|
Handbook of Behavior Problems of the Dog and Cat | 
 enlarge | Authors: Gary Landsberg, Wayne Hunthausen, Lowell Ackerman
Publisher: Saunders Ltd.
Category: Book
List Price: $99.95
Buy New: $85.43
You Save: $14.52 (15%)
New (9) Used (5) from $85.43
Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 437845
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 728
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7.4 x 1.2
ISBN: 0702027103
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.7089689
EAN: 9780702027109
ASIN: 0702027103
Publication Date: August 28, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New, Perfect Condition, Please allow 4-14 business days for delivery. 100% Money Back Guarantee, Over 1,000,000 customers served.
|
| Also Available In:
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
This best-selling, practical book on behavior therapy offers easily-accessible information in a user-friendly approach. With this essential handbook, veterinarians don't need to be behavior specialists to provide optimum care for clients with behavior problems. The 2nd edition provides at-a-glance solutions to common behavior problems, offering updated information on preventive and basic counseling advice, as well as new material on the link between genetics and behavior. All treatment protocols have been drawn from and text and compiled into a convenient appendix in the back of the book. Staff responsibilities and the team approach to behavior counseling are also discussed.
- The behavior book of choice for busy veterinarians, offering the best course of treatment for behavior problems.
- Easily-accessible treatment tables provide at-a-glance solutions to common behavior problems.
- Background information shows how problems arise and how they can be prevented.
- Useful appendix on drug information and dosages makes effective prescribing easy.
- Guides the reader through the diagnostic process.
- Provides a clear understanding of behavior modification techniques as well as the use of products, drugs, pheromones, surgery, diet and alternative therapies.
- Explores the rapidly growing and advancing field of behavioral geriatrics including new therapeutic approaches for cognitive decline.
- Treatment protocols are provided in a separate appendix and are referred to throughout the text discussions where relevant.
- Discussion of genetics and behavior helps readers understand possible links.
- Expanded information on preventive and basic counseling advice.
- Added chapter on staff responsibilities and the team approach to behavior counseling.
- A new section addresses pain assessment and management in the home and hospital.
- The economic impact of behavior services in veterinary practice is discussed.
- An accompanying CD-ROM features forms and handouts that can be printed for use with clients. Forms and handouts aid in pet selection, puppy and kitten counseling, and training.
|
| Customer Reviews:
 Not bad, but would like something better... February 23, 2006
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I bought this book for a behavior elective I am taking in veterinary school. The book is very well organized with the first part of the book discussing behavior in general and familiarizing the reader with behavior terminology and different types of treatments and prevention (socialization, pharmacological intervention, and diet to name a few). The second half of the book targets more individual problems for dogs and then cats. The beginning of each chapter is clearly labeled with the contents to be found in the chapter, making the book very easy to navigate.
Each individual behavior issue is outlined with a short introduction including a definition of the problem and is then followed by short sections of "Diagnosis and Prognosis", "Management", "Prevention" and then a "Case Example". Key information for each behavior problem (if available) is highlighted in blue boxes at the end of the problem.
I really like the first part of this book (the basic information I discussed above). The second part (the part that addresses individual problems) is a bit disappointing. The downside to this book is that the second part leaves me hungry for more information. In several of the individual cases, the information seems more common sense rather than a new and exciting revelation. Multiple "Case Examples" do not resolve the problem and leave the reader hanging, wondering "Well, how DO you solve the problem?"
One of the biggest things this book missed is animal psychology. It is not really mentioned or integrated in the book. I believe understanding cat and dog psychology (how they think and react to situations in general) is a HUGE key in understanding behavior and behavior problems. If the authors had incorporated it, I think this book would have been worth 5 stars.
Bottom line - If you are curious about animal behavior and want to learn more about it, this book can probably teach you a great deal. However, if you have worked with animals alot and understand their body language and how to train animals and work through issues, this book probably won't be as useful to you.
This is not a bad behavior book, but I think I'll continue the search to see if I can find one I like better.
 Concise review of clinical behavior June 24, 2001
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
This book is an extremely useful book on several levels. For the veterinary general practioner, this is a handbook that lives up to the title; the information can be found quickly and easily. For the veterinarian who has an interest in clinical behavior, the book has a large amount of useful indepth information. For the scientist who want to know more about clinical behavior, this book contains an up to date state of the field (in the year it was published). And finally for the veterinary behaviorist, this book has much to offer as well. I highly recommend this book for all graduating veterinarians. If you are a veterinarian and you are only going to have one behavior book in your library, this is it.
|
|
|
Web Design, Maintenance, and Hosted by K9Sites.com | |