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Behavior: A Guide For Practitioners, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, E-Book
(2014)
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Abstract
This issue acts as a guide to behavior in dogs and cats for practitioners. Topics include: genetics and behavior of cats and dogs, the effects of stress on small animal health and behavior, canine agression towards family members or visitors, common sense small animal behaviour modification, small animal behavior triage, abnormal reptitive behaviors, feline agression towards family members, cat fights, and more.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| Behavior: A Guide for\rPractitioners | i | ||
| copyright\r | ii | ||
| Contributors | iii | ||
| Contents | vii | ||
| Veterinary Clinics Of\rNorth America: Small\rAnimal Practice\r | xi | ||
| Preface\r | xiii | ||
| Small Animal Behavioral Triage | 379 | ||
| Key points | 379 | ||
| Introduction | 379 | ||
| The Human-Animal Bond | 379 | ||
| Pet Relinquishment | 380 | ||
| Triaging behavioral concerns | 381 | ||
| Providing Immediate Assistance | 382 | ||
| Medical Problems with Underlying Behavioral Issues | 382 | ||
| Benefits of integrating veterinary behavior into general practice | 383 | ||
| Integrating veterinary behavior into general practice | 384 | ||
| Create a Pet-Friendly Veterinary Practice | 384 | ||
| Incorporate Behavioral Questions into Standard History Taking | 385 | ||
| The First Appointment | 385 | ||
| Puppy and kitten appointments | 386 | ||
| Appointment with the new pet owner | 387 | ||
| Adolescent Behavior Wellness Appointments | 388 | ||
| Senior Behavior Wellness Appointments | 389 | ||
| Preventive Behavior Services | 389 | ||
| Intervention Behavior Services | 389 | ||
| Defining the roles of behavior team members | 391 | ||
| General Practitioner | 392 | ||
| Veterinary Behaviorist: Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists | 393 | ||
| Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist | 393 | ||
| Veterinary Technician | 393 | ||
| Qualified Professional Trainers | 394 | ||
| Integration of the behavior team | 396 | ||
| Summary | 397 | ||
| Recommended resources | 397 | ||
| Veterinary Professional Organizations | 397 | ||
| Certified Animal Behavior Professionals | 397 | ||
| Professional Trainer Organizations | 397 | ||
| Handouts | 397 | ||
| Veterinary Oriented Behavior Books | 397 | ||
| Behavior and Training Books | 398 | ||
| Other Resources | 398 | ||
| References | 398 | ||
| Common Sense Behavior Modification | 401 | ||
| Key points | 401 | ||
| Introduction | 401 | ||
| Providing species-appropriate information on dog and cat behavior | 402 | ||
| Learning principles | 403 | ||
| Constraints on Learning | 403 | ||
| Definitions | 404 | ||
| Implementation of Learning Principles: Timing and Selection of Rewards | 408 | ||
| General principles to guide interventions | 409 | ||
| How to Get Started and Questions to Ask | 409 | ||
| Medical Diagnostics | 409 | ||
| Avoidance of Trigger Stimuli | 410 | ||
| Reward-Based Training and Predictable Interactions and Consequences | 410 | ||
| Behavior Tools and Products | 411 | ||
| Leashes | 411 | ||
| Collars | 412 | ||
| Head collars | 412 | ||
| Body harnesses | 414 | ||
| Muzzles | 415 | ||
| Crates and confinement tools | 415 | ||
| Behavior Modification | 417 | ||
| Ancillary Products | 419 | ||
| Pheromones | 419 | ||
| Nutraceuticals and herbal supplements | 420 | ||
| Food | 420 | ||
| Environmental Enrichment and Exercise | 420 | ||
| Some common problems and interventions | 421 | ||
| Basic Underlying Tenets of Changing Behavior | 421 | ||
| Intraspecific Aggression Toward Familiar Dogs | 422 | ||
| Why it happens | 422 | ||
| Owner involvement | 422 | ||
| What to do | 422 | ||
| Avoiding stimuli | 422 | ||
| Canine and Feline Enrichment in the Home and Kennel | 427 | ||
| Key points | 427 | ||
| Introduction | 427 | ||
| Definition of Enrichment | 427 | ||
| Goals of Enrichment | 427 | ||
| Considering enrichment in the home environment | 428 | ||
| Making a cat-friendly home | 428 | ||
| Space | 429 | ||
| Resources | 430 | ||
| Privacy | 430 | ||
| Ability to Perform Normal Behaviors | 431 | ||
| Enrichment of the Outdoor Environment | 432 | ||
| Providing Accessible and Significant Scratching Places | 432 | ||
| Blocking Access by Other Cats, Both Visual and Actual | 433 | ||
| Providing Hiding Places and Vantage Points | 433 | ||
| Providing Outdoor Toilets | 433 | ||
| Making a dog-friendly home | 436 | ||
| Space | 436 | ||
| Ability to Express Normal Behaviors | 438 | ||
| Mental Stimulation via Play | 438 | ||
| Feeding | 439 | ||
| Access to Toileting Facilities | 439 | ||
| Freedom from Fear and Stress | 440 | ||
| Training | 440 | ||
| Exercise and Mental Stimulation | 441 | ||
| The Garden or Yard | 441 | ||
| Considering enrichment in the kennel environment | 442 | ||
| Spatial Requirements | 443 | ||
| Toileting Facilities | 443 | ||
| Provision for Appropriate Species-Specific Stimulation | 443 | ||
| Freedom from Fear and Stress | 444 | ||
| Ease of Management and Maintenance of Hygiene | 444 | ||
| Personnel Requirements | 444 | ||
| Predictable temporal routine | 445 | ||
| Unambiguous communication | 445 | ||
| Appropriate handling and restraint | 445 | ||
| Summary | 446 | ||
| References | 446 | ||
| The Pet-friendly Veterinary Practice | 451 | ||
| Key points | 451 | ||
| Introduction | 451 | ||
| Why Low-stress Handling? | 451 | ||
| Benefits of low-stress handling | 452 | ||
| Before handling | 452 | ||
| Assessing the environment and making it comfortable for the patient | 452 | ||
| Maximizing environmental comfort | 452 | ||
| Assessing the animal’s comfort level and intent | 455 | ||
| Assessing your own body language and behavior and its effects on the patient | 456 | ||
| Assessing handler language and attitude toward the patient | 456 | ||
| Commonly used terms in reference to patients that result in poor handling | 456 | ||
| Terms that are a more accurate reflection of animal behavior and promote appropriate handling | 462 | ||
| Making a handling plan | 462 | ||
| Using counterconditioning | 462 | ||
| Fear is Not Voluntary | 463 | ||
| Procedures in which counterconditioning should be used | 463 | ||
| Examples of palatable foods that are easy to administer to dogs | 463 | ||
| Examples of palatable food that is easy to administer to cats | 463 | ||
| Safe and effective restraint | 464 | ||
| Guidelines for restraint | 465 | ||
| Chemical restraint | 466 | ||
| Handling tools | 466 | ||
| Canine Handling Tools | 468 | ||
| Feline handling tools | 473 | ||
| References | 478 | ||
| Genetics and Behavior | 483 | ||
| Key points | 483 | ||
| Introduction: why should practitioners care about behavioral genetics? | 483 | ||
| Genotype versus phenotype | 484 | ||
| Measuring behavior | 486 | ||
| Temperament, Personality, and Behavioral Assays | 486 | ||
| What Makes an Assessment “Good”? | 487 | ||
| Is behavior heritable? | 489 | ||
| Quantitative Approaches to Behavior | 489 | ||
| Molecular Approaches to Behavior | 492 | ||
| Methods to study genes behind complex traits | 492 | ||
| Genetic markers and canine studies | 494 | ||
| Candidate Genes and Neurochemistry | 494 | ||
| The Special Case of Gene Mapping and Olfaction in Dogs | 494 | ||
| What other genetic issues can affect behavior? Epigenetics in brief | 496 | ||
| Future directions | 496 | ||
| References | 499 | ||
| Appendix Online resources | 505 | ||
| Recognizing Behavioral Signs of Pain and Disease | 507 | ||
| Key points | 507 | ||
| Introduction | 507 | ||
| Anxiety disorders | 508 | ||
| Dogs | 508 | ||
| Cats | 509 | ||
| Behavioral signs of neurologic disease and pain | 510 | ||
| Dogs | 511 | ||
| Cats | 512 | ||
| Behavioral signs of urogenital disease and pain | 513 | ||
| Cats | 513 | ||
| Behavioral signs of gastrointestinal disease and pain | 513 | ||
| Dogs | 514 | ||
| Cats | 516 | ||
| Behavioral signs of dermatologic disease and pain | 516 | ||
| Dogs | 516 | ||
| Stress—Its Effects on Health and Behavior | 525 | ||
| Key points | 525 | ||
| Introduction | 525 | ||
| Assessing specific stress responses | 526 | ||
| The impact of stress on physical health | 528 | ||
| Urinary System | 529 | ||
| Reproductive System | 529 | ||
| Immune System | 529 | ||
| Gastrointestinal System | 529 | ||
| The Integument | 530 | ||
| The impact of stress on mental health | 530 | ||
| The impact of stress on social health | 532 | ||
| Principles of stress auditing and intervention management | 532 | ||
| Demands and Expectations | 535 | ||
| Intervention measures for managing stress | 536 | ||
| Summary | 538 | ||
| References | 538 | ||
| Abnormal Repetitive Behaviors in Dogs and Cats | 543 | ||
| Key points | 543 | ||
| Introduction | 543 | ||
| Nature of the problem | 545 | ||
| Stereotypies | 545 | ||
| Possible Functions of Stereotypies | 546 | ||
| Neurobiology of Stereotypies | 547 | ||
| Obsessive-compulsive disorders | 547 | ||
| Stereotypy versus compulsive disorders | 548 | ||
| Compulsive disorders in animals | 549 | ||
| Tail Chasing and Spinning | 550 | ||
| Acral Lick Dermatitis | 551 | ||
| Other Self-Injurious Behaviors | 552 | ||
| Blanket and Flank Sucking in Doberman Pinschers | 553 | ||
| Wool Sucking and Pica in Cats | 554 | ||
| Recognizing/diagnosing the problem | 554 | ||
| Management of repetitive behaviors | 555 | ||
| Pharmacologic Strategies | 555 | ||
| Nonpharmacologic Strategies | 556 | ||
| Basic principles | 556 | ||
| Avoidance of stimuli/triggers | 556 | ||
| Physical prevention of behavior | 557 | ||
| Use of head collar and dragline and/or tether | 557 | ||
| Stop all punishment | 557 | ||
| Environmental modification | 558 | ||
| Exercise | 558 | ||
| Occupational training behaviorally appropriate activities | 558 | ||
| Environmental enrichment | 558 | ||
| Behavior modification | 558 | ||
| Predictable routines and interactions | 558 | ||
| Teach relaxation | 558 | ||
| Ignore attention seeking, reward/reinforce relaxed behavior | 558 | ||
| Countercondition the pet to respond to the stimuli by performing an alternative behavior that is incompatible (response sub ... | 559 | ||
| Desensitization to stimuli and classic counterconditioning (reward calm behavior) | 559 | ||
| Evaluation, adjustment, and recurrence | 559 | ||
| Summary | 560 | ||
| References | 560 | ||
| Intercat Aggression: Restoring Harmony in the Home | 565 | ||
| Key points | 565 | ||
| Introduction | 565 | ||
| Social structure of free-living cats | 566 | ||
| Multicat households | 567 | ||
| Identification and diagnosis of intercat aggression | 567 | ||
| Treatment of intercat aggression | 569 | ||
| When separation is not necessary | 570 | ||
| Plentiful Resources | 570 | ||
| Physical and Mental Enrichment | 571 | ||
| Interruption Strategies | 571 | ||
| Physical Adjuncts to Treatment | 571 | ||
| When separation is indicated | 572 | ||
| Scent Transfer | 572 | ||
| Gradual Introduction | 572 | ||
| When using a physical barrier | 572 | ||
| When using a restraint device | 573 | ||
| Additional Behavior Modification Options | 573 | ||
| Recommendations for use of punishment during social interactions | 574 | ||
| Use of medication to support the treatment of intercat aggression | 574 | ||
| Situational/Event Intervention Options | 574 | ||
| Maintenance Intervention Options | 575 | ||
| Case example | 576 | ||
| Prognosis | 576 | ||
| Prevention | 577 | ||
| Choosing a New Addition | 577 | ||
| Introduction Recommendations | 578 | ||
| References | 578 | ||
| Feline Aggression Toward Family Members | 581 | ||
| Key points | 581 | ||
| Relevance | 581 | ||
| Normal behavior related to aggression | 582 | ||
| Role of Domestication | 582 | ||
| Role of Genetics and Early Socialization | 582 | ||
| Communication Related to Aggression | 582 | ||
| Visual | 583 | ||
| Auditory | 583 | ||
| Tactile | 584 | ||
| Feline social hierarchies | 584 | ||
| Gathering information on the aggressive feline patient | 584 | ||
| Basic information | 586 | ||
| Environmental information | 586 | ||
| Household pet information | 586 | ||
| Human family members and visitors | 586 | ||
| Incident information | 586 | ||
| Role of owner | 586 | ||
| Causes of aggression | 587 | ||
| Overview | 587 | ||
| Human-Directed Aggression | 587 | ||
| Fear-related aggression | 587 | ||
| Inappropriate or misdirected play | 588 | ||
| Petting-induced or handling-induced | 588 | ||
| Confidence-based aggression | 588 | ||
| Redirected aggression | 589 | ||
| Treatment | 589 | ||
| Overview | 589 | ||
| Surgery, Medications, and Other Related Therapies | 590 | ||
| Management | 590 | ||
| Tools and household enrichment | 590 | ||
| Safety and avoidance | 591 | ||
| Medications and Other Related Therapies | 592 | ||
| DS and CC | 592 | ||
| Prevention | 593 | ||
| Summary | 594 | ||
| Cat Behavior Resources | 594 | ||
| References | 594 | ||
| Canine Aggression Toward People | 599 | ||
| Key points | 599 | ||
| Introduction | 599 | ||
| Approach to diagnosing and treating human-directed aggression: an overview | 600 | ||
| Why Is a Diagnosis Important? | 600 | ||
| How Do I Make a Behavioral Diagnosis? | 600 | ||
| How Do I Obtain Behavioral Information? | 600 | ||
| What Tests Should Be Performed to Rule Out Physical Causes for Aggression? | 601 | ||
| What Is the Pet’s Prognosis? | 602 | ||
| What Are Our Client’s Options? | 603 | ||
| How Do We Treat a Dog with Human-Directed Aggression? | 603 | ||
| Client education | 603 | ||
| Safety and management | 603 | ||
| Communication and training | 603 | ||
| Consistent, positive, predictable interactions | 605 | ||
| Desensitization and counter-conditioning | 605 | ||
| Response to aggressive behavior | 605 | ||
| Anxiolytics (pheromones, wraps, dietary, pharmaceutical) | 605 | ||
| Pheromones | 605 | ||
| Wraps | 605 | ||
| Dietary | 605 | ||
| Pharmaceutical | 608 | ||
| Alternative (eg, homeopathy, herbalism, aromatherapy, acupuncture, massage) | 609 | ||
| Surgery | 609 | ||
| Gonadectomy | 609 | ||
| Tooth reduction or removal | 610 | ||
| Documentation and follow-up care | 610 | ||
| Behavioral causes of human-directed aggression | 610 | ||
| Fear Aggression | 610 | ||
| Conflict Aggression | 618 | ||
| Possessive Aggression | 619 | ||
| Territorial Aggression | 619 | ||
| Redirected Aggression | 620 | ||
| Play Aggression | 621 | ||
| Predatory Aggression | 621 | ||
| Impulsive Behavior: Idiopathic and Pathophysiologic Aggression | 622 | ||
| After the appointment and follow-up | 623 | ||
| What Should I Do After the Appointment? | 623 | ||
| How Do I Monitor Treatment? | 623 | ||
| When Do We End Treatment? | 623 | ||
| What If the Dog’s Behavior Does Not Improve? | 625 | ||
| The Clinician’s role in preventing human-directed aggression | 625 | ||
| Summary | 625 | ||
| References | 625 | ||
| Appendix | 629 | ||
| Key points | 629 | ||
| Suggested readings | 632 | ||
| Index | 633 |