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Canine and feline behavior for veterinary technicians and nurses / / edited by Debbie Martin and Julie K. Shaw
| Canine and feline behavior for veterinary technicians and nurses / / edited by Debbie Martin and Julie K. Shaw |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, , [2023] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (510 pages) |
| Disciplina | 636.7/0887 |
| Soggetto topico |
Cats - Behavior
Cats - Psychology Dogs - Behavior |
| ISBN |
1-119-76558-7
1-119-76557-9 1-119-76559-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the companion website -- Chapter 1 The role of the veterinary technician in animal behavior -- Veterinarian's roles and responsibilities -- Medical differentials to behavior disorders -- Behavioral dermatology -- Aggression -- Elimination disorders -- Chronic pain conditions -- Behavior disorder versus training problem -- Qualified professionals to treat animal behavior disorders -- Trainer's and consultant's roles and responsibilities -- The role of the veterinary technician in the veterinary behavior consultation -- Triaging the issues -- Prior to the consultation -- During the consultation -- After the consultation: follow-up care -- Summary of the roles of the veterinarian, veterinary technician, and animal trainer in veterinary behavior -- Home versus clinic behavior consultations -- Pros and cons of the home behavior consultation versus the clinic behavior consultation -- Veterinary-technician-driven behavior services -- Behavior modification appointments -- Puppy socialization classes -- Kitten classes -- Pet selection counseling -- New puppy/kitten appointments -- Life skills and basic manners training classes -- Head collar and harness fitting -- Behavior wellness visits -- Avian classes -- Staff and client seminars -- Fear Free®/Low Stress Handling® hospital advocate -- Financial benefits -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 Canine behavior and development -- Canine sensory capacities -- Vision -- Hearing -- Olfaction -- Vomeronasal organ -- Taste -- Touch -- Canine communication -- Body language classifications -- Clinical interpretation -- Auditory communication -- Olfactory communication -- Canine social structure -- Domestication and canine behavior -- Social organization of feral and/or free-ranging dogs.
The role of dominance in the social structure of the dog -- Social organization of dogs living in a human household -- Exploratory behavior -- Ingestive behavior -- Eliminative behavior -- Stimuli that affect elimination -- Sexual behavior -- Maternal behavior -- Parent-offspring behavior -- Puppy activity and vocalization -- Play behavior -- Canine behavioral development -- Complexity of early environment -- Effect of neonatal stress -- When is the best time to adopt a puppy? -- Sensitive periods of development and life stages -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Feline behavior and development -- Feline sensory capacities -- Vision -- Hearing -- Olfaction -- Vomeronasal organ -- Taste -- Touch -- Feline communication -- Olfactory communication -- Auditory communication -- Visual communication -- Reading the entire cat -- Feline domestication, social structure, and behavior -- Domestication -- Social organization of domestic cats -- Sexual behavior -- Maternal behavior -- Ingestive and predatory behavior -- Eliminative behavior -- Exploratory behavior and activity levels -- Grooming behavior -- Breed differences -- Feline behavioral development -- Developmental periods and life stages -- Conclusion -- Additional resources -- References -- Chapter 4 The human-animal bond - a brief look at its richness and complexities -- The HAB past, present, and future -- The HAB during the COVID-19 pandemic -- Special bonds - Animal-assisted interventions -- Difficult to understand relationships -- Defining healthy versus unhealthy bonds -- Strengthening the HAB and preventing pet relinquishment -- Animals with behavioral disorders and the people who love them -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 Communication and connecting the animal behavior team -- A comparison between marriage and family therapist and the role of the animal behavior technician -- Communication. Nonverbal communication -- Verbal communication -- Active listening -- Connective communication techniques -- The four-habits communication model -- Validation -- Normalizing -- Teaching -- TAGteach® -- The communication cycle -- Assessments -- Parts of a behavior history -- Acquiring a behavior history and improving pet owner compliance -- Grief counseling -- The "normal" grief process -- Complex grief -- Breaking the bond -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 Learning and behavior modification -- Genetics and learning -- Effect of domestication on learning -- Effects of nutrition on learning -- Early environment and learning -- Habituation and sensitization -- Operant conditioning -- Behavior modification using operant conditioning -- Classical conditioning -- Behavior modification using classical conditioning -- Conditioned taste aversion -- Social learning -- Behavior modification using social learning -- Conclusion -- Additional resources -- References -- Chapter 7 Problem prevention -- Introduction -- Ideal characteristics for pet owners -- Canine management and prevention techniques -- Understanding dogs and their characteristics -- Management of the learning history -- Routine -- Canine environmental enrichment -- Toys -- Games -- Canine prevention: effects of neutering -- Canine prevention: socialization -- Canine prevention: crate training -- Canine prevention: elimination training -- Litter/pad training puppies -- Canine prevention: independence training -- Canine prevention: handling and restraint -- Canine prevention: safety around the food bowl and relinquishing objects -- Feline management and prevention techniques -- Understanding cats and their characteristics -- Feline management recommendations -- Feline environmental enrichment -- Feline prevention: effects of neutering -- Feline prevention: socialization. Feline prevention: litter-box training -- Feline prevention: crate training -- Feline prevention: handling and restraint -- Prevention (canine and feline): introducing a new pet -- Introductions: dog to dog -- Introductions: cat to cat -- Introductions interspecies -- Prevention (canine and feline): children and pets -- Behavior solutions for normal species-specific behavior -- General behavior solutions model -- Problems with aversive training techniques and equipment -- Behavior solutions for typical canine behaviors -- Behavior solutions for typical feline behaviors -- Play biting and scratching -- Destructive scratching -- Climbing on surfaces -- Prevention services -- Pet selection counseling -- Counseling sessions -- Counseling forms -- Pet selection reports -- Puppy socialization classes -- Logistics -- Puppy socialization class format -- Kitten classes -- Juvenile/adolescent/adult canine classes -- Senior/geriatric canine classes -- Fun visits and formal training sessions for veterinary experiences -- Private in-home or in-clinic prevention/training appointments -- Special prevention topic seminars or classes -- Integrating behavior wellness into the veterinary hospital -- Puppy and kitten visits -- The adolescent behavior wellness examination -- The adult behavior wellness examination -- The senior and geriatric behavior wellness examination -- Behavior wellness conclusion -- Conclusion -- Additional resources -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Chapter 8 Husbandry and veterinary care -- Introduction -- General core concepts -- Assessing FAS -- Considerate Approach -- Touch Gradient -- Gentle Control -- Communication -- Creating pleasant experiences throughout the veterinary visit -- Home preparation -- Scheduling the veterinary appointment -- Arrival at the veterinary hospital -- General hospital recommendations -- The waiting room/lobby. Approach and behavior of veterinary team members -- The scale -- The examination room -- Treatment and procedure areas -- Housing areas and wards -- Moving between areas of the hospital -- Return home -- Gentle control techniques -- Creating a plan for veterinary care -- Prioritizing veterinary procedures -- The medical treatment of FAS -- Indicators for the use of anxiolytics -- Preventive medical intervention for FAS-inducing medical procedures -- Medical intervention for FAS -- Pain increases fear, anxiety, and stress -- Fun visits versus formal training for veterinary experiences -- Conclusion -- Additional resources -- References -- Chapter 9 Specific behavior modification techniques and practical applications for behavior disorders -- Common veterinary behavior disorder diagnosis and descriptions -- Aggression -- Disease-induced or pain-induced aggression -- Fear/defensive aggression -- Idiopathic aggression -- Inter-dog aggression -- Inter-cat aggression -- Inter-dog aggression - household -- Learned aggression -- Maternal/hormonal-induced aggression -- Play-induced aggression -- Redirected aggression -- Territorial aggression -- Ingestive disorders -- Elimination -- Fear/Anxiety disorders -- Acute conflict behaviors, stereotypical behaviors, and compulsive disorders -- Other -- Common veterinarian-prescribed behavioral treatments -- Management -- Training techniques -- Why punishment is not recommended in training or the application of behavior modification -- Punishment is counterproductive to treatment -- Why the prevalence of punishment-based training and domination techniques persist -- Lure reward training -- Event marker (clicker) training -- Benefits of clicker training, both in training and in the application of behavior modification techniques -- Other training -- Training tools -- Head halters -- Basket muzzles/other muzzles. Body harnesses. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830594203321 |
| Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, , [2023] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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If you tame me [[electronic resource] ] : understanding our connection with animals / / Leslie Irvine ; foreword by Marc Bekoff
| If you tame me [[electronic resource] ] : understanding our connection with animals / / Leslie Irvine ; foreword by Marc Bekoff |
| Autore | Irvine Leslie |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina | 636.7/0887 |
| Collana | Animals, culture, and society |
| Soggetto topico |
Dogs - Behavior
Cats - Behavior Dogs - Psychology Cats - Psychology Human-animal relationships |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-58189-9
9786612581892 1-59213-791-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 How and Why; 2 Them and Us; 3 From Pets to Companion Animals; 4 Looking at Animals/Glimpses of Selves; 5 The Adopters: Making a Match; 6 Rethinking the Self: Mead's Myopia; 7 Self versus Other: The Core Self; 8 Self with Other: Intersubjectivity; Conclusion: Putting Theory into Practice; Appendix: Methods; Notes; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454599403321 |
Irvine Leslie
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| Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2004 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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If you tame me [[electronic resource] ] : understanding our connection with animals / / Leslie Irvine ; foreword by Marc Bekoff
| If you tame me [[electronic resource] ] : understanding our connection with animals / / Leslie Irvine ; foreword by Marc Bekoff |
| Autore | Irvine Leslie |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina | 636.7/0887 |
| Collana | Animals, culture, and society |
| Soggetto topico |
Dogs - Behavior
Cats - Behavior Dogs - Psychology Cats - Psychology Human-animal relationships |
| ISBN |
1-282-58189-9
9786612581892 1-59213-791-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 How and Why; 2 Them and Us; 3 From Pets to Companion Animals; 4 Looking at Animals/Glimpses of Selves; 5 The Adopters: Making a Match; 6 Rethinking the Self: Mead's Myopia; 7 Self versus Other: The Core Self; 8 Self with Other: Intersubjectivity; Conclusion: Putting Theory into Practice; Appendix: Methods; Notes; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782027703321 |
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Irvine Leslie
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| Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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If you tame me : understanding our connection with animals / / Leslie Irvine ; foreword by Marc Bekoff
| If you tame me : understanding our connection with animals / / Leslie Irvine ; foreword by Marc Bekoff |
| Autore | Irvine Leslie |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 223 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 636.7/0887 |
| Collana | Animals, culture, and society |
| Soggetto topico |
Dogs - Behavior
Cats - Behavior Dogs - Psychology Cats - Psychology Human-animal relationships |
| ISBN |
1-282-58189-9
9786612581892 1-59213-791-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 How and Why; 2 Them and Us; 3 From Pets to Companion Animals; 4 Looking at Animals/Glimpses of Selves; 5 The Adopters: Making a Match; 6 Rethinking the Self: Mead's Myopia; 7 Self versus Other: The Core Self; 8 Self with Other: Intersubjectivity; Conclusion: Putting Theory into Practice; Appendix: Methods; Notes; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814481803321 |
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Irvine Leslie
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| Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Proceedings of the 11th international veterinary behaviour meeting : 14th-16th September 2017, Samorin, Slovakia / / edited by Dr Sagi Denenberg
| Proceedings of the 11th international veterinary behaviour meeting : 14th-16th September 2017, Samorin, Slovakia / / edited by Dr Sagi Denenberg |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxfordshire, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (204 pages) |
| Disciplina | 636 |
| Soggetto topico |
Domestic animals - Behavior
Dogs - Psychology Dogs - Behavior Cats - Psychology Cats - Behavior |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Congresses |
| ISBN |
1-78639-463-4
1-78639-462-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910627300703321 |
| Oxfordshire, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , [2017] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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To understand a cat [[electronic resource] ] : methodology and philosophy / / Sam S. Rakover
| To understand a cat [[electronic resource] ] : methodology and philosophy / / Sam S. Rakover |
| Autore | Rakover Sam S. <1938-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
| Disciplina | 153 |
| Collana | Advances in consciousness research |
| Soggetto topico |
Cats - Behavior
Cats - Psychology Philosophy of mind Science - Methodology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-15274-2
9786612152740 90-272-9209-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454516003321 |
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Rakover Sam S. <1938->
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| Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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To understand a cat [[electronic resource] ] : methodology and philosophy / / Sam S. Rakover
| To understand a cat [[electronic resource] ] : methodology and philosophy / / Sam S. Rakover |
| Autore | Rakover Sam S. <1938-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
| Disciplina | 153 |
| Collana | Advances in consciousness research |
| Soggetto topico |
Cats - Behavior
Cats - Psychology Philosophy of mind Science - Methodology |
| ISBN |
1-282-15274-2
9786612152740 90-272-9209-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782163303321 |
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Rakover Sam S. <1938->
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| Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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To understand a cat : methodology and philosophy / / Sam S. Rakover
| To understand a cat : methodology and philosophy / / Sam S. Rakover |
| Autore | Rakover Sam S. <1938-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
| Disciplina | 153 |
| Collana | Advances in consciousness research |
| Soggetto topico |
Cats - Behavior
Cats - Psychology Philosophy of mind Science - Methodology |
| ISBN |
1-282-15274-2
9786612152740 90-272-9209-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
To Understand a Cat -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Preface -- 1. Scientification: Placing anecdotes and anthropomorphism under the umbrella of science as the first step -- 1.1 An ambush for a night moth -- 1.2 Some methodological thoughts: Anthropomorphism and anecdotes -- 1.2.1 Scientific observation and anecdotes -- 1.2.2 Scientific explanation and anthropomorphism -- 1.2.3 A methodological proposal: 'Equal hypotheses testing' -- 1.2.4 Mechanistic explanations and mentalistic explanations -- 2. Anecdotes and the methodologyof testing hypotheses -- 2.1 The living space of Max the cat -- 2.2 Pros and cons of observations of Max the cat -- 2.3 Construction and testing of hypotheses from anecdotes -- 2.4 Test of the hypothesis that Max ambushed the night moth for his amusement -- 2.5 Matching a mentalistic explanation to behavior: the "Principle of New Application" -- 3. Free will, consciousness, and explanation -- 3.1 The methodological status of indicators of private behavior -- 3.2 Indicators of free will in Max the cat -- 3.3 Discussion of indicators of free will -- 3.4 Indicators of free will, consciousness, and explanation -- 4. THE STRUCTURE OF MENTALISTIC THEORY AND THE REASONS FOR ITS USE -- 4.1 The structure of a theory -- 4.2 Why should one use a mentalistic explanation? -- 5. Three-stage interpretation -- 5.1 Three-stage interpretation and the principle of new application -- 5.2 Comparison of the three-stage interpretation and other approaches to an explanation for complex behavior -- 5.3 Cannot Max's behavior, ultimately, be explained mechanistically, as simple learning? -- 5.3.1 Examples of behavioral episodes explained as simple learning processes -- 5.3.2 Are learning processes mechanistic or mentalistic? -- 5.3.3 An attempt to propose mechanistic explanationsfor mentalistic behavioral episodes.
Pictures of Max the cat -- 6. MULTI-EXPLANATION THEORY -- 6.1 An explanation model, an empirical test, and a multi-explanation theory -- 6.2 Examples from Max's behavior and from psychology -- 6.3 Three methodological problems connected to the multi-explanation theory -- 6.3.1 The ad hoc explanation problem -- 6.3.2 The inconsistency problem -- 6.3.3 The incomparability problem -- 6.4 Guidelines for the solution of the three problems -- 6.4.1 How to determine a match between an explanation model and a given empirical phenomenon -- 6.4.2 How should the explanatory units be organized? -- 6.4.3 Do the guidelines help solve the three problems: an ad hoc explanation, inconsistency, and incomparability of theories? -- 6.5 Multi-explanation theory, giving an explanation, and empirical test -- 6.5.1 Is the multi-explanation theory tested by use of the H-D method? -- 6.5.2 Is the explanation offered by the multi-explanation theory similar to the explanation offered in the natural sciences? -- 7. THE MENTALISTIC EXPLANATION SCHEME -- 7.1 A model, a mentalistic explanation scheme -- 7.1.1 A teleological explanation model and folk psychology -- 7.1.2 Teleological explanation and refutation -- 7.1.3 What is a suitable explanation scheme? -- 7.1.4 A mentalistic explanation model and scientific laws -- 7.2 A scheme of mentalistic explanation and other explanatory approaches -- 7.2.1 "Intentional stance" -- 7.2.2 Functional analysis and the status of empirical generalizations in psychology -- 7.2.2.1 Empirical generalization as supplying partial explanatory information -- 7.2.2.2 Transition from descriptive generalization to explanatory generalization -- 8. Establishing multi-explanation theory (b): Methodological dualism -- 8.1 Mental causality -- 8.2 Functionalism and multiple realizability -- 8.3 The computer and the process of decomposition -- 8.4 Reduction. 8.5 Multiple realizability and decomposition -- a methodological note -- 8.6 Consciousness -- 9. METHODOLOGICAL DUALISM AND MULTI-EXPLANATION THEORY IN THE BROAD PHILOSOPHICAL CONTEXT -- 9.1 Methodological dualism, "Scientification", explanatory dualism, functionalism, and levels of explanation -- 9.2 Multi-explanation theory and other approaches to constructing theories -- 9.3 Multi-explanation theory, understanding, explanation, and emergent properties -- 9.3.1 Two kinds of explanation (scheme fitting, mechanism discovery) and the mosaic example -- 9.3.2 Emergent properties and the mosaic example -- References -- Subject index -- Name index -- The series Advances in Consciousness Research. |
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Rakover Sam S. <1938->
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| Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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