Canine Separation Anxiety Workbook: Training Dogs To Tolerate Being Alone
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The Canine Separation Anxiety Workbook is written to get dog owners to train their dogs to tolerate being left alone. It helps guide owners in defining the specific problem behaviors they face and then design and implement a contingency management plan to resolve it. The methods described are solidly scientific but written in an accessible language, providing dog owners with alternative approaches and the information to apply the approaches to their specific problem.
James O'Heare
James O'Heare is a Behaviorologist who has spent over 25 years researching animal behavior and animal rights. He lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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Canine Separation Anxiety Workbook - James O'Heare
Canine Separation Anxiety Workbook
James O’Heare
Copyright © 2016 by James O’Heare. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by an information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the author.
Title: Canine Separation Anxiety Workbook
Publisher: BehaveTech Publishing, Ottawa Canada.
www.BehaveTech.com
Author: James O’Heare
Cover art and book design: James O’Heare
LIMITS OF LIABILITY AND DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY:
The author shall not be liable in the event of incidental or consequential damages or loss in connection with, or arising out of, the furnishing, performance, or use of the instructions or suggestions contained in this book. This book provides information of a general nature.
ISBN 978-1-927744-10-9
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1. UNDERSTANDING SEPARATION ANXIETY
WHAT IS SEPARATION ANXIETY?
FUNCTION OVER FORM: THE ABCS OF BEHAVIOR
CHAPTER 2. FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT
CONTINGENCY ANALYSES
Antecedent stimuli (Identifying the A in the ABCs)
Behaviors (Identifying the B in the ABCs)
Consequences (Identifying the C in the ABCs)
WRAPPING UP YOUR ASSESSMENT
CHAPTER 3. CONTINGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING
AVOID SENSITIZATION THROUGHOUT THE INTERVENTION
GRADED ADDED REINFORCEMENT
Introduction
Basic Strategy
Graded Approach
Replacing Both the Target Operant Behaviors and the Motivating Respondent Emotional Behaviors
Preparing Your Graded Exposure List
THE REPLACEMENT BEHAVIORS
CHAPTER 4. IMPLEMENTING THE CONTINGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN
ADJUNCT MEASURES
Stress Reduction
Added Reinforcement-Based Training
Play
Exercise
Nutritional Support
Medication and Supplementation
Sound therapy
Scent Therapy
PRIMARY CONTINGENCY MANAGEMENT PROTOCOLS
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behaviors
Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behavior
MAINTENANCE
CONSTRUCTING YOUR PLAN
HANG IN THERE!
PREFACE
I applaud you for taking the time and effort to help your dog through the challenge of these problem behaviors. Separation-related problems are extremely stressful on everyone—not just your dog but also the rest of the family. You have likely attempted some commonsense solutions that have not helped. You also may have spoken to your veterinarian, who may have suggested medication and offered a few pieces of advice or a referral to a dog trainer, and none of it has been successful. Maybe neighbors are complaining about the noise and you worry about eviction, or you are not able to take time off work, making matters worse. You are not alone. I had a dog named Rex who could not be left alone without whining, barking, yelping, urinating, and destroying doorjambs and couch cushions. He almost got me kicked out of the building I was living in. When I took time off work to be with him as I worked through futile interventions, suggested to me by the staff at the shelter from where I had rescued
him, I almost got fired. Rex would panic as soon as I closed the door.
I am personally familiar with the sense of urgency and crisis. I have experienced the dread of feeling helpless (through lack of effective tools) and considering highly distasteful options such as bringing the dog to a shelter, where you know no one else will tolerate the behavior either, even if the shelter did put the dog up for adoption. In my case, I had just adopted Rex from the Humane Society and they had made it quite clear that if it did not work out this time, he would not be given another chance. I was devastated that I failed poor Rex! Separation anxiety is absolutely a crisis, a problem with potentially serious consequences. In fact, that experience and my failure with it is what prompted my career in behavior technology many years ago.
I am here to tell you, after all these years of study and experience, that there is hope and there are tools you can be armed with for resolving the problem. It will not be easy! It will not be quick! It will require a lot of work and sacrifice.
I will not assume any background in the science of behavior for the reader except that which you would have received in any decent puppy group class or adult good manners class. This includes the basics of using a clicker and luring various basic behaviors, putting cues on them and thinning the schedule of reinforcement.
This is a workbook of sorts. You will be called on to carry out some homework assignments, specifically with regard to developing your assessment and constructing your plan of action. You will need a pad of paper and a pen for this. Alternatively, you can use a word processor, but I have found it easier to work with pen and paper for this process.
Some parts of this book involve the use of some technical terms, which will take a bit of getting used to. They are explained where