Selecting, raising, and caring for dogs to avoid problem aggression

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 210, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1129-1134

  Hart, Benjamin L ^a   Hart, Lynette A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BREEDING; CASTRATION; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; BREEDING; CASTRATION; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0031569569     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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