Dog Sense

by John Bradshaw

  and domestication

  and pedigree

  Anger

  and aggression

  and biting

  See also Emotions

  Animal Behavior and Training Council

  Anthropomorphism

  Antithesis, principle

  Anxiety

  and anti-anxiety drugs

  and biting

  See also Emotions

  Anxiolytics (anti-anxiety drugs)

  APDT. See Association of Pet Dog Trainers

  Appearance

  selective breeding for

  vs. personality traits

  Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT)

  Associative learning

  and classical conditioning

  and extinction

  and inadvertent reinforcement

  and operant conditioning

  and punishment

  and rewards

  unintentional

  See also Learning

  Attachment

  over-

  and rewards

  Attachment figure

  Aversion

  Awareness. See Self-awareness

  Back shape

  Bailey, Gwen

  Bantu dog

  Bar Harbor project

  Bared-teeth signal

  Barking

  Basenji(fig.)

  Beagle

  Behavior development

  Behavior rules

  Behavioral disorders

  Behavioral problems

  Belly-up display(fig.)

  Binocular vision

  Biting

  Body-language

  and emotions

  See also Facial expressions; Postures; Signals

  Bomb detection

  Bonding

  Bonobo

  Border collies

  Boredom

  Borophagine

  Boston terrier

  Brain, social

  Brain development

  Breed barrier

  Breed clubs

  Breed standard

  Breeding

  and aggression

  and ailments

  and ancient breeds

  and companion role

  for companionship

  controlled

  cooperative

  cross-

  and deliberate selection

  and genetic mutations

  human intervention in

  line-

  out-

  over-, accidental

  pedigree

  and registration system

  restrictions

  and welfare

  See also Inbreeding; Selective breeding

  Breeds

  ancient

  medieval(fig.)

  specialty

  See also individual breeds

  Bulldogs

  Burials(fig.)

  Cairn terrier

  Canaan dog

  Canid

  social

  Canidae (aka Dog family). See also Canid

  Canis

  Captivity

  Cats

  Cavalier King Charles spaniel

  Cesar’s Rules (Millan)

  Change, resistance to

  Check chain

  Chimpanzees

  Citronella spray collar

  Classical conditioning

  Clicker training

  Cloning

  Cocker spaniel

  Cognition

  and emotion

  and navigation

  and social behavior

  Collars

  Collies

  Color vision. See also Vision

  Communication

  Companion role

  Companionship

  Competitive exclusion

  Conflict resolution

  Consciousness

  Context, and learning

  Cooperative behavior

  Cooperative breeding

  Coping skills

  Copying

  Corgi

  Counting ability

  Coyote (Canis latrans) (fig.)

  Critical period

  Crossbreeding. See also Breeding

  Cross-point(fig.)

  Culpeo fox (Dusicyon culpaeus) (fig.)

  Darwin, Charles

  Deception

  Deliberate selection. See also Selective breeding

  Dependence, on humans. See also Separation distress

  The Descent of Man (Darwin)

  Dingoes

  Discipline, vs. punishment

  Disorders. See also Behavioral problems

  behavioral

  mental

  obsessive-compulsive

  separation

  See also Health issues

  Displays. See also Signals

  DNA

  and deliberate selection

  and domestication, location of

  and domestication, timeline of

  Docked tails

  Dog, concept of

  Dog family. See Canidae

  Dogs Trust

  Domestication

  of African wild dog

  of Aguara dog

  of American timber wolf

  and ancestry

  and appearance

  and burials

  of canid

  and communication

  conditions for

  of coyote

  of culpeo fox

  deliberate

  and dominance

  and dual identity

  and emotions

  and family structure

  and genetic “bottlenecks,” 26 (fig.)

  of golden jackal

  of horses

  and intelligence

  location of

  and love

  multiple

  and neotenization

  of pigs

  process of

  scavenger theory of

  of silver fox

  and size variation

  and sociability

  and social brain

  and socialization

  spontaneous

  timeline of

  vs. tameness

  of wolf

  Dominance

  Dominance hierarchy. See also Hierarchy

  Dominance indicators, wolf

  Dominance model

  Dominance reduction

  Dominance theory of training

  Donaldson, Jean

  Drugs, anti-anxiety

  Dual identity

  Dunbar, Ian

  Dusicyon

  Electric shock

  Emotional reactivity

  Emotional sophistication

  Emotions

  and anthropomorphism

  basic

  and boundaries

  and children

  and cognition

  control of

  and domestication

  and emotional sophistication

  and facial expressions

  as filter

  functions of

  hierarchy of

  instinctive

  limitations of

  misconceptions about

  misinterpretation of

  and physiology

  scientific exploration of

  self-conscious evaluative

  and self-control

  as survival mechanism

  three-level conceptualization of (fig.)

  vs. feelings

  See also individual emotions; Secondary emotions

  Emotions, secondary. See Secondary emotions

  English cocker spaniel

  Envy

  Episodic dyscontrol

  Euthanasia

  and biting

  Events, association of. See also Classical conditioning

  Evolution

  of Canidae

  of canine cognition

  of domestic dog

  of emotions

  of mankind

  of senses

  of socializa
tion

  of wolf(fig.)

  Experience, early-life

  The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals (Darwin)

  Expressive displays

  Extermination of wolf

  Extinction (learning)

  Eyebrows

  Faces, human

  Facial expressions. See also Body-language

  Family, rules of

  Family group. See also Wolf pack

  Family model

  Family odor

  Family structure(fig.)

  Farm-fox

  Fear

  and aggression

  and biting

  of other dogs

  in wolf

  See also Emotions

  Fear reaction

  Feelings. See also Emotions

  Feral dog. See Village dog

  Fetus

  Fighting dog(fig.)

  Filial imprinting. See Imprinting

  Fingerprinting

  Firework phobia

  Flooding technique

  Force-fetch training(fig.)

  Fox. See also Culpeo fox; Farm-fox; Red fox; Siberian fox experiment; Silver fox; South American fox

  French bulldogs

  Friendliness

  Gaze, human

  Generalization

  Genetic defects. See also Health issues

  Genetic engineering

  Genetic mutations

  German shepherd

  Gestures

  hand

  human

  pointing

  Golden jackal (Canis aureus) (fig.)

  Golden retriever

  Great Pyrenees

  Grey wolf (Canis lupus) (fig.)

  and DNA

  domestication of

  sociability of

  See also Wolf

  Grief

  Group ceremony

  Guide dogs

  Guide Dogs for the Blind Association

  Guilt

  misattribution of

  Gundogs

  Habituation

  Hackles, raised

  Hand gestures

  Happiness. See also Emotions

  Head position

  Health issues. See also Disorders; Genetic defects

  Hearing

  Herding breeds

  Hierarchy

  dogs’ understanding of

  of wolf pack(fig.)

  Hip dysplasia

  Hormones(fig.)

  Horses

  Hounds

  Humane Society of the United States

  Human(s)

  body-language

  contact

  dependence on

  dog-human play

  dog’s concept of

  and dog-to-adult socialization

  faces

  gaze

  gestures

  inbreeding in

  intervention in reproduction

  intervention, absence of

  sniffing of

  thinking of. See also Evolution

  Hunger

  Hygiene

  Identity(ies)

  multiple

  species

  Immune system

  Imprinting

  Inadvertent reinforcement

  Inbreeding

  and genetic defects

  in humans

  See also Breeding; Selective breeding

  Intelligence

  analysis of

  compared to children

  and copying

  and counting ability

  and domestication

  and gestures, human

  and landmark memory

  and learning potential, inherited

  limitations of

  and navigational ability

  and physical connections, comprehension of

  and play

  and problem solving

  and reasoning

  and short-term memory

  and skill retention

  and smell, sense of

  and spatial ability

  and stimulus enhancement

  and theory of mind

  and training methods

  and trial-and-error learning

  Interest, loss of (toys)

  International Veterinary Behavior meetings

  Invisible fence

  Jackal. See also Golden jackal

  Jealousy

  Journal of Veterinary Behavior

  Juvenile period

  Karabash

  Kin recognition

  Kin selection

  Knowledge

  Labrador retriever

  Landmark memory

  Laws, breed-specific

  Learning

  and context

  and habituation

  potential, inherited

  sensitization

  See also Associative learning

  Line-breeding

  Littermates

  Little people, dogs as. See also Anthropomorphism

  Lorenz, Konrad

  Love

  Lupomorph model (aka wolf model)

  Lure-reward training method

  Man Meets Dog (Lorenz)

  Maternal stress

  Mating

  McConnell, Patricia

  Means-end test(fig.)

  Memory

  Mental disorders

  Mental maps(fig.)

  Mental time-travel

  Mexican hairless dog. See Xoloitzcuintli

  Millan, Cesar

  Mind, theory of

  Monks of New Skete

  Mood

  Morgan, Lloyd

  Most, Konrad

  Mounting

  Mouth position

  Multiple identities

  Multiple socialization

  Munsterlander

  Mutation. See Genetic Mutation

  Natural selection

  Navigational ability

  Negative punishment

  Negative reinforcement

  Neotenization

  Neutering

  Newfoundland

  Noise phobia

  Norfolk terrier

  Noses, wet

  Obsessive-compulsive disorders

  Odor(s)(fig.)

  analysis of

  family

  importance of

  See also Smell, sense of

  Offspring-parent behavior, in wolf

  Olfactory landmarks. See also Landmark memory

  Olfactory system. See also Smell, sense of

  Operant conditioning (aka instrumental conditioning)

  Ottawa Humane Society

  Outbreeding. See also Breeding

  Oxytocin

  Pack animals

  Pack hunting

  Pack mentality

  Pack model. See Lupomorph model

  Pain

  Parent-offspring behavior, in wolf

  Pariah dog(fig.). See also Village dog

  Passive submission

  Pavlov, Ivan

  Pedigree

  “Pedigree Dogs Exposed” (documentary film)

  Persecution

  Personality traits

  and selective breeding

  Pessimism

  Pet fence

  Pet-keeping

  Pheromones

  Physical connections, comprehension of

  Physiology

  and emotions

  Pigs

  Pig-toilet

  Pit bulls

  Play behavior

  Play-bow(fig.)

  Pointing gestures

  Population, of dogs

  Positive punishment

  Positive reinforcement

  Positive reward, misuse of

  Postures

  deceptive

  See also Body-language; Facial expressions

  Predatory behavior

  Pride

  Prior, Karen

  Problem solving

  Progressive retinal atrophy

  Prong collar

  Proto-dogs
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  and burials

  Psychopaths

  Punisher, secondary

  Punishment

  and aggression

  and associative learning

  and dominance

  and gestures, pointing

  negative

  positive

  vocal

  vs. discipline

  widespread incidence of

  Punishment-based training

  ineffectiveness of

  misuse of

  severity of

  Puppies

  and human contact

  and juvenile period

  and littermates

  and status

  Puppy party

  Puppy tests

  Puzzle-box experiments (fig.)

  Rage syndrome

  Raised-leg marking posture

  Reasoning

  Red fox

  Reflection

  Registration system

  Rehoming

  Reinforcement

  Reinforcer, secondary

  Relationships

  Representational spaces

  Rescue dogs

  Resource holding potential (RHP) model

  Retrievers

  Reward-based training

  Rewards

  and attachment

  positive, misuse of

  and secondary reinforcer

  and shaping

  timing of

  withdrawal of

  Rhinarium

  RHP model. See Resource holding potential model

  Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

  Sanctuary dog

  Scavenger theory

  Scent-marks. See also Smell, sense of

  Scent-matching

  Scientific research, history of canine

  Secondary emotions (fig.). See also Emotions; individual emotions

  Secondary punisher

  Secondary reinforcer

  Selective arrested development

  Selective breeding

  and aggression (table)

  for appearance

  and communication

  and personality traits

  and sniffing

  and sociability

  for tameness

  for temperament

  and visual signals

  See also Breeding; Deliberate selection; Inbreeding

  Self-awareness

  Self-conscious evaluative emotions

  Self-consciousness

  Self-control

  Self-reflection

  Sense of smell. See Smell, sense of

  Sensitive period, socialization during

  Sensitization

  Separation anxiety

  Separation disorders

  Separation distress

  Sexual attraction

  Sexual behavior

  Sexual maturity

  Sexual promiscuity

  Shakedown method

  Shame

  Shaping

  Sheepdogs(fig.)

  Shetland sheepdogs

  Shock collar

  Short-term memory

  Siberian fox experiment

  Siblings

  Signals

  bared-teeth

  See also Body-language; Cues; Facial expressions; Postures; Social signals; Visual signals

  Silver fox

  Simien jackal

  Sires, popular

  Size variation(fig.)

  Skill retention

  Skinner, B. F.

  Slip-collar

  Smell, sense of

  and fetus

  and sniffing

  and tracking