Research Analysis

Another Research Analysis for you all to sink your teeth into and this time we are looking at a research paper all about stress. Before we get going, for those who don't know, the word chronic means long term and the word acute means short term. Chronic pain could be something like a bad knee that causes you issues constantly for a long period of time whereas acute pain is something more like stubbing your toe on the table. It's often more intense but subsides again afterw

Behavioural euthanasia is a hot topic among canine researchers, behaviourists, veterinarians etc. Some believe that there is good reason for this in a lot of instances, some believe it never should be an option. Personally, we think that it has its place, but that place is something that too many people are arriving at far too quickly. In almost fourteen years of training dogs, we can count on one hand how many dogs were truly not able to be rehabilitated. This paper loo

This week, we are going to dive into a paper written by Alexander et al. (et al means and others for those new to this!) about the effects of obedience training on search dog performance. This paper basically observes how other types of training effect the likelihood of the dog passing a search dog qualification. For example, dogs that spent more than four hours a week generally training had a higher association with national level certification, but is the data useful? Ho

Another research analysis, and this is a really, really interesting one so members, buckle up and enjoy and if you're not a member then click to join us and get stuck in. As always we will be looking into this study and trying to translate it into something a little easier to digest because academic writing can be extremely heavy if the subject matter is not your area of expertise.

Our very first research analysis. These blog posts will not be written in the style of academic writing, but in easy to digest language so everybody can enjoy the fruits of some brilliant researchers around the world. The first piece of research we are looking at is investigating if training your puppy is beneficial and reduces the risks of behavioural problems as your dog gets older.