Behavior Problems of the Dog and Cat

Description:

Behavior Problems of the Dog & Cat, 4th Edition retains the highly practical approach that has proved so successful in previous editions, offering diagnostic guidelines, preventive advice, treatment guidelines and charts, case examples, client forms and handouts, and product and resource suggestions, along with details on the use of drugs and natural supplements to help optimize the behavior services offered in practice.

Features:

• Step-by-step guidelines describe how to collect a patient history, perform a thorough physical examination, conduct diagnostic testing, formulate differential diagnoses, select treatment, and monitor the patients’ responses.
• Background information describes how dog and cat behavior problems arise and how they can be prevented.
• Coverage of behavior modification techniques provides you with a clear understanding of suggested treatment as well as the use of drugs, products, pheromones, surgery, diet, and alternative therapies.
• Content on behavioral genetics explores this rapidly growing and advancing field and includes new therapeutic approaches for cognitive decline.
• Case studies illustrate real-life clinical situations.
• Easy-access treatment tables provide at-a-glance solutions to common behavior problems.
• Useful appendices include treatment protocols as well as the drug information and dosages that make effective prescribing easy.

New To This Edition:

• NEW! Many hot new topics are covered, including fear, anxiety, and stress and their effects on health and behavior, as well as pain and behavior, the psychobiological approach to veterinary behavior assessment, and pets and the family dynamic.
• NEW! Updated chapter content is extensively augmented or completely rewritten by new authors, making this more than just a new edition - it’s a new book!
• NEW! digital version is included with print purchase which allows access to all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Online access also includes handouts and forms, drug dosing, and a comprehensive directory of resources.

Table Of Contents:

1. Behavior Medicine and the Veterinary Team 
2. Development, Social and Communicative Behavior 
3. Pet Selection and the Genetics of Behavior 
4. Pets and the Family Dynamic 
5. Prevention: The Best Medicine  
6. All Body Systems Affect Behavior 
7. Physiologic Stress and its Effect on Health & Welfare 
8. The Effects of Aging on Behavior in Senior Pets 
9. Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment 
10. Behavioral Treatment Techniques, Behavior Modification, and Learning Theory 
11. Pharmacologic Intervention in Behavioral Therapy      
12. Treatment-Integrative Medicine   
13. Feeding and Diet-Related Problems 
14. Fears, Phobias, and Anxiety Disorders
15. Noise Aversion 
16. Reducing Fear, Anxiety and Stress in Veterinary Clinics 
17. Separation Related Disorders 
18. Abnormal Repetitive Behaviors: Stereotypes and Compulsive Disorders 
19. Unruly and Destructive Behaviors - Canine 
20. Unruly Behaviors, Training, and Management - Cats 
21. Canine House Soiling  
22. Housesoiling
23. Canine Aggression 
24. Feline Aggression           
25. The Psychobiological Approach to Problem Behavior Assessment 
Appendix A: Behavior Resources 
Appendix B: Drug Dosages 
Appendix C: List of Online Handouts and Forms 
Appendix D: Online Forms and Handouts