Dr. Debra Horwitz
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Veterinary Behavior Consultations
Mailing Address:
Debra Horwitz DVM, DACVB
11469 Olive Blvd. #254
St. Louis, Missouri 63141-7108
Telephone 314-567-4131
PUBLICATIONS
Dr. Debra Horwitz
Books, book sections and chapters
Horwitz, DF, Mills DS, BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Behavioural Medicine 2nd edition,
BSAVA, UK 2009
Landsberg GM, Horwitz DF, editors Veterinary Clinics of North America “Practical applications
and new perspectives in Veterinary Behavior” vol 38:5 2008
Horwitz, DF, Soulard Y, Junien-Castagna A Chapter 13 The feeding Behavior of the cat In: The
Encyclopedia of Feline Clinical Nutrition Eds. P. Pibot, V. Biourge, D. Elliot, Royal Canin,
France, pp 439-478, 2008
Horwitz, DF, Neilson JC Blackwell’s five-minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion
Canine and Feline Behavior, Blackwell Publishing, Iowa, 2007
Horwitz, DF Behavior section editor Blackwells 5 Minute Veterinary Consult 4th edition Ed.
Tilley and Smith, Wiley/Blackwell Baltimore, 2007
Horwitz, DF Section 4 Behavior In: The Feline Patient eds. Norsworthy, Crystal, Grace and
Tilley, Blackwell Publishing, Ames Iowa pp 405-415 2006
Horwitz, DF Behavior section editor 5 Minute Veterinary Consult 3rd Edition Ed. Tilley and
Smith, LWW, Baltimore, 2003.
Horwitz DF, Mills D, Heath S editors, BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Behavioural
Medicine, BSAVA, UK, 2002
Marder A, Horwitz D Complete Dog Owners Manual, HarperCollins, UK, 1997
Horwitz, D. Update on History Taking. Readings in Companion Animal Behavior, Veterinary
Learning Systems 1996.
Horwitz, DF Basic Feline Behavior and Social Development In: Cat Behavior and Training Ed.
Ackerman, Landsberg and Hunthausen, TFH Publications, p 17-35. 1996
Horwitz, DF Basic Feline Behavior and Social Development In: Owners Guide to cat health Ed.
Ackerman, TFH Publications, p. 19-33, 1996
Horwitz, D. Correcting Disobedient Behaviors. In: Dog Behavior and Training, L. Ackerman,
ed. TFH Publications, Neptune, NJ, 1996.
Articles
Horwitz, DF And Baby Makes Two Clinician's Brief July 2011: 69-71
Horwtiz, DF Walking Dogs: why it makes a difference and how to make it work Clinician's Brief
April 2011
Horwitz, DF Helping Rescue Dogs Transition to New Homes Clinician's Brief December 2010
Vol 8, No 12: 83-86
Horwitz, DF Scratching Behavior in Cats Clinician's Brief September 2010: 27-30
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Horwitz, DF Do We Need to Dominate Dogs? Clinician's Brief July 2010 Vol 8, No 7: 25-27
Horwitz, DF Designing Behavior Modification Plans Clinician's Brief June 2010 Vol 8, No 5:
53-56
Horwitz, DF Hyperactivity in Dogs Clinician's Brief April 2010
Horwitz, DF Cognitive Function in Older Dogs Clinician's Brief January 2010: 61-63
Horwitz DF Managing Pets with Behavior Problems: Realistic Expectations Veterinary Clinics
of North America: Small Animal Practice ed.: Landsberg GM, Horwitz DF, Vol 38, No 5 pages
1005-1021
Horwitz, DF Effective Client Counseling for Behavioral Issues Clinician's Brief November
2009: 77-79
Horwitz, DF Helping Pet Owners Manage Problem Behaviors Clinician's Brief October 2009
Vol 7, No 10: 19-21.
Horwitz, DF Storm Phobias in Dogs Clinician's Brief April 2009: 47-49
Horwitz, DF Punishment: Is it useful for changing behavior Clinician’s Brief February 2009 7:2
7-8
Horwitz, DF Urine Marking in cats Clinician’s Brief December 2008 6:12 7-8
Horwitz, DF Separation Anxiety in dogs Clinician’s Brief November 2008 6:11 20-21
Horwitz, DF Update on Behavior research Clinician’s Brief November 2008 6:11 20-21
Horwitz, DF House soiling in dogs Clinician’s Brief May 2008 6:5 69-70
Horwitz, DF Compulsive Behavior in dogs Clinician’s Brief February 2008 6:2 49-50
Horwitz, DF Chewing in dogs, Clinician’s Brief November 2007 5:11 15-16
Horwitz, DF Environmental Enrichment for dogs & cats Clinician’s Brief October 2007 5:10 5354
Horwitz, DF, The Great Escape: Dogs that roam. Clinician’s Brief September 2007 5:9 37-38
Horwitz, DF Destructive and Annoying behaviors in cats Clinicians Brief, July 2007 5:7 55-56.
Horwitz, DF Dogs that chase, Clinician’s Brief, June 2007 5:6 11-14.
Horwitz, DF Feline aggression directed toward people, Clinicians Brief May 2007 5:5 33-34
Horwitz, DF, Aggressive Play in Dogs, Clinicians Brief, January 2007; 5:1 25-26
Horwitz, DF, Teaching dogs to settle and relax, Clinicians Brief, November 2006; 4: 11 57-58.
Horwitz, DF, Assessing Risk and Prognosis in Aggressive Dogs, Clinicians Brief , September
2006; 4: 57-58.
Horwitz, DF. Urine Marking in Dogs, Clinicians Brief, July 2006;4:7 15-16.
Horwitz, DF, Feline Training. Clinician’s Brief, March 2006 4: 27-28
Horwitz, D Socializing Kittens: What to tell clients. Clinician’s Brief October 2005 3:10 pp. 4142
Horwitz, D Digging Dogs: Tips for helping clients cope Clinician’s Brief July 2005, 3:7 pp 9-11
Horwitz, D. The Yowling Cat, Clinician’s Brief March 2005 pp. 19-20
Horwitz, D. Tips for Handling Fractious Patients, Clinician’s Brief. February 2005 pp. 1-2
Horwitz, D. The Mailman Syndrome. Clinician’s Brief. November 2004. pp.77-78
Horwitz, D. Separation Anxiety. Clinician’s Brief. October 2004, pp. 37-38.
Horwitz, D Fearful Dogs. Clinician’s Brief. June 2004. pp. 40-41.
Horwitz, D. Fights between household dogs. Clinician’s Brief. December 2003. pp 28-30.
Horwitz, D, Reverse Housetraining. Clinician’s Brief. September 2003. pp. 43-45.
Horwitz, D. Feline Housesoiling. Clinician’s Brief, April 2003, pp. 40-42
Horwitz, DF Unruly dogs Clinician’s Brief January 2003 pp 38
Horwitz, DF Dealing with Common Behavior Problems in senior dogs. Veterinary Medicine
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November 2001, 96:11 pp. 869-879.
Horwitz, D. Feline Aggression. In: Recent Advances in Companion Animal Behavior K. Houpt
(ed) International Veterinary Information Service, Ithaca, NY June 2001.
Horwitz, D. Differences and similarities between behavioral and internal medicine. JAVMA
217(9) Nov. 2000. Pp. 1372-1376.
Greco, DS. Twedt, DC, Horwitz, DF Diabetic Dilemmas In: Senior Care for the New
Millennium; Proceedings Senior Care Symposium NAVC & WVC 2000. Gloyd Group
Publishers. 2000 Pp. 43-54
Greco, DS. Horwitz, DF Tilley, LP Hyperthyroidism in the Senior Cat: Is that all there is? In:
Senior Care for the New Millennium; Proceedings Senior Care Symposium NAVC & WVC
2000. Gloyd Group Publishers. 2000 Pp. 71-80
Horwitz, DF. Fortney, WD. Grauer, GF. Inappropriate Elimination in the Older Dog: What’s
Going on? In: Senior Care for the New Millennium; Proceedings Senior Care Symposium
NAVC & WVC 2000. Gloyd Group Publishers. 2000 Pp. 81-92
Horwitz DF. Hulse DJ. Chrisman CL. Soares CJ Old Dogs, New Tricks: Managing Cognitive
Changes. In: Senior Care: Case by Case; Proceedings Senior Care Symposium NAVC 1999,
Gloyd Group Publishers. 2000. Pp. 35-50.
Horwitz, DF. Soares CJ. Feeding and Medicating in Chronic Illness. In: Senior Care: Case by
Case. Proceedings Senior Care Symposium NAVC 1999, Gloyd Group Publishers. 2000. Pp. 9298
Horwitz, D. Diagnosis and treatment of Canine Separation Anxiety and the use of Clomipramine
Hydrochloride. JAAHA, March/April 2000. Vol.36:2 pp107-109.
Horwitz, DF Introduction to Pet Behavior Therapy: A self guided course for the Veterinary Staff.
Gloyd Group Publishers, Novartis Animal Health, 1999
Horwitz, D. Counseling Pet Owners on Puppy Socialization and establishing leadership.
Veterinary Medicine, February, 1999. Pp.149-156
Horwitz, D. A Practitioner’s guide to housebreaking puppies. Veterinary Medicine. February,
1999. Pp 165-169.
Horwitz, D. Jones, C. Hunthausen, W. Landsberg, G. Experts roundtable: Using Anipryl in a
Senior Pet Care Program. Topics in Veterinary Medicine.Pfizer Animal Health, Exton, PA, 1999.
Pp 13-19.
Horwitz, DF. Diagnosis and Treatment of separation-related disorders. Veterinary International
Vol.10:2 1998; pp. 26-34
Horwitz, D. Diagnosing and Treating Behavior Problems in Senior Dogs. Senior Care
Symposium. Vet. Med. Publishing Group. Lenexa, KS. Pp 54-63, 1998.
Horwitz, D. Pet Misbehavior: The Human-Animal Bond at Risk. Advances in Surgery and
Medicine, Guest Editorial, April, 1998
Pinson, DM, Meyer, RE, Horwitz, D. Clinical Case Conference-Myocardial Necrosis and
sudden death after an episode of aggressive behavior in a dog. JAVMA, Vol. 211:11, 1997
Horwitz, D. Compulsive Disorders in Cats. Waltham Feline Medicine Symposium, Jan. 1998,
North American Veterinary Conference.
Horwitz, D. Complete Dog Owners Manual, Harper Collins Publishers, UK, 1997
Horwitz, D. Process of Elimination. Dogs USA, No.1, 1997
Horwitz, D. Feline Social Behavior. Feline Practice Jan./Feb 1997 Vol. 25:1
Horwitz, D. Behavioral and environmental factors associated with elimination behavior problems
in cats: a retrospective study. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 52
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(1997) 129-137
Horwitz, D. Canine Social Aggression. Canine Practice July/Aug 1996. Vol. 21:4
Horwitz, D. Recognizing Aggression. Dog Fancy April 1996
Horwitz, D. Puppy Socialization: Raising Great Dogs, Today’s Breeder, Ralston Purina, 1996
Horwitz, D. Aggressive Behavior in Dogs. Breeder Forum Vol. 4:4. 1995
Horwitz, D. Blended Families, Blended pets. Veterinary Technician, Vol. 16:7. 1995
Horwitz, D. No problem pup. Dogs USA, No. 1, 1996
Horwitz, D. Update on History Taking. Readings in Companion Animal Behavior, Veterinary
Learning Systems 1996.
Horwitz, D. Animal Behavior Case of the month. JAVMA Vol 205, No. 7,Oct. 1,1994.
Horwitz, D. Social Behavior and Development. In: Owner's Guide to Cat Health, L. Ackerman
ed. TFH Publications, Neptune, NJ, 1996. P19-33
Horwitz, D. Basic Feline Behavior and Social Development. In: Cat Behavior and
Training, L. Ackerman ed., TFH Publications, Neptune, NJ, 1996. p. 17-35
Horwitz, D. Puppy Socialization: Getting off to a good start. Breeder Forum Vol.3:4 1994.
Horwitz, D. Changes in Behavior Associated with Aging. Breeder Forum Vol. 4:1
1995.
Horwitz, D. Ask the expert-Pet Corner. Woman's World Magazine, monthly feature
on
going in 1994-7
Horwitz, D. The Behavior of Good Nutrition. Veterinary Forum, February 1994.
Cohn, S., Horwitz, D., King, P., Laflamme, D., McDaniel, L., Establishing a Weight
Management Program. Provisions Pet Specialty Enterprise, A Division of Ralston Purina, 1993.
Horwitz, D. Feline Socialization: How environment and early learning influence behavior.
Veterinary Medicine, August 1993.
Horwitz, D. Give more exam time to educate your clients. Veterinary Forum, July 1993
Horwitz, D. Training owners How to use the litter box. Veterinary Forum, June 1993
Horwitz, D. Feline Inappropriate Elimination part one. Veterinary Forum, Mar. 1992
Horwitz, D. Feline Inappropriate Elimination part two. Veterinary Forum, May 1992
Horwitz, D. Physical Exams should include diagnosis of behavior disorders. DVM Magazine,
Feb. 1992.
Horwitz, D. Train Clients to Treat Pets Right. Veterinary Forum, Nov. 1991
Horwitz, D. Do your clients try to reason with their pets. Veterinary Forum, Oct.1991