Veterinary Technology

Presents and evaluates the available research and programs that address both animal and human behaviors associated with the intake, management, and rehoming of dogs and cats. Includes: Introduction to dog behavior / Julie Hecht and Alexandra Horowitz.

John Bradshaw examines modern humans' often contradictory relationship with the animal world. Why, despite the apparent irrationality of keeping pets, do half of today's American households, and almost that figure in the UK, have at least one pet (triple the rate of the 1970s)? Then again, why do we care for some animals in our homes, and designate others only as a source of food?

From the farmyard, to the backyard, and into our homes, dogs occupy a unique niche in human society. Recent scientific advances and insights into behavioral medicine form the basis of this unique resource. Written by one of today's leading specialists, Canine Behavior: Insights and Answers, Second Edition, is a resource for veterinary clinicians and students, behavioral consultants and trainers, pet care providers, and dog owners and lovers.

Two experts, drawing on decades of research and field experiments, unlock the origins of many of our dogs most common, most puzzling and most endearing behaviors, and explore such canine mysteries as why dogs play, why they bark, how they feed and forage, why they guard and herd and much more.

Do dogs experience emotions like people do? To find out, neuroscientist and bestselling author Gregory Berns and his team did something nobody had ever attempted: they trained dogs to go into an MRI scanner--completely awake--so they could figure out what they think and feel. But dogs were just the beginning. In [this book], Berns takes us into the brains and minds of wild animals: sea lions who can learn to dance, and dolphins who can see with sound...