uses for
See also Odors; Scent-marks
Smith, Charles Hamilton
Sniffing
Sociability
and domestication
of farm fox
Social brain
Social hierarchy. See Hierarchy
Social organization
Social preference
Social relationships
Social signals, wolf. See also Signals
Socialization
and behavioral problems
dog-to-adult human
dog-to-children
dog-to-dog
and domestication
multiple
and puppy tests
and sensitive period
of wolf
South American fox
Spaces, representational
Spatial ability
Species identity
Sperling, John
Squat-raise marking posture (fig.)
Staffordshire terrier
Status
and anger
and behavior management
Status reduction techniques
Stilwell, Victoria
Stimulus enhancement
Strangers
Stress
Submissive displays
Survival mechanism
Tail(s)
chasing
immobile
lowering
signals
wagging
Tameness
Teeth, and body-language
Temperament
Tennant, Colin
Terriers
Territorial aggression
Territorial boundaries
Thinking, of humans
Thirst
Thorndike, Edward
Time, sense of
Tools, dogs as
Totemism
Toys
Tracking
Training
clicker
deliberate
dominance theory of
force-fetch(fig.)
role for
and sociability
See also Training methods
Training Dogs; A Manual (Most)
Training manuals
Training method(s)
and aggression
and behavioral problems
differences in
disagreements over
guidelines for
and intelligence
lure-reward
punishment-based
reward-based
and welfare
See also Training
Training techniques, understanding of
Tramlines
Travois(fig.)
Trial-and-error learning
Tug-toy(fig.)
Turnespete
TV companies
UK Kennel Club
Village dog (aka feral dog) (fig.)(fig.)
and dominance
social organization of
welfare of
See also Pariah dog
Village wolf
Vision
binocular
and field of view
night
See also Color vision
Visual displacement
Visual signals
wolf-like(fig.)
See also Signals
VNO. See Vomeronasal organ
Vocal punishment
Vomeronasal organ (VNO)
Watson, John B.
Weimaraners
Welfare
and breeding
Whistles
Wild boar
Wire-haired fox terrier
Wolf
in captivity
and DNA
domestication of
and dominance
fear in
and imprinting
local extermination of
lone
and odor, family
parent-offspring behavior in
persecution of
and selective arrested development
and sexual maturity
sociability of
social signals of
socialization of
and tameness
See also American timber wolf; Grey wolf; Wolf pack
Wolf pack
and aggression
alpha vs. family model
in captivity
and cooperative breeding
family structure of(fig.)
as harmonious family groups
hierarchy of(fig.)
and kin selection
social organization of
See also Family group; Wolf
Wolf Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission
Wolfdogs
Wolf-pack approach
Working breeds (fig.)
Xoloitzcuintli (aka Mexican hairless dog)
Zoomorphism
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bradshaw, John, 1950–
Dog sense : how the new science of dog behavior can make you a better friend to
your pet / John Bradshaw.
p. cm.
eISBN : 978-0-465-02348-6
1. Dogs—Behavior. 2. Dogs—Psychology. 3. Animal intelligence.
4. Human-animal relationships. I. Title.
SF433.B73 2011
636.7’0887—dc22 2010054337
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