Factors affecting response of dogs to obedience instruction: A field and experimental study

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 47-55

  Braem, Maya Diane ^a   Mills, Daniel Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Dog; Generalization; Human; Obedience; Training

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CANID; DOMESTIC SPECIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SIGNALING;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 77953259192     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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