Dog Language"First published in Scandinavia in 1986 as 'Hundesprog', this book became a great success and has since then helped many thousands of dog owners, instructors, behavior students, and veterinarians to understand dogs. Now available in English, the present edition of 'Dog language' is an updated, highly revised and enlarged version of the original 'Hundesprog'"--Page 4 of cover. |
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ability Abrantes adult aggression and fear aggressive behaviour Agoraphobia alpha animal behaviour animal’s attack behaviour patterns bite BODY LANGUAGE canids Canine Canis classical conditioning communication conflicts conspecifics Coprophagia courtship behaviour Cryptorchidism cubs Cynology develop displacement activity display dog breeds Dog owners dog shows dog’s dominance and submission drive ears elicits environment ethologist Ethology evolution example FACIAL EXPRESSIONS False pregnancy female fight friendliness genes genetic genitals greeting Gundogs hormonal howl human hunting imprinting inborn individual INFANTILE BEHAVIOUR inhibition instinct jackal learning legs lick lips male MATERNAL BEHAVIOUR mating means mother motivation movements muzzle-nudge normal oestrus opponent organism other’s pacifying behaviour pacifying gesture pathological behaviour paws play play-bow predators prey problems puppies rank order REDIRECTED BEHAVIOUR reinforcement rituals scent mark selective breeding sexual behaviour signals snarling social animals social behaviour species stimulus submissive dog survival tail territory theories throat traits under-stimulation urine Vulpes Wakan Tanka wolf pack wolves