对不同训练方法的有效性和福利进行比较,以阻止狗的追逐行为
Anamarie C Johnson1, Clive D L Wynne1
1Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871104, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
|September 28, 2024
概括
电子冲击项圈 (电子项圈) 有效地训练狗狗停止追逐诱,与非厌恶方法不同. 然而,在新的环境中,它的有效性下降了,需要对长期影响进行进一步的研究.
科学领域:
- 动物行为 动物行为
- 狗的训练 狗的训练 狗的训练
- 动物福利 动物福利
背景情况:
- 关于各种狗训练方法的有效性和福利影响存在争论.
- 之前的研究表明,电子冲击领 (e-collar) 可能会对福利产生负面影响,但与非厌恶技术相比,它没有更高的效率.
- 重要的是,先前的研究往往缺乏关于培训参数和成功率的细节.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较电子项圈与非厌恶性训练方法的有效性,教狗放弃追逐诱.
- 评估在不同条件和环境中训练有素的行为的保留和概括.
主要方法:
- 在6个会议中训练狗以抑制追逐快速移动的诱.
- 使用了三组:A组 (电子领),B组 (非厌恶方法,快速诱惑),和C组 (非厌恶方法,逐渐更快的诱惑).
- 通过在新环境中进行后续的记忆和概括测试来评估训练的有效性,并对压力指标进行行为编码.
主要成果:
- 电子领组 (A组) 的所有狗在两次会议内停止追逐诱.
- 组A的狗最初在测试中取得了很高的成功,67%的狗在最后的新型竞技场测试中追逐诱.
- 用非厌恶方法训练的狗 (B组和C组) 在训练或测试期间无法成功避免追逐诱.
- 在所有训练组中观察到最小的与压力相关的行为.
结论:
- 在研究条件下,电子项圈在训练狗放弃追逐诱方面表现出很高的初始有效性,与在研究条件下使用非厌恶方法相比.
- 电子领培训的有效性显示了对新环境的概括的局限性.
- 在本研究中应用的非厌恶方法在实现所需的行为结果方面是无效的.
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