Dr. Kendal Shepherd, BVSc., MRCVS, qualified from Bristol University in 1978. With extensive experience in small animal practice, she was the first veterinary surgeon to be accredited by ASAB as a certificate clinical animal behaviourist in 2005. She is heavily involved in the behavioural assessment of dogs under both sections 1 and 3 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 and also accepts instruction in welfare cases. Her particular interests are: promoting the need for vet/medic co-operation in thorough and expert investigation of all dog bite incidents, including fatalities, the routine education of children regarding dog bite prevention; and the encouragement of all veterinary professionals to routinely safeguard the behaviour of their patients in all the cases that they treat.

Foreword

Introduction

PART 1 - Dogs and vets

Chapter 1. What is a dog?

Chapter 2. Do's and don't's of behaviourally aware general practice

Chapter 3. 'Do as I do'

Chapter 4. What is obedience?

PART 2 - Dogs and owners

Chapter 5. The Ladder of Aggression

Chapter 6. How to 'speak client'

Chapter 7. Avoiding conflict

i. Between dog and human

ii. Between humans

Chapter 8. The wisdom of children

Chapter 9. The educational value of analogy

Chapter 10. Walking a mile in a client's moccasins

PART 3 - Dogs and the law

Chapter 11. Vets and the law

Chapter 12. Legal cases to illustrate behavioural principles

1. Overdependence on physical control
2. Misunderstanding of obedience
3. Significance of veterinary history
4. Bad human behaviour
5. Redirected aggression
6. Misdirected play
7. Conflict with police

Chapter 13. The dilemma dogs face

Post-script