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06/01/2023

If you want, you can go right to the discussion section in order to read the summary of the results & the conclusions drawn. And no, not every breed there is was included, as that would be logistically impractical, if not impossible. I don’t see anything that potentially impacts the basic “obedience” or manners training most of us do, but studies like this are critical to keep supporting our expanding understanding of our the non-human animal so many of us closely share our lives with.

Here is the final paragraph from the Discussion section:

“In conclusion, we found significant breed differences for various behavioural and cognitive traits in dogs. This is one of the few studies investigating individual breed differences in dogs, especially in non-social cognitive traits which are rarely studied in this context. Our results provide a more complete picture of breed-typical behaviour in dogs.”

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-26991-5?fbclid=IwAR3ON4R9EQfHUrJE7YAqEZsfWMiNM5Hn5ZEVK7JbIPlUbA-CAkz0URbHKGI

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We have a new webinar available to watch for FREE: Science vs Feeling in Dog Training

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With help from experts, we delve into what we know about how dogs' minds work—and tackle the big questions about their inner lives, what they can remember, if they can feel guilty, if they love us... and if they can really "talk."

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Despite the prevalence of reinforcement-based training practices in animal training, little research has investigated how to enhance the efficacy of delivered consequences; effective reinforcers are critical for maintaining long chains of behavior, such as in working animals, and for competing with....

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There are several everyday items, both indoors and outdoors, that can be dangerous to our pets. While some of these dangers — such as household cleaners — are obvious, others

03/11/2021

Dogs extract words from continuous speech using similar computations and brain regions as humans do, a new study combining EEG and fMRI by researchers from the Department of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary) finds. This is the first demonstration of the capacity to use complex statisti...

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