Efficacy of Edible and Leisure Reinforcers with Domestic Dogs
Preference assessments are often used to identify stimuli that function as potential reinforcers for training or intervention purposes. Specifically, various preference assessment formats have been used to identify preferred stimuli for humans, cockroaches, cotton-top tamarins, tortoises, and wolves...
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| author | Xenabeth A. Lazaro John M. Winter Jonathan K. Fernand David J. Cox Nicole R. Dorey |
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| description | Preference assessments are often used to identify stimuli that function as potential reinforcers for training or intervention purposes. Specifically, various preference assessment formats have been used to identify preferred stimuli for humans, cockroaches, cotton-top tamarins, tortoises, and wolves, to name a few. However, to date, no study has evaluated the differential efficacy between food and leisure stimuli within domestic dogs. The current study aimed to compare the reinforcing value and efficacy between food and leisure stimuli for domestic dogs by comparing rates of behavior when receiving access to either their top-preferred food or leisure items. Overall results suggest (1) domestic dogs prefer food over leisure items, and (2) food is more likely to function as a reinforcer than leisure items for domestic dog’s behavior. These results suggest that dog owners and trainers should consider using food reinforcers over leisure items as reinforcers when attempting to train dogs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6a0f6a19eeaa41c895ef04d2365be3362023-11-19T13:59:51ZengMDPI AGAnimals2076-26152023-09-011319307310.3390/ani13193073Efficacy of Edible and Leisure Reinforcers with Domestic DogsXenabeth A. Lazaro0John M. Winter1Jonathan K. Fernand2David J. Cox3Nicole R. Dorey4Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USADepartment of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USAFlorida Institute of Technology, School of Behavior Analysis, Melbourne, FL 32901, USAInstitute for Applied Behavioral Science, Endicott College, Beverly, MA 01915, USADepartment of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USAPreference assessments are often used to identify stimuli that function as potential reinforcers for training or intervention purposes. Specifically, various preference assessment formats have been used to identify preferred stimuli for humans, cockroaches, cotton-top tamarins, tortoises, and wolves, to name a few. However, to date, no study has evaluated the differential efficacy between food and leisure stimuli within domestic dogs. The current study aimed to compare the reinforcing value and efficacy between food and leisure stimuli for domestic dogs by comparing rates of behavior when receiving access to either their top-preferred food or leisure items. Overall results suggest (1) domestic dogs prefer food over leisure items, and (2) food is more likely to function as a reinforcer than leisure items for domestic dog’s behavior. These results suggest that dog owners and trainers should consider using food reinforcers over leisure items as reinforcers when attempting to train dogs.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/19/3073reinforcer efficacyedible reinforcerleisure reinforcerpaired-stimulus preference assessmentprogressive ratioanimal welfare |
| spellingShingle | Xenabeth A. Lazaro John M. Winter Jonathan K. Fernand David J. Cox Nicole R. Dorey Efficacy of Edible and Leisure Reinforcers with Domestic Dogs Animals reinforcer efficacy edible reinforcer leisure reinforcer paired-stimulus preference assessment progressive ratio animal welfare |
| title | Efficacy of Edible and Leisure Reinforcers with Domestic Dogs |
| title_full | Efficacy of Edible and Leisure Reinforcers with Domestic Dogs |
| title_fullStr | Efficacy of Edible and Leisure Reinforcers with Domestic Dogs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Efficacy of Edible and Leisure Reinforcers with Domestic Dogs |
| title_short | Efficacy of Edible and Leisure Reinforcers with Domestic Dogs |
| title_sort | efficacy of edible and leisure reinforcers with domestic dogs |
| topic | reinforcer efficacy edible reinforcer leisure reinforcer paired-stimulus preference assessment progressive ratio animal welfare |
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