Mine! A Practical Guide to Resource Guarding in Dogs by Jean Donaldson eBook
A practical how-to guide on resource guarding - food bowl, object, bed, crate, owner, etc. - in dogs. Contents include: aggression basics, nature of resource guarding, kinds of resource guarding, behaviorist vs. medical models, recognizing guarding, prognosis, safety tools, treatment overview, management, desensitization and counterconditioning, resource sample hierarchies, generalization, troubleshooting, body handling desensitization and operant conditioning.
Chapters include:
- I. Introduction
- A. Aggression Basics
- 1. Acknowledging the Bar
- 2. Ritualization
- B. Nature of Resource Guarding
- 1. Adaptive Signifigance
- 2. Fallacies About Resource Guarding
- C. Kinds of Resource Guarding
- 1. Food Guarding
- 2. Object Guarding
- 3. Location Guarding
- 4. Owner Guarding
- 5. Miscellaneous Guarding
- 6. Combinations
- 7. Body Handling
- II. Working with Resource Guarders
- A. Behaviorist Models
- B. Recognizing Guarding
- C. Prognosis
- 1. Bite Inhibition
- 2. Other Prognostic Indicators
- D. Safety Tools
- 1. Use of Muzzles and Tethers
- 2. Muzzle Desensitization Protocol
- III. Treatment
- A. Treatment Overview
- B. Management
- 1. Management
- 2. Special Considerations for Children
- C. Desensitization & Counterconditioning
- 1. Basic Principles
- 2. Hierarchy Constructions
- 3. Resource Checklist
- 4. Variables
- 5. Execution of D&C Exercises
- 6. Rehearsals
- 7. Order of Events in Classical Conditioning
- 8. Predictability
- D. Resource Sample Hierarchies
- 1. Introduction to Samples
- 2. Food Bowl Hierarchy
- 3. Object Guarding Hierarchy
- 4. Location Guarding
- 5. Preliminary Target Training
- 6. Sample Placement Practice Training Sequence
- E. Generalization, Cold Trials, Troubleshooting
- 1. Generalization
- 2. Hierarchy Problems List
- 3. Pushing the Dog
- 4. Criteria Pile-Up
- 5. Plateaus
- 6. Management Failure
- 7. Cold Trials
- 8. Generalization Problems
- F. Body Handling Desensitization
- 1. Principles
- 2. Head Restraint and Mouth Exam Sample Hierarchy
- G. Operant Conditioning
- 1. Operant Variations
- 2. Retrieving Guarded Objects
- IV. Adjunts, Regressions and Prevention
- I. Adjunct Measures
- J. Maintenance and Regressions
- K. Prevention
- 1. Body Handling Prevention
- 2. Guarding Prevention
- L. Resources and Supplementary Reading
- M. Appendices
- 1. Appendix 1: Differential Reinforcement of an Operant Incompatible with Food Guarding
- 2. Appendix 2: Desensitization And Counterconditioning Hierarchy for Severe Hand-Shyness
Mine! A Practical Guide to Resource Guarding in Dogs, by Jean Donaldson, 2002, 100 pgs, eBook.
What others are saying:
"A totally comprehensive and practical treatment of a common and very serious behavior problem. Jean Donaldson translates complex animal learning theory into useable procedures–without sacrificing scientific accuracy. Anyone who works with dogs will benefit from reading
Mine!"
- Suzanna Hetts, PhD, author of Pet Behavior Protocols
Author Jean Donaldson has over 30 years experience in dog behavior and training. As the Founder and Director of the San Francisco SPCA Academy for Dog Trainers, Jean leads a new generation of dog trainers to better understanding of the research and science of canine behavior. Jean’s award winning book,
The Culture Clash, is a pivotal book in the dog trainer’s library because it called into question many sacred assumptions about the origins of behavior and behavior problems. Jean lives in the San Francisco area with her Chow Chow, Buffy.
Jean Donaldson is also the best selling author of the excellent book Train Your Dog Like a Pro,
The Culture Clash and
Fight- A Guide to Dog-Dog Aggression by Jean Donaldson
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