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The Dog Aggression Workbook is an interactive guide for guardians of dogs who behave aggressively. The workbook presents a systematic and highly efficient and effective, positive reinforcement-based approach to understanding, assessing and changing aggressive behaviors in dogs. Strategies and techniques are described clearly and completely in a conversational style that is easy to read and understand. Guardians will be armed with the tools they need to address all kinds of aggressive behavior problems, while avoiding harsh punitive techniques. The workbook utilizes a behavioral approach, focusing on identifying specific problem behaviors, what evokes them and what consequences are maintaining them. It explains how to implement desensitization and behavior replacement procedures to change emotional responses and the aggressive behaviors they motivate. Taking a global and comprehensive approach, it addresses the whole context in which aggressive behaviors are performed. The Dog Aggression Workbook will be a useful compliment for Aggressive Behavior in Dogs, a manual written for professional behavior consultants as a means of increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of professional consultation. Short and inexpensive, it would make a useful adjunct to consultation. From the start of Chapter 1... If you are reading this book, you are having a problem with your dog behaving aggressively. This book will: *help you develop a productive perspective on the problem *help you understand what aggressive behaviors are and are not *help you understand why dogs perform aggressive behaviors *show you how to assess the particular problem you are facing, ideally with the help of a professional dog behavior consultant *help you learn how to construct a behavior change program to address the problem, ideally with the help of a professional dog behavior consultant.

Click here to view an excerpt. What reviewers are saying... MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW “O''Heare''s THE DOG AGGRESSION WORKBOOK provides a fine guide for owners of dogs who act aggressively. The workbook provides a systematic, reinforcement-based approach to changing such behaviors, offering clearly-defined strategies and tools needed to address all kinds of aggression. These are fine recommendations for trainers and general lending libraries alike”. James A. Cox

Changing Problem Behavior is a manual for managing behavior change projects from the functional assessment of problem behaviors, through constructing and implementing a behavior change program and transitioning to the ongoing maintenance of changes. It utilizes a behavior analytic approach with a strong emphasis on positive reinforcement based methods and avoidance of aversive methods. It presents a systematic and natural science based approach to managing problem behavior cases for professional animal behavior technologists. The strategies and procedures are applicable to all species.

Click here to view an excerpt. What reviewers are saying... MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW “Understanding the mind of an animal is key to training it. "Changing Problem Behavior: A Systematic & Comprehensive Approach To Behavior Change Project Management" is a veterinary psychology manual from James O''Heare, detailing analytical approach to training behaviors out of animals that is causing issues for the owner and pet union. With the fundamentals that can apply to all species, O''Heare provides a solid and very highly recommended guide for those who must train animals. "Changing Problem Behavior" is a core addition to any veterinary psychology collection.” James A. Cox

The Science and Technology of Animal Training is a Masters level textbook, written to help students of animal training and established professionals alike expand their repertoire of knowledge and skills in the natural science of behavior and the applied technology derived from it in training companion animals. It does not present fads or proprietary “one-true-way” “systems.” It provides a thorough introduction to basic through to advanced laws, principles, strategies and techniques in positive reinforcement-emphasized companion animal training. It covers all of the foundational behaviors for training dogs, cats, birds, horses and humans with detailed instructions. It covers advanced training procedures such as shaping, chaining and sequencing in depth. It provides a set of hands-on trainer exercises to help the trainer develop their skills and there is a Study Questions book available for trainers to work through on their own or in a classroom environment.

The Canine Separation Anxiety Workbook is written to get dog owners to train their dogs to tolerate being left alone. It helps guide owners in defining the specific problem behaviors they face and then design and implement a contingency management plan to resolve it. The methods described are solidly scientific but written in an accessible language, providing dog owners with alternative approaches and the information to apply the approaches to their specific problem.

Problem Animal Behavior is an essential textbook providing detailed coverage of the functional assessment of problem animal behavior and the design and implementation of constructional contingency management plans. It introduces the natural science of behavior and the basic laws and principles of behavior. It places a strong emphasis on constructional positive reinforcement-based methods throughout. The strategies and procedures are applicable to all species. Functional assessment forms are provided for the reader’s use.

Training Dogs, book one in the Dog Behavior series, is a dog owner''s guide to the basic principles, strategies, tactics, and practices in non-coercive dog training to promote a mutually reinforcing relationship and a harmonious household. It provides an accessible, yet scientifically accurate, exploration of the most current powerful non-coercive practices people can use in everyday life to improve the behavioral well-being of dogs and themselves.

Training Dogs, will emphasize (a) training at all times rather than in scheduled sessions, and (b) basic principles and strategies rather than just step-by-step instructions alone, so that dog owners may develop the knowledge and skill to train any behavior they wish.

James O''Heare is a Doctor of Behaviorology, having earned his Doctoral Certificate in behaviorology from The International Behaviorology Institute. He has written and taught extensively on animal behavior, lectured internationally, and has been helping clients train their companion animals and resolve problem behaviors since the 1990s. For more information, see jamesoheare.com.

The Science and Technology of Dog Training is a manual for both students of dog training and established professionals, presenting basic through to advanced principles, strategies, and techniques in non-coercive dog training. No fads or proprietary "one-true-way" "systems." Dog Training introduces the natural science of behavior, its principles, and the technology of behavior engineering derived from it. It covers all of the foundational behaviors with instructions from preliminaries right through to maintenance and also advanced training procedures such as shaping and behavior chaining for complex behaviors. Dog Training presents an error less added reinforcement-emphasized approach. The second edition is completely reworked and includes a new chapter on training humans. Dog Training is treated like a self-study course in book, providing a list of detailed behavior objectives for each chapter as well as exercises trainers cab use to develop and expand their repertoire of effective training behaviors.

Aggressive Behavior in Dogs is a comprehensive technical manual, written for animal behavior professionals. It outlines why dogs aggress, how technologists can manage aggressive behavior cases from initial contact through the functional behavioral assessment process, establishing behavior objectives, designing and implementing a systematic contingency management plan and working toward resolution from a behavioral orientation. Although the content relates to dogs, it could be applied to various species of companion animals. The third edition has been completely revamped and updated.

Resolving Fears, Phobias, and Anxieties is a concise guide for dog (or other species) guardians for resolving fears, phobias, and anxieties using non-coercive methods. It explains the causes of such behavior and the basic strategies and procedures for changing them. Clear instructions are provided for assessing specific problems and how to apply the basic strategy and procedures to resolve that problem.

Resolving Fears, Phobias, and Anxieties: An Errorless Differential Reinforcement Approach is a manual for behaviorologists and animal behavior technologists in applying errorless differential added reinforcement to resolve escape-functional behavior in dogs (or other species). It provides a foundational treatment of basic principles of behavior and outlines the rationale for utilizing errorless differential reinforcement, particularly with DRO in the initial phase of the intervention, transitioning to DRI or DRA in later phases. It provides detailed instructions for applying errorless differential added reinforcement to actual cases.

Empowerment Training brings together a vast body of research on topics related to empowerment and general behavioral well-being, summarizing the research findings and providing practical rehabilitation strategies and tactics to address conditioned helplessness and response depression.

Solving Dog Behavior Problems, book 2 in the Dog Behavior series, provides dog guardians the tools to solve dog behavior problems. It explains why dogs exhibit the behaviors they do and how the guardians can assess any kind of problem behavior situation and devise a plan to change the behavior like a professional would. Though examples apply to dogs, the methods described in this book would easily be applied to cats, parrots, horses. and in deed humans. This book would be appropriate for a dog guardian who seeks to be able to understand and resolve just about any kind of problematic behavior that may arise or t the beginning professional looking for a scientifically sound introduction to understanding an resolving problem behaviors.

Housetraining Adult Dogs and Puppies is a guide for dog owners to housetrain adult dogs or puppies. This small booklet provides a detailed but still concise step-by-step housetraining procedure. It covers preliminary steps, including supplies you will need, as well as troubleshooting for common problems that can arise in the housetraining process.