Part One - Introduction
What is an ethogram ?
Why an ethogram is a useful tool
Breeds and behaviour
How to use this ethogram
Who I am
Walking that fine line... and finding a balance
My experience and research
Acknowledgements
Part Two- Imposing Behaviours
Dominance: myth and fashion
Imposing Behaviours
Social control
Competitive play and games
There's control, and then again, there's... control
Control and social rules (a hypothesis)
Imposing Behaviours: Categories
1. POSTURES / STANCES
The bow
The bow and a framework for interpreting it
2. SPACE CONTROL
3. RESOURCE CONTROL
4. OLFACTORY MARKING
Urine marking
Shoulder rubs and anus marking
Rolling over
PART THREE - Ethogram of Imposing Behaviours
How to use this ethogram
Splitters & lumpers
Anus-genital sniffing
Anus marking
Bow with front legs wide open
Chest press
Chin over
Competitive Play & Games
Crowding
Cutting across the path
Displacement
Displacement: dog-person
Displacement: resources
Displacement: scent marking
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