Behavior Matters for Cats and Dogs

BEHAVIOR MATTERS FOR CATS AND DOGS is an essential, comprehensive resource on what can matter most when it comes to cats and dogs. Take a deeper dive into animal behavior and welfare science, feline and canine behavioral needs, optimizing environments, how all animals learn, how our own behavior can impact, and more.

Behavior concerns are among the top reasons guardians consult professionals and for pet surrender: Separation Anxiety, Unacceptable Elimination, Aggression, Anxiety, Reactivity, Resource Guarding, Pica, Socialization, Integration and more. For not just the possible, maybe how to fix's," but the "how come's," and why they matter.

Beginning with sections on natural history, sociality, body language, and communication for both cats and dogs, BEHAVIOR MATTERS covers the needed aspects of those individual feline and canine behavior topics pet guardians seek the most behavior and training help for, along with stand alone chapters of insightful and considered approaches to feline and canine friendly interventions, enrichments, resource distribution, behavior modification and training guidelines for the cat or the dog.