Behavioral and cognitive factors that affect the success of scent detection dogs

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dc.contributor.authorTroisi, Camille A.
dc.contributor.authorMills, Daniel S.
dc.contributor.authorWilkinson, Anna
dc.contributor.authorZulch, Helen E.
dc.contributor.funderDefence Science and Technology Laboratoryen
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-09T15:46:10Z
dc.date.available2019-04-09T15:46:10Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractScent detection dogs are used in a variety of contexts; however, very few dogs successfully complete their training, and many others are withdrawn from service prematurely due to both detection accuracy issues in the field and wider behavioral issues. This article aims to review our understanding of the factors affecting variation in scent detection dogs’ learning of the tasks and performance in the field. For this we deconstructed the scent detection task into its key behavioral elements and examined the literature relating to the factors affecting variation in the dogs’ success all across their development. We first consider factors that affect individuality and individual performance, in general, such as temperament, arousal, the handler–dog relationship, training regimes, and the housing and management of scent detections dogs. We then focus on tasks specific to scent detection dogs and critically appraise relevant literature relating to the learning and performance of these tasks by dogs. This includes prenatal and early life exposure and later environment, training regime, and the human–dog relationship, as well as performance limiting factors such as the need to pant in hot environments during work.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationTroisi, C. A., Mills, D. S., Wilkinson, A. and Zulch, H. E. (2019) 'Behavioral and Cognitive Factors That Affect the Success of Scent Detection Dogs', Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews, 14, pp. 51-76. doi: 10.3819/ccbr.2019.140007en
dc.identifier.doi10.3819/CCBR.2019.140007en
dc.identifier.eissn1911-4745
dc.identifier.endpage76en
dc.identifier.issn1911-4745
dc.identifier.journaltitleComparative Cognition & Behavior Reviewen
dc.identifier.startpage51en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/7733
dc.identifier.volume14en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherComparative Cognition Societyen
dc.relation.urihttp://comparative-cognition-and-behavior-reviews.org/2019/volume-14-pp-51-76/
dc.rights© 2019 The Authors. Published by The Comparative Cognition Society under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Licenseen
dc.subjectLearningen
dc.subjectPerformanceen
dc.subjectTrainingen
dc.subjectHuman–dog interactionsen
dc.subjectScent detection dogsen
dc.titleBehavioral and cognitive factors that affect the success of scent detection dogsen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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