This chapter contains questions about the different types of learning exhibited by animals, the relationship between learning and memory and the principles of animal training.
ISBN
2022 CABI (H ISBN 9781789248975)
Background: The sport horse industry is growing exponentially worldwide. Alongside this there is an increasing demand for veterinary prepurchase examinations. It's important for all equine veterinarians to be familiar with how to perform these examinations in order to best advise their clients. Aim ...
Author(s)
Elliott, C.; Milligan, P.
Publisher
Wiley, Chichester, UK
Citation
In Practice, 2023, 45, 6, pp 345-351
Dogs may be relinquished to shelters and are unlikely to be adopted if they engage in problem behavior. A successful way to eliminate problem behavior is through training techniques based on behavioral principles. Obedience training with the use of positive reinforcement has been successful in...
Author(s)
Payne, S. W.; Fulgencio, C. T.; Aniga, R. N.
Publisher
Wiley, Boston, USA
Citation
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2023, 120, 1, pp 78-90
Previous studies have found that infrequent targets can reduce dogs' vigilance. The purpose of this study was to develop a laboratory model to evaluate the effects of infrequent targets on dogs' search behavior and performance. Dogs (n = 18) were trained to detect smokeless powder in an automated...
Author(s)
Aviles-Rosa, E. O.; Dechant, M. T.; Prada-Tiedemann, P. A.; Hall, N. J.
Publisher
Wiley, Boston, USA
Citation
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2023, 120, 1, pp 103-119
This study sought to enhance current dog training practices by determining whether a finding from human motor skill learning research, the contextual interference (CI) effect, could be replicated in a trick-training paradigm with companion dogs. In humans, research shows that practicing skills in...
Author(s)
Messina, M. G.; Ziv, G.; Byosiere, S. E.
Publisher
Wiley, Boston, USA
Citation
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2023, 120, 1, pp 36-49
Detection dogs have demonstrated reduced performance in operational settings when required to search in an environment where few to no target odors are present. This study's purpose was to increase detection dog accuracy using noncontingent reward (NCR) and Pavlovian stimuli associated with reward. ...
Author(s)
Dechant, M.; Rosa, E. O. A.; Prada-Tiedemann, P. A.; Hall, N. J.
Publisher
Wiley, Boston, USA
Citation
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2023, 120, 1, pp 120-136
Prior work has demonstrated canine search behavior and performance declines when challenged with infrequent target odors. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether performance could be maintained in a low target odor prevalence context by explicitly training dogs through progressively...
Author(s)
Dechant, M. T.; Aviles-Rosa, E.; Prada-Tiedemann, P.; Hall, N. J.
Publisher
Wiley, Boston, USA
Citation
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2023, 120, 1, pp 137-152
This special issue contains 11 articles that provide insight into factors influencing canine welfare, methods for evaluating dogs' preferences and the reinforcing effectiveness of stimuli, trick learning and retention, concept learning, and scent detection performance under sparse reinforcement...
Publisher
Wiley, Boston, USA
Citation
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2023, 120, 1, pp 3-152
An equine case study that analyses the development of long-term equine food aggression towards humans and creates a bespoke behaviour modification plan following the Humane Hierarchy and Least Intrusive Minimally Aversive principles using scientific evidence.
Publisher
CABI, Wallingford, UK
Citation
Animal Behaviour and Welfare Case Studies, 2023, 2023, 0002, pp 20 pp.
Dropping (penile tumescence) in male horses has been related to the provision of food rewards but it is unclear why horses display this behaviour. The objective of this observational study was to characterize dropping in relation to other behavioural indicators. Trainers submitted videos of their...
Author(s)
Merkies, K.; Zwaan, N. de; Franzin, O.
Publisher
Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 2023, 260,