Canine Courage Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The Belief In Dog Heroism : Myth To Reality
- Early Stories of Faithfulness and Loyalty
- Early Stories of Heroism
- True Stories of Heroism
- The Similarity of Stories over Time
Chapter 2 Why Dogs Help People
- Altruism and Heroic Behavior
- How the Dog Came to Be
- Heroism and the Individual Dog
Chapter 3 How Dogs Know What to Do
- Understanding Danger
- Taking the Right Action
Chapter 4 The Heroic Breeds
- Dog Breeds and Heroism
- Herding Group
- Working Group
- Sporting Group
- Other Groups (Terrier, Non-Sporting, Hound, and Toy)
- Individual Dogs
Chapter 5 The Everyday Hero: A Different Kind of Dog
- Everyday Heroes
- Pattern for Trained Service Dogs
- Characteristics of Everyday Heroes
- Dogs With Careers
- How Everyday Heroes Learn to Help
- Are Everyday Heroes Real?
Chapter 6 The Devotion of Dogs
- The Admiration of Faithfulness
- Devotion as a Natural Instinct
- Is Extreme Devotion Real?
- Do Dogs Understand Death?
- Understanding of Time
- Other Examples of Devotion
- Breeds More Devoted than Others?
- Love
Chapter 7 Cooperation Between Dogs and Other Animals
- Friendships with Other Dogs
- Dog/Dog Rescues
- Teamwork
- Rescuing Other Animals
- Friendships with Other Animals
Chapter 8 A Special Bond Extrasensory Perception in Dogs
- Does ESP Exist?
- What Are the Stories?
- Can ESP Stories Be Explained?
