List of Illustrations

  1.      The Golden Retriever – selective breeding has enhanced its retrieving instinct

  2.      Exposure to a wide range of stimuli in early life enables the puppy to develop its maintenance set

  3.      Puppies must learn good manners, when greeting each other on or off the lead

  4.      Playing games with a dog is a great way of increasing the bond and helping children and dogs understand each other

  5.      Family walks provide an opportunity for dogs to form positive associations with children

  6.      It is important to reinforce rather than ignore convenient behaviour

  7.      Clicker training provides an effective means of reinforcing the required behaviour

  8.      Scent communication allows signalling in the absence of the signaller

  9.      Fear of loud noises may cause a dog to seek a location that improves its emotional homeostasis and capacity to cope

10.      Animals may resort to the use of aggression as a means of controlling their environment and regaining their emotional homeostasis

11.      Urine spraying – a natural method of communication for the cat, but unpleasant for humans if performed indoors

12.      Some multi-cat households are made up of sibling pairs such as these, but in many cases there is no such basis to the feline community and cats are expected to live with total feline strangers

13.      Rabbits are curious creatures and will play with and investigate objects in their environment

14.      Garden and indoor toys can provide security, shade and stimulation

15.      The rabbit’s natural behaviour makes it possible to use a litter tray

16a     Creative thinking can provide environmental

and b.  stimulation for dogs in a shelter environment

17.      Environmental enrichment for the cat in a shelter should include different levels and places to hide