Library Articles K9 Learning Theory

Adapting to the human world: Dogs’ responsiveness to our social cues
Reid, 2009

Survey of the use and outcome of confrontational and non-confrontational training methods in client-owned dogs showing undesired behaviors
Herron, Shofer, Reisner, 2009

Effect of reinforcement, reinforcer omission and extinction on a communicative
response in domestic dogs
Bentosela, Barrera, Jakovcevic, Elgier, Mustaca, 2008.

Learning and owner–stranger effects on interspecific communication in domestic dogs
Elgier, Jakovcevic, Mustaca, Bentosela, 2009

Ian Dunbar on Dog Training
Video from 2007 Conference (15 minutes)

Word Learning in a Domestic Dog: Evidence for "Fast Mapping"
Juliane Kaminski, Josep Call, Julia Fischer

Negative Punishment
Deborah Palman, Maine Warden Service (PDF file 115K)

Timing is Everything
Deborah Palman, Maine Warden Service (PDF file 77K)

Operant Psychology Goes to the Fair: Marian and Keller Breland in
the Popular Press, 1947–1966
Robert E. Bailey, Animal Behavior Enterprises and J. Arthur Gillaspy, Jr.
University of Central Arkansas (PDF 534K)

The efficacy of the model-rival method when compared with operant conditioning for training domestic dogs to perform a retrieval-selection task Sue McKinley and Robert Young, November 2002. (PDF 91K)

Clicker increases resistance to extinction but does not decrease training time of a simple operant task in domestic dogs (Canis familiaris)
Shawn M. Smith a, Ellen S. Davis, April 2007. (PDF 262K)

Training dogs with help of the shock collar: short and long term behavioural effects
Matthijs B.H. Schilder, Joanne A.M. van der Borg, October 2003 (PDF 245K)

Affiliative and disciplinary behavior of human handlers during play with their dog affects cortisol concentrations in opposite directions. Horváth, Zs., Dóka, A., Miklósi, Á. 2008. (PDF 539KB)

In search for the stability of personality traits in dogs: testing the consistency of dogs' reaction to threatening cues of an unfamiliar person. Vas, J., Topál, J., Győri, B. and Miklósi, Á. 2008 (pdf 231kb)