An evidence-based decision assistance model for predicting training outcome in juvenile guide dogs.

Working dog organisations, such as Guide Dogs, need to regularly assess the behaviour of the dogs they train. In this study we developed a questionnaire-style behaviour assessment completed by training supervisors of juvenile guide dogs aged 5, 8 and 12 months old (n = 1,401), and evaluated aspects...

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Main Authors: Naomi D Harvey, Peter J Craigon, Simon A Blythe, Gary C W England, Lucy Asher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5470660?pdf=render