Handbook of Applied Dog Behavior and Training: Volume II

By Steven Lindsay....

Has anybody read this book? Is it any good? It's bl**dy expensive so I would like some opinions before I buy it!

Thanks

Anyone?.....

sorry Tuti no

I thought maybe SB had read it.... I remember seeing a photo somewhere of a massive library...

ive got a whole list of books i can recommend if you'd like me to write them down? they are on the reading list for my diploma animal behaviour course

Hey Jenny - where are you doing your course? Sounds very interesting.

with Coape. Its called DIPLOMA IN PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF COMPANION ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR AND TRAINING.
Its a year long correspondance course and you go along to 3 weekends away for lectures, hotel and food included. Its very interesting,
website is www.coape.co.uk
Im just finishing the C4 Think Dog course which i had to do before the diploma as i didnt have any other exprerience beforehand.

If your interested, The diploma covers the below topics and on completion you go on their list of behaviour counsellor practitioners or affiliates or something.

Weekend 1

Domestication of cats and dogs and social evolution.
Developmental biology of cats and dogs, breed and type variations.
An introduction to the physiology of learning and behaviour, emotionality, signalling, ethics (eg. punishment vs reward techniques), basic counselling techniques, liaising with veterinary practices.
Common behaviour problems and their treatment in cats and dogs.

Weekend 2 Advanced emotionality, behaviour cognition and learning theory.
Techniques of signalling reward, non-reward, conditioning, aversion.
Human psychology and learning, motivation and reinforcement training for owners, training adult dogs.
Preventing canine problems puppy class management.
Counselling techniques and therapy approaches.
Illustrated with case histories throughout.

Weekend 3
Physiology of emotions.
Assessing feline and canine emotions prior to treatment.
Anxiety and phobias, sex and hormones and their effects on behaviour.
Neurology and neuropharmacology, effects of diet on behaviour.
Complex case histories illustrating a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.

Hi Jen

I just wanted to know about this particular book as it covers the theoretical aspect of separation anxiety in some detail... But it's really expensive so I don't want to buy it until I can get a recommendation for it...

never heard of it tuti
have you tried The Canine Separation Anxiety Workbook by James O'Heare, meant to be good. You can buy it at http://www.dogtrain.f9.co.uk/shop/index.html

havent read it mind you. Have u tried ebay to see if u can get it cheaper, or does it have any reviews on amazon?

Thanks Jenny - sounds fascinating. What do you fancy - private or being a behaviourist at your local vets or a dog rescue place?