鼻子训练是否会影响狗的执行功能和人类和狗的身体健康?
Heidi A Kluess1, Alexandra Hackett Neff1
1School of Kinesiology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA.
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
|February 13, 2026
概括
狗的鼻子运动训练并没有改善身体健康,但与更好的执行功能有关. 更多的训练与狗的任务持续性增加有关.
科学领域:
- 狗的认知和行为.
- 动物训练和运动科学动物训练和体育科学
背景情况:
- 养的狗表现出显著的身体和行为多样性.
- 除了选择性繁殖之外的因素也会影响狗的认知和身体能力.
研究的目的:
- 调查鼻子运动训练对狗执行功能和身体健康的影响.
- 为了检查对人类伴侣身体健康的影响.
- 为了测试假设,鼻子工作参与者已经增强了健身和狗的执行功能.
主要方法:
- 试点研究涉及26只狗和17只人类伴侣.
- 调查问卷评估了执行功能 (狗执行功能量表),训练历史和体力活动.
- 对狗和人类进行了健康测试.
- 狗完成了两个认知测试.
主要成果:
- 对于狗或人类来说,鼻子工作和非鼻子工作组之间的身体健康评分没有显著差异.
- 鼻子工作训练与狗狗报告的更高的执行功能得分有关.
- 在面对无法解决问题的狗中,增加正式的鼻子工作训练与更大的任务持久性相关.
结论:
- 鼻子工作训练似乎可以增强狗的执行功能和任务持久性.
- 在这项试点研究中,身体健康的好处并不明显.
- 训练质量可能会在狗的认知表现和弹性方面发挥作用.
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