New Adult Dog into the Household | |
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| Interdog Aggression within the Household | |
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| Sex Hormones and Intraspecific Aggression | |
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| Aggression Toward Cats in the Household | |
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| References | |
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| Biobehavioral Monitoring and Electronic Control of Behavior | |
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| Monitoring Autonomic and Emotional States | |
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| Stress, Temperature, and Behavior | |
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| Cardiovascular Activity and Emotional Behavior | |
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| Devices Used to Monitor Autonomic and Stress-related Changes | |
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| Autoshaping and Automated Training | |
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| Electronic Training | |
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| Technical Considerations | |
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| Subjective Factors and Electrical Stimulation | |
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| Stress, Distress, and Potential Adverse Side Effects of Electrical Stimulation | |
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| Electrical Stimulation Technology | |
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| Behavior-activated Electronic Training | |
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| Basic Training and Enhancement | |
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| Recall Enhancement | |
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| Behavioral Equilibrium | |
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| Punishment and Aversive Counterconditioning | |
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| Electronic Training and Problem Solving | |
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| Electronic Training and Wildlife Conservation | |
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| Electrical Stimulation and Working Dogs: A Shocking Study | |
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| Electronic Training Collars in Perspective | |
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| Future Prospects and Trends | |
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| References | |
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| Cynopraxis: Theory, Philosophy, and Ethics | |
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| Training Theory | |
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| What Is Cynopraxis? | |
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| Cynopraxic Training Theory | |
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| Basic Postulates, Units, Processes, and Mechanisms | |
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| Prediction Error and Adaptation | |
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| Adaptation, Prediction Error, and Distress | |
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| Comparator Processing, Allostasis, and Adaptive Optimization | |
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| Somatic versus Cortical Reward, Projects and Ventures, and Power Incentives | |
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| Expectancies, Emotion, and Stress | |
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| Autonomic Arousal, Drive, and Action Modes | |
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| Play and Drive | |
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| Fair Play and the Golden Rule | |
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| Neural Comparator Systems | |
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| Phylogenetic Survival Modes | |
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| Genetic Influences on Adaptive and Reactive Coping Styles | |
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| Neurobiology and Loss of Adaptability | |
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| Bonding Theory | |
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| Ontogeny, Coping, and Social Behavior | |
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| Attunement, Attachment, and the Human-Dog Bond | |
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| Opportunity with Limit | |
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| Hitting and Missing the Mark | |
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| Big Bangs and Black Holes: Extraversion, Introversion, and Disorganizing Load | |
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| Coping with Conflict | |
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| Restraint, Unavoidable Aversive Stimulation, and Stress | |
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| Attentional Nexus, Allocentrism, and Attunement | |
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| Sensitivity to Human Attentional States | |
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| Complex Social Behavior and Model/Rival Learning | |
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| Ethics and Philosophy | |
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| Cynopraxis and Ethics | |
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| Owner Control Styles and Wellfare Agendas | |
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| Anthropic Dominance Ideation, Perceived Power, and Control Styles | |
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| Power-dominance Ideation and Treatment Protocols | |
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| Problematic Trends and Obstacles to Adaptive Coping and Attunement | |
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| Cynopraxis: Allostasis, Adaptability, and Health | |
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| Hydran-Protean Side Effects, the Dead-dog Rule, and the LIMA Principle | |
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| References | |
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| Sit-Stay Program | |
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| Modified Sit-Stay Instructions | |
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| Sit-Stay Tasks | |
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| Reference | |
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| Sit, Down, Stand, and Stay Practice Variations | |
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| Posture-Facilitated Relaxation (PFR) Training | |
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| Basic Guidelines and PFR Techniques | |
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| PFR Training Instructions | |
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| References | |
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| Puppy Temperament Testing and Evaluation | |
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| Temperament Testing | |
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| Testing Procedures | |
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| Significance and Interpretation | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |