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Normal Social Behavior and Behavioral Problems of Domestic Animals
  • Social Behavior of Dogs
    • Canine Development
    • Counseling to Prevent Undesirable Behaviors
  • Behavioral Problems of Dogs
    • Fears and Phobias
      • Separation Anxiety:
    • Abnormal Repetitive Behaviors
    • Aggression
      • Fear-related Aggression:
      • Possessive Aggression (Resource Guarding):
      • Play Aggression:
      • Redirected Aggression:
      • Irritable/Conflict/Impulse Control Aggression:
      • Aggression Toward Other Dogs:
      • Territorial/Protective Aggression:
      • Predatory Aggression:
      • Pain-induced and Medical Causes of Aggression:
      • Maternal Aggression:
    • Treatment of Fears, Phobias, Anxiety, and Aggression
    • Hyperactivity
    • Destructive Behaviors
    • Eating Disorders
    • Elimination Behavioral Problems
      • Housesoiling:
      • Marking Behavior:
      • Excitement, Submission, and Conflict-related Elimination:
      • Other Elimination Disorders:
    • Aging and Cognitive Dysfunction
  • Social Behavior of Cats
  • Behavioral Problems of Cats
    • Diagnosis and Treatment
    • Housesoiling
      • Urine Marking (Spraying):
      • Inappropriate Elimination:
    • Aggression
      • Aggression Toward People:
      • Aggression Toward Other Cats:
      • Treatment:
    • Feline Compulsive Disorders
    • Hyperesthesia
    • Fear
    • Aging and Cognitive Dysfunction
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