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Part 1: Foundations and Theory

• Benefits of Cynopraxic Training
• Specific Benefits of Various Exercises
• Behavioral Equilibrium
• Signals and Communication
• Attention and Impulse Control
• Interrupting Behavior
• Training and Play
• The Training Space
• Directive Prompts and Blocking

Part 2: Tools and Techniques

• Training Tools
• Bridges, Markers, and Flags
• The Training Session
• Play Training

Part 3: Training Projects and Exercises

• Introductory Lessons
• Walking on Leash
• Basic Exercises
• Stay Training
• Heeling
• Walking Stand-Stay and Distance Exercises
• Recall Training
• References

Part 1 : House Training

• House-Training Basics
• Common House-Training Problems

Part 2: Destructive Behavior in Puppies

• Assessing and Controlling Destructive Behavior
• Selecting Appropriate Chew Items
• Redirecting and Discouraging Destructive Behavior

Part 3: Destructive Behavior in Adult Dogs

• Basic Training, Exercise, and Play
• Controlling Inappropriate Chewing Activities
• Aversive Startle and the Control of Destructive Behavior
• Miscellaneous Devices and Techniques for Deterring Destructive Behavior
• Digging

Part 4: Appetitive Problems

• Pica and Scavenging
• Coprophagy

Part 5: Crate Training

• Selecting a Crate
• Guidelines for Successful Crate Training
• Dangers of Excessive Crate Confinement
• Ethological Rationalizations of Crate Confinement
• References

Part 1: Orientation and Basic Concepts

• Coping with Fear
• Basic Training and Fear
• Neurobiological Substrates of Anxiety and Fear
• Pharmacological Control of Anxiety and Fear
• Exercise and Diet
• Active and Passive Contingency Management Strategies
• Habituation, Sensitization and Preventive-Exposure Training
• Social Facilitation and Modeling
• Coping with Fear and Stress: Licking and Yawning
• Counterconditioning
• Instrumental Control and Fear
• Graded Exposure and Response Prevention

Part 2: Fears and Phobias: Treatment Procedures and Protocols

• Fear of Pain and Discomfort
• Storm and Thunder Phobias
• Fear of Loud Noises and Household Sounds
• Fear of Sudden Movement or Change
• Fear of Heights
• Fear of Water
• Fear of Riding in Cars
• Fear of Enclosed Spaces and Confinement
• Social Fears and Inhibitions
• References

Part 1: Neurobiology and Ontogenetic Influences

• Neurobiological Substrates of Attachment and Separation Distress
• Pharmacological Control of Separation Distress
• Potential Alternative Treatments
• Separation Distress and Diet
• Early Stimulation, Separation Exposure, and Emotional Reactivity

Part 2: Separation Distress and Panic: Treatment Procedures and Protocols

• Attachment and Separation Problems: Adult Dogs
• Quality of Social Attachment and Detachment Training
• Basic Training and Separation Distress
• Separation-related Problems and Punishment
• Massage, Play, and Exercise
• References

Part 1: Compulsive Behavior Disorders

• Neurobiology and Compulsive Behavior Disorder
• Pharmacological Control of Compulsive Behavior
• Potential Dietary Treatments
• Diagnostic Considerations
• Evaluation, Procedures, and Protocols
• Excessive Licking and Tail Chasing

Part 2: Hyperactivity and Hyperkinesis

• Compulsivity and Hyperactivity: Evolutionary Considerations
• Hyperactivity and Neurobiology
• Pharmacological Control of Hyperkinesis
• Behavior Therapy
• Hyperactivity and Social Excesses
• Nuisance or Gem in the Rough
• References

Part 1: Evolution and Neurobiology

• Dominance and the Regulation of Aggression
• Coevolution, Play, Communication, and Aggression
• Emotional Command Systems and Drive Theory
• Adaptive Coping Styles: Play, Flirt, Forbear, and Nip
• Olfaction and Emotional Arousal
• Neurobiological Regulation of Aggression
• Pharmacological Control of Aggression
• Placebo Effects, Endophenotypes, and the Dead-Dog Rule

Part 2: Development and Control of Puppy Competitive Behavior

• Temperament and Aggression
• Tactile Stimulation and Adaptation
• Play, Discipline, and Dominance
• Precocious Aggression Problems
• Competitive Social Excesses
• Difficult Puppies: Establishing the Training Space
• Posture-Facilitated Relaxation
• References

Part 1: Social Competition and Aggression

• Interactive Conflict, Stress, and Social Dominance
• Wolf Model of Dominance and Submission
• Dispersal Tensions and Household Aggression
• Dynamic Modal Relations and Social Dominance
• Filial and Sibling Dominance-Submission Relations
• Involuntary Subordination and Canine Domestic Aggression
• Social Dominance: Dispositional Cause or Attributional Error
• Adverse Environmental and Emotional Influences and Canine Domestic Aggression
• Social Communication and the Regulation of Aggression
• Social Competition, Cooperation, Conflict, and Resentment
• Species-typical Defensive and Offensive Aggression
• Loss of Safety, Depression, Panic, and Aggression

Part 2: Assessing and Treating Canine Domestic Aggression

• Canine Domestic Aggression: Assessing the Threat
• Affiliative Conflicts and the Rise of Agonistic Competition
• Anger, Restraint, and Frustration
• Behavior Therapy and Training Procedures
• Manhandling and Physical Punishment
• Aggression and Diet
• Exercise
• Brief Protocols for Canine Domestic Aggression

Part 3: Children and Dog Aggression

• Infants and Dogs: Toward the Prevention of Problems
• Introducing Baby and Dog
• The Toddler and Increased Risk
• Child-initiated Aggression and Sibling Rivalry
• References

Part 1: Intrafamilial and Extrafamilial Aggression

• Classifying Aggression
• Antipredatory Strategy and Autoprotection versus Dominance
• Ontogeny and Reactive Behavior
• Household Stress and Aggression
• Living Space, Proxemic Relations, Inattentiveness, and Autoprotectiveness
• Social Spaces, Frames, and Zones
• Novelty, Sudden Change, and Reactive Adjustments
• Collicular-Periaqueductal Gray Pathways and Reactice Adjustments
• Orienting, Preattentive Sensory Processing, and Visual Acuity
• Social Engagement and Attunement
• Oxytocin, Arginine Vasopression, and Autonomic Attunement
• Argentine Vasopression, Hyperkinesis, and Aggression
• Stress, Thyroid Deficiency, Hypocortisolism, and Aggression
• Activity Success and Failure, Pavlovian Typology, and Coping Styles
• Proactive versus Preemptive Processing and Cynopraxis
• Barking, Motor Displays, and Autonomic Arousal
• Variables Affecting Extrafamilial Aggression
• Conflicts and Rituals Toward Novel Social Stimuli
• Watchdog Behavior
• Attention and Autonomic Regulation
• Play and Autonomic Attunement
• Attention and Play Therapy
• Quality-of-Life Matters
• Opening the Training Space
• Inhibitory Conditioning
• Counterconditioning: Limitations and Precautions
• Precautions for Safer Contact
• Aggressive Barking and Threats Toward Visitors
• Aggressive Barking, Lunging, and Chasing

Part 2: Intraspecific Aggression

• Hierarchy, Territory, and the Regulation of Aggression
• Framing the Concept of Hierarchy and Territory
• Unilateral, Bilateral, and Pluralistic Relations
• Ontogeny of Play and Fighting
• Fair Play, Emergent Social Codes, and Cynopraxis
• Intraspecific State and Trait Aggression
• Controlling Intraspecific Aggression Toward Nonfamilial Targets
• Fighting Between Dogs Sharing the Same Household
• Sources of Conflict Between a Newcomer Puppy and a Resident Dog
• Introducing a New Adult Dog into the Household
• Interdog Aggression within the Household
• Sex Hormones and Intraspecific Aggression
• Aggression Toward Cats in the Household
• References

Part 1: Monitoring Autonomic and Emotional States

• Stress, Temperature, and Behavior
• Cardiovascular Activity and Emotional Behavior
• Devices Used to Monitor Autonomic and Stress-related Changes
• Autoshaping and Automated Training

Part 2: Electronic Training

• Technical Considerations
• Subjective Factors and Electrical Stimulation
• Stress, Distress, and Potential Adverse Side Effects of Electrical Stimulation
• Electical Stimulation Technology
• Behavioral-activated Electronic Training
• Basic Training and Enhancement
• Recall Enhancement
• Behavioral Equilibrium
• Punishment and Aversive Counterconditioning
• Electronic Training and Problem Solving
• Electronic Training and Wildlife Conservation
• Electrical Stimulation and Working Dogs: A Shocking Study
• Electronic Training Collars in Perspective
• Future Prospects and Trends
• References

Part 1: Training Theory

• What is Cynopraxis?
• Cynopraxic Training Theory
• Basic Postulates, Units, Processes, and Mechanisms
• Prediction Error and Adaptation
• Adaptation, Prediction Error, and Distress
• Comparator Processing, Allostasis, and Adaptive Optimization
• Somatic versus Cortical Reward, Projects and Ventures, and Power Incentives
• Expectancies, Emotion, and Stress
• Autonomic Arousal, Drive,and Action Modes
• Play and Drive
• Fair Play and the Golden Rule
• Neural Comparator System
• Phylogenetic Survival Modes
• Genetic Influences and Adaptive and Reactive Coping Styles
• Neurobiology and Loss of Adaptability

Part 2: Bonding Theory

• Ontogeny, Coping, and Social Behavior
• Attunement, Attachment, and the Human-Dog Bond
• Opportunity with Limit
• Hitting and Missing the Mark
• Big Bangs and Black Holes: Extraversion, Introversion, and Disorganizing Load
• Coping with Conflict
• Restraint, Unavoidable Aversive Stimulation, and Stress
• Attentional Nexus, Allocetrism, and Attunement
• Sensitivity to Human Attentional States
• Complex Social Behavior and Model/Rival Learning

Part 3: Ethics and Philosophy

• Cynopraxis and Ethics
• Owner Control Styles and Welfare Agendas
• Anthropic Dominance Ideation, Perceived Power, and Control Styles
• Power-dominance Ideation and Treatment Protocols
• Problematic Trends and Obstacles to Adaptive Coping and Attunement
• Cynopraxis: Allostasis, Adaptability, and Health
• Hydra-Protean Side Effects, the Dead-dog Rule, and the LIMA Principle
• References

• Modified Sit-Stay Instructions
• Sit-Stay Tasks
• Reference

• Basic Guidelines and PFR Techniques
• PFR Training Instructions
• References

• Temperament Testing
• Testing Procedures
• Significance and Interpretation
• References