Aggressive Behavior in Dogs: A Comprehensive Technical Manual for Professionals

by James O'Heare

Aggressive Behavior in Dogs is a comprehensive technical manual, written for animal behavior professionals. It outlines why dogs aggress, how technologists can manage aggressive behavior cases from initial contact through the functional behavioral assessment process, establishing behavior objectives, designing and implementing a systematic contingency management plan and working toward resolution from a behavioral orientation. Although the content relates to dogs, it could be applied to various species of companion animals. The third edition has been completely revamped and updated.

Genres: Dogs, Animals

248 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 2007

Reviews

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book would be great for professionals who are just starting out and need to know the terminology, statistics and how to do functional assessments.

I was really hoping there would be actual case studies included in the book.

[Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great comprehensive review for trainers