Conditioning shelter dogs to sit

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-39

  Thorn, Judith M ^a   Templeton, Jennifer J ^a   Van Winkle, Kimberly M M ^a   Castillo, Roberto R ^a  

^a KNOX COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; SITTING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REINFORCEMENT, SOCIAL; TIME FACTORS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33744986775     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327604jaws0901_3     Document Type: Article

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