Can dog psychology research methods predict scent detection dog success?
Remember the Unsolvable Task? (If not, see our last post for a detailed description of how this canine cognition method is used by researchers) Researchers at Auburn University were interested in finding out if this task could be used to help identify if certain dogs are better suited for working as scent detection dogs. These dogs are incredibly important, especially for protecting people from explosives. You might see scent detection dogs at sporting events, before riding t