title: Managing behavioural problems in human-dog interactions.
abstract: The management of dog behavioural problems requires the expertise of professionals such as the veterinary behaviourist. Clinical assessment of behavioural disorders allows the veterinary behaviourist to formulate a diagnosis and prescribe a behavioural and/or pharmacological therapy. The objective of such therapy is to produce a stable change in the perception of a stimulus and the resulting emotion, leading to the correction of the behavioural problem. It may be crucial to evaluate the subject's pathological state in response to the observed symptoms in order to identify the functional impairment of the pivotal neurotransmitter systems involved in the disorder. This allows selecting a suitable pharmacological treatment. In order to implement behavioural therapy, the veterinary behaviourist collaborates, where necessary, with a team of qualified canine trainers.
authors.affiliation: Centro Studi sulle Terapie Assistite da Animali-DCV, Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, Bologna, Italy. giulia.bompadre@unibo.it
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bompadre
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cinotti
mesh_terms: D000342:Affective Symptoms; D000818:Animals; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D004285:Dogs; D004644:Emotions; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000662:veterinary*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018634:Veterinarians; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000941:ethics
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs