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The Animal Welfare Science Centre The Animal Welfare Science Centre www.animalwelfare.net.au An investigation into the training methods used by professional dog trainers Catherine Webb, Robert Holmes and Paul Hemsworth [email protected] 2 The Animal Welfare Science Centre The Animal Welfare Science Centre Lots of methods/tools used to train dogs, including (but not limited to): Effectiveness? w Flat collar w Correction chain w Head collar w Martingale collar Welfare? w Provide a reward w Electric collar w Citronella collar w No-pull harness w Prong collar 3 The Animal Welfare Science Centre 4 The Animal Welfare Science Centre 5 6 1 Operant Conditioning Behaviour MORE likely to occur The Animal Welfare Science Centre Stimulus Added Stimulus Removed + - Positive Reinforcement Negative Reinforcement e.g. give food treat Behaviour LESS likely to occur The Animal Welfare Science Centre Aim: e.g. remove leash pressure Positive Punishment Negative Punishment e.g. apply leash correction e.g. remove attention To understand what trainers are doing and what training methods they think are effective. 7 8 Questionnaire The Animal Welfare Science Centre • 100 Professional dog trainers surveyed The Animal Welfare Science Centre Short term effec+veness of each method Long term effec+veness of each method How o6en they personally use each method (actual use) How common they think each method is amongst professional dog trainers (perceived use) • 6 common behaviour problems: • Barking at people walking past the house • Jumping up on people • Pulling on the lead • Aggression towards unfamiliar dogs when on lead • Aggression towards familiar adult humans • Not coming when called • 6-9 Training or Management methods per behaviour problem. 9 Never-Always None-All 10 The Animal Welfare Science Centre The Animal Welfare Science Centre Long Term Effectiveness - Often/Always Short Term Effectiveness - Often/Always 100% 100% 90% 90% 80% Positive Reinforcement 70% Negative Reinforcement Positive Reinforcement 80% Negative Reinforcement 70% Positive Punishment Positive Punishment 60% Negative Punishment 50% Negative Punishment 60% 50% 40% 30% 40% 20% 30% 10% 20% 0% Barking at people walking past the house Pulling on the lead Jumping up on people Aggression when Aggression towards Not coming when on lead towards familiar adult called unfamiliar dogs humans 10% 0% Barking at people walking past the house 11 Pulling on the lead Jumping up on people Aggression when on Aggression towards Not coming when lead towards familiar adult called unfamiliar dogs humans 12 2 The Animal Welfare Science Centre The Animal Welfare Science Centre Reported Use - Often/Always 100% 90% Positive Reinforcement Negative Reinforcement Positive Punishment Negative Punishment Table 1: Agreement between short term effectiveness and reported use of Positive Reinforcement 80% Behaviour Problem 70% K p Pulling on the lead 0.208 0.000 Jumping up on people 0.186 0.000 Aggression when on lead towards unfamiliar dogs 0.171 0.000 Not coming when called 0.119 0.000 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Barking at people walking past the house Pulling on the lead Jumping up on people Aggression when on Aggression towards Not coming when lead towards familiar adult called unfamiliar dogs humans 13 14 The Animal Welfare Science Centre The Animal Welfare Science Centre Table 3: Agreement between short term effectiveness and reported use of Positive Punishment Table 2: Agreement between short term effectiveness and reported use of Negative Reinforcement Behaviour Problem Behaviour Problem K p Pulling on the lead 0.086 0.103 Not coming when called 0.089 0.020 K p Barking at people walking past the house 0.127 0.005 Pulling on the lead 0.154 0.000 Jumping up on people 0.137 0.000 Aggression when on lead towards unfamiliar dogs 0.188 0.000 Aggression towards familiar adult humans 0.120 0.000 Not coming when called 0.159 0.000 15 16 The Animal Welfare Science Centre The Animal Welfare Science Centre Table 5: Comparison of effectiveness and use for two of the training methods for pulling on the lead Table 4: Agreement between short term effectiveness and reported use of Negative Punishment Behaviour Problem K p Aggression towards unfamiliar adult humans 0.286 0.000 Jumping up on people 0.170 0.000 17 Behaviour Problem Training Method Pulling on the lead Reward Prong collar O8en/Always effec@ve – Short Term Never/Rarely Use O8en/Always Use 50% 84% 52% 86% 18 3 The Animal Welfare Science Centre The Animal Welfare Science Centre 100% Considerable variation Disparity between beliefs and use Poor understanding of method use of other trainers 90% 80% 70% 60% Perceived Trainer Use 50% Actual Trainer Use 40% 30% 20% Welfare??? 10% 0% Positive Reinforcement Positive Punishment Comparison between often/always responses for perceived and actual trainer use 19 20 The Animal Welfare Science Centre Thank You 21 4