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| Cooperative Care Training Protocol: An Extension of the Current Body of Research Kristyn R.Echterling-Savage. Beyond the Dog, LLC, Lakewood Ranch, Fl, USA |
Abstract
Cooperative care has been shown to be an effective training protocol in reducing stress, anxiety, and aggression in dogs during veterinary visits and routine husbandry tasks. I sought to extend the research in several ways. First, by identifying and measuring behaviors that are clearly defined and easily observed to signal when an animal is “giving consent” for a husbandry or medical procedure. By identifying and quantifying observable behaviors, cooperative care can be extended to caregivers who lack expertise in animal behavior. Secondly, I sought to extend previous research by examining the efficacy of various reinforcers used during the protocol. The current data confirm that the efficacy and various traits of a reinforcer used in cooperative care affect the protocol's reliability. Lastly, I expanded the contexts and behaviors targeted while performing cooperative care. These data support the use of cooperative care in various contexts, encompassing a wide range of husbandry and veterinary procedures across dogs of various breeds and ages. These data expand the current body of research on cooperative care training in dogs.
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