The relationship between number of training sessions per week and learning in dogs

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 111, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 311-320

  Meyer, Iben ^a   Ladewig, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dogs; Learning; Temporal distribution; Training

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CANID; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; LEARNING; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAINING;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 41749098598     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.06.016     Document Type: Article

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