This remarkable book is the undisputed bible of dog behavior analysis. It is lists every conceivable variety of behavior and expression and explains in context every detail of behavior. Those genuinely curious to learn more about complex canine companions should look into it.
Here I just wanted to show the book’s extent I have reproduced the table of contents below:
| Acquired Bite Inhibition (ABI) | |
| Affiliative | |
| Aggression | |
| Aggressive Behavior Classifications | |
| Alliance Aggression | |
| Barrier Frustration/Aggressive Behavior | |
| Biologically-Based Aggressive Behavior | |
| Competitive Aggressive Behavior | |
| Defensive Aggressive Behavior | |
| Dominance Aggressive Behavior | |
| Drug-Induced Aggressive Behavior | |
| Fear-Related Aggressive Behavior | |
| Group-Related Aggressive Behavior | |
| Idiopathic Aggressive Behavior | |
| Intra-Sex Aggressive Behavior | |
| Maternal-Protective Behavior | |
| Pain-Related Aggressive Behavior | |
| Play Escalation/Predatory Drift | |
| Play Skill Deficits | |
| Predatory Aggressive Behavior | |
| Proximity Sensitivity | |
| Punishment-Elicited Aggressive Behavior | |
| Redirected Aggressive Behavior | |
| Resource Guarding – Aggressive Behavior | |
| Ritualized Aggressive Behavior or Threats | |
| Social Aggression | |
| Submissive-Aggressive Behavior | |
| Territorial Aggressive Behavior | |
| Trained Aggressive Behavior | |
| Agonistic | |
| Agonistic Pucker | |
| Allelomimetic Behavior | |
| Allogrooming | |
| Alpha | |
| Alpha Roll | |
| Amplitude | |
| Section 2: | |
| Section 2: | |
| Anatomy | |
| Organ Systems | |
| The Brain | |
| Scent Perception | |
| Facial Anatomy | |
| External Anatomy | |
| Skeletal System | |
| Internal Organs | |
| Ear Positions | |
| Airplane Ears | |
| Ears Erect or Angled Forward | |
| Ears Back – Appeasement | |
| Wicked’s Varied Ears Back Positions | |
| Ears Semi-Erect, Turned Outward Towards Sound | |
| Ears Flattened Back | |
| Pinch Ear | |
| Seal Ears | |
| Relaxed Ears | |
| Eyes | |
| Dilating Eyes | |
| Hard Eyes | |
| Soft Eyes | |
| Whale Eye | |
| Lips | |
| Tail Positions | |
| Border Collie | |
| Anatolian Shepherd | |
| Section 3: | |
| Anthropomorphism | |
| Appeasement or Pacifying Behaviors | |
| Appetitive Behavior | |
| Arousal | |
| Attack | |
| Avoidance Behavior | |
| Bark Lunge | |
| Bitch Wars | |
| Bite Inhibition | |
| Body-Slams | |
| Bow | |
| Boxing | |
| Butt Sniff (Also Called Perianal Investigation) | |
| Section 4: | |
| Cache | |
| Calming Signals | |
| Caution | |
| Chin-Over | |
| Circle Investigation | |
| Clasp | |
| Commissure of the Lips | |
| Communication | |
| Compulsive Disorders | |
| Conspecific | |
| Consummatory Behavior | |
| Consummatory Face | |
| Coprophagia | |
| Crouch | |
| Cruising Behavior | |
| Cursorial | |
| Curving Body Lines | |
| Cut-Off Signals | |
| Demeanor Shifting | |
| Digging | |
| Dimorphism | |
| Displacement Behavior | |
| Section 5: | |
| Critical Distance | |
| Flight Distance | |
| Social Distance | |
| Distance Decreasing Behaviors | |
| Distance Increasing Behaviors | |
| Distress | |
| Section 6: | |
| Domestication | |
| Dominance | |
| Epimeletic Behavior | |
| Epiphenomenon | |
| Et-Epimeletic Behavior | |
| Ethogram | |
| Ethology | |
| Eustress | |
| Evolutionary Continuity | |
| Evolutionary Roots of Behavior | |
| Excretory (Also Called Eliminative Behavior) | |
| External Stimuli | |
| Key Stimuli | |
| Section 7: | |
| Face Off | |
| Facial Markings | |
| Fear | |
| Fear Display | |
| Feint and Parry | |
| Fixed Action Patterns (FAP) | |
| Flooding | |
| Foreleg Stab | |
| Freeze | |
| Frontal Cortex | |
| Functional Systems | |
| Section 8: | |
| Gape | |
| Give Eye | |
| Greeting Behaviors | |
| Section 9: | |
| Habituation | |
| Hackles | |
| Head Lowered | |
| Head Press | |
| Head Tilt | |
| Head Turn | |
| Head Turn with Body Turn-Away | |
| Height Seeking | |
| Herding | |
| Heterochrony | |
| Hip Nudge Greeting | |
| Hip Slams | |
| Section 10: | |
| Infantile or Neonatal Behavior | |
| Ingestive Behavior | |
| Inguinal | |
| Inguinal Display | |
| Inguinal Sniff | |
| Instinct | |
| Investigatory Behavior | |
| Jaw Punch | |
| Jaw Wrestling | |
| Lateral Display | |
| Section 11: | |
| Learning | |
| The Stages of Learning | |
| Cues, Prompts, Reinforcements, Responses, Rewards and Stimuli | |
| Operant Conditioning | |
| Conditioned Responses | |
| Classical Conditioning | |
| Counter Conditioning | |
| Training Outcomes | |
| Desensitization | |
| Latency | |
| Learned Helplessness | |
| How Dogs Learn New Behaviors | |
| Section 12: | |
| Lick Intention | |
| Limbic System | |
| Lip Licking | |
| Locomotion | |
| Section 13: | |
| Lumpy Whisker Bed | |
| Marking Behaviors | |
| Maternal Behaviors | |
| Metasignals | |
| Mob | |
| Motivation of Behavior | |
| Muzzle Grab | |
| Muzzle Nudge | |
| Muzzle Punch | |
| Section 14: | |
| Neophobia | |
| Neoteny | |
| Nibble Groom | |
| Nose Boink | |
| Paedomorphosis | |
| Parallel Walking | |
| Pawing | |
| Paw-Lift | |
| Paw Over Back | |
| Paw Thwack | |
| Penis Crowning | |
| Pica | |
| Piloerector Reflex (Raised Hackles) | |
| Pin | |
| Section 15: | |
| Categories of Play | |
| Play Face | |
| Evolutionary Changes and Selective Breeding – The Impact on Play in Domestic Dogs | |
| Section 16: | |
| Play Styles | |
| Polydipsea | |
| Polyphagia | |
| Pounce | |
| Section 17: | |
| Predatory Motor Patterns | |
| Section 18: | |
| Puppy Behavior/Socialization | |
| Puppy License | |
| Push Off | |
| Rally | |
| Rebuff | |
| Redirected Activity | |
| Redirected Behavior | |
| Regurgitate | |
| Relaxation Postures | |
| Section 20: | |
| Reproductive & Sexual Behavior | |
| Section 21: | |
| Resource Guarding | |
| Ritualization | |
| Rolling | |
| Rub On | |
| Scoot | |
| Scratching | |
| Self-Control | |
| Self-Handicapping and Role Reversing Behaviors | |
| Separation Anxiety | |
| Shake Off | |
| Slow Downs | |
| Sneeze | |
| Sniffing | |
| Snow Plow | |
| Social Hierarchies | |
| Socialization | |
| Soft Curves | |
| Sparring | |
| Spatulate Tongue | |
| Splitting | |
| Squash | |
| Standing On | |
| Standing Over | |
| Standing Tall | |
| Stereotypic Behavior | |
| Section 22: | |
| Stress | |
| Section 23: | |
| Stretching | |
| Submission | |
| T-Formation | |
| Section 24: | |
| Tail Chasing | |
| Tail Wagging | |
| Tame | |
| Taxonomic Classification | |
| Taxonomy | |
| Temperament | |
| Threat Behavior | |
| Tongue Flick | |
| Toss | |
| Turn Away | |
| Turning Backs to Stress | |
| Umwelt |