Training methods of military dog handlers and their effects on the team's performances

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 113, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 110-122

  Haverbeke, A ^a   Laporte, B ^b   Depiereux, E ^a   Giffroy, J M ^a   Diederich, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Distraction; Human animal interaction; Operant conditioning; Training; Working dogs

Indexed keywords

CANID; CONDITIONING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TRAINING;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 47049123574     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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