The importance of reflexes in the behavior and training of dogs is considered; the formation of feelings in response to stimuli: types of innate and acquired behavior and their use in training; components of training as the art of behavior management; disorders of higher nervous activity and behavior due to non-compliance with training rules. For university students majoring in Animal Science, and also of interest to dog handlers.

Textbooks and teaching aids for students of higher educational institutions

2nd edition, revised and expanded. Approved by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation as a teaching aid for students of higher educational institutions studying in the specialty " Zootechnics"

Editor: Ph.D. biol. Sciences T. S. Molochaeva Reviewers: Doctor of Biological Sciences I. I. Poletaeva (M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University); Doctor of Biological Sciences V. I. Maksimov (FSOU VPO MGAVMiB); expert of the RKF-FCI of international level, member of the scientific commission of the RFSS, zoopsychologist E. N. Mychko (Russian Federation of Service Dog Breeding)

UDC 636.7(075.8)BBK 45.2я73Г32ISBN 978-5-9532-0494-1© Publishing house "Colossus", 2007