• Covering proven techniques of behavior modification, Manual of Clinical Behavioral Medicine for Dogs and Cats provides a practical approach to the treatment and prevention of common canine and feline behavior problems. More than simple obedience training, this book describes both normal and undesirable behaviors and offers solutions for common small animal difficulties including digging, barking, biting, anxiety, and marking. It also discusses the role of pharmacology in behavior modification. Written by well-known veterinary behavior specialist Dr. Karen Overall, this reliable reference includes a DVD video that shows humane behavioral care and explains how dogs communicate with and learn from humans.

    "Behavioural medicine is now fully recognised as part of veterinary expertise and if you are serious about it, this book is for you." Reviewed by Fabienne Dethioux on behalf of Royal Canin: Vets Today, July 2015


    Key Features

    • World-renowned author Dr. Karen Overall is a leading veterinary behavior specialist and a founding member of the board of clinical specialists, a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Behavior, certified by the Animal Behavior Society as an Applied Animal Behaviorist, and one of The Bark magazine's 100 most influential people in the dog world.
    • Companion DVD includes a 30-minute video of the author demonstrating techniques for correcting and preventing canine behavior problems, and provides handouts to assist the pet owner with behavioral modification techniques.
    • Supplemental material includes 45 client handouts, 12 informed consent forms, and 5 questionnaires that help you zero in on the pet's behavior.
    • Hundreds of images illustrate important techniques and key concepts.
    • Tables and boxes summarize key assessment information, behavioral cues, and pharmacologic management.

  • Part One: Understanding Behavior: Modern Paradigms
    1. Embracing Behavior as a Core Discipline: Creating the Behavior-Centered Practice
    2. The Science and Theory Underlying Behavioral Medicine: Terminology, Diagnosis, Mechanism and the Importance of Understanding Reactivity
    3. Changing Behavior: Roles for Learning, Negotiated Settlements, and Individualized Treatment Plans
    Part Two: Canine Behavior
    4. Normal Canine Behavior and Ontogeny: Neurological and Social Development, Signaling and Normal Canine Behaviors
    5. Problematic Canine Behaviors: Roles for Undesirable, Odd and Management-related Concerns
    6. Abnormal Canine Behaviors and Behavioral Pathologies Involving Aggression
    7. Abnormal Canine Behaviors and Behavioral Pathologies Not Primarily Involving Pathological Aggression
    Part Three: Feline Behavior
    8. Normal Feline Behavior and Ontogeny: Neurological and Social Development, Signaling and Normal Feline Behaviors
    9. Undesirable, Problematic, and Abnormal Feline Behavior and Behavioral Pathologies
    Part Four: Behavioral Supplements and Medications
    10. Pharmacological Approaches to Changing Behavior and Neurochemistry: Roles for Diet, Supplements, Nutraceuticals and Medication
    Part Five: Supplemental Materials
    References
    Protocols and Questionnaires

    DVD contents
    Humane Behavioral Care for Dogs: Problem Prevention and Treatment
    · 30- minute video with audio commentary from the author demonstrating techniques
    · Questionnaires and protocols

  • Karen L. Overall, MA, VMD, PhD, DACVB, CAAB

    Dr. Overall, faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania, has given hundreds of national and international presentations on behavioral medicine. She is diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Behavior (ACVB) and is board-certified by the Animal Behavior Society (ABS) as an Applied Animal Behaviorist.

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