Understanding and Training Your Dog or Puppy

Table of Contents
Preface
1.  Yesterday and Today
In the Beginning
Domestication
Diversity
Dog's Work
People and Dogs
Question:  Burying Treats
2.  Relationahips--Dogs and People
The Human-Animal Bond
Client, Patients, Veterinarian
Question:  Allergy-proofing Pets
3.  The Way Dogs Are
Ancestral Type  (
Junkyard Dogs)
Dogs Big and Small
Genetics
Personality Plus
Question:  Pit Bull Controversy
4.  Choosing Dogs
Matching Owner and Pet
Roommates
The Heart Factor
Where to Find a Dog
Lemon Laws
Choosing
Question:  Frostbite in Dogs
5.  Puppies--The First Weeks
Before and Following Birth
Two to Four Weeks
Four to Twelve Weeks
Recommendations
Question:  Introducing New Baby
6.  The Dog Senses
Hearing
Balance
Vision
Smell
Taste
Touch
Other Senses
Question:  Deformed Puppy
7.  Intelligence and Communication
Intelligence
Communication
Question:  Aggressive Puppy
8.  The Essentials
Air
Water
Food
Shelter
Question:  Reverse Sneeze
9.  Teaching
How Dogs Learn
Training Methods
Naming
House Training
Crate Training
Obedience Training
Exercise Training
Swimming
Tricks
Question:  Watchdog Training
10.  Aggression/Other Misbehavior
Contributing Factors
Types of Aggression
Bites
Other Misbehavior
Question:  Limping for Attention
11.  The Sick, Injured, Neurotic
General Signs of Illness
Pain
Stress
Diseases Affecting Behavior
Emotional Disorders
Question:  Allergic Dog
12.  Sex, Pregnancy, Parenthood
The Female
The Male
The Mating Act
Pregnancy and Lactation
Parenthood
Birth Control
Question:  Nymphomania
13.  Aging
Life Expectancy
Old Dogs and New Tricks
The Aging Body
Geriatric Care
Behavioral Problems with Aging
Neurological Conditions Aging
Question:  Sibling Rivalry
14  Preparing for the Inevitable
Grief
Euthanasia
Making Arrangements
Surviving Pets
Question:  Hospice Care
Index
H. Ellen Whiteley, D.V.M., All Rights Reserved
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