Dog Insight
by Reid, Pamela, Ph.D.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-10-11
Publisher(s): Dogwise Pub
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Summary
Trainers and animal behaviorists around the globe consider Pam Reid's Excel-erated Learning one of the most important and influential books ever written in the field of dog behavior. Although that's a hard act to follow, Dog InSight, Pam's second book, does not disappoint. In over forty fascinating essays, Pam explores a wide range of topics, including learning theory, training techniques and behavior problems.
Author Biography
Pamela Reid is a trained scientist, a certified behaviorist and a dog trainer with a PhD in animal learning and behavior. Shes consulted on thousands of cased over the years, working with everything from an attack cat whose owner had to call 911 to a suicidal dog who leapt out a third story window.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Behaviour | p. 5 |
| Brain Waves | p. 7 |
| Small Puppies, Big Brains | p. 11 |
| The Real Hidden Life of Dogs | p. 15 |
| Dogs at Play | p. 19 |
| The Play's The Thing | p. 23 |
| Calming Signals | p. 28 |
| Myth Buster | p. s32 |
| The Complexity of Pack Life | p. 37 |
| The Dogs Mind | p. 42 |
| Doggy See, Doggy Do | p. 46 |
| Temperament Testing | p. 53 |
| Dog Behaviour Professionals | p. 57 |
| Training | p. 63 |
| Operant Conditioning | p. 66 |
| Pushing the Right Button | p. 70 |
| Will Work for Food | p. 74 |
| Training Dogs, Clickety-Split | p. 79 |
| Canine Stage Fright | p. 84 |
| Saying "No" | p. 88 |
| The Great Training Debate | p. 93 |
| Behaviour Problems | p. 99 |
| Nothing in Life Should be Free | p. 102 |
| Doing It Right From the Start | p. 106 |
| The Dog Owner's Work is Never Done | p. Ill |
| Housetraining Blues | p. 115 |
| Hush, Puppy! | p. 121 |
| Front Door Etiquette | p. 125 |
| And Baby Makes Four | p. 131 |
| What's Mine is Mine | p. 137 |
| Leash Induced Aggression | p. 141 |
| The Three Faces of Eej | p. 145 |
| Scared Dog | p. 150 |
| Grrr! Don't Touch Me! | p. 154 |
| Making Friends | p. 157 |
| The Dominant Dog | p. 161 |
| I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry | p. 165 |
| Nocturnally Active | p. 169 |
| When Lightening Strikes | p. 173 |
| Mean Cuisine | p. 178 |
| Bizarre Behaviours | p. 182 |
| DogTired | p. 186 |
| A Sound Mind in a Sound Body | p. 190 |
| Dangerous Dogs | p. 195 |
| I'm Listening 1-800-BAD-DOGS | p. 199 |
| Saying Good-bye to Old Friends | p. 207 |
| About the Author | p. 212 |
| Recommended Reading, | p. 214 |
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