Constructional fear treatment: Teaching fearful shelter dogs to approach and interact with a novel person.

Of the millions of dogs that enter animal shelters in the United States each year, many exhibit behaviors labeled as fear, which can decrease their likelihood of adoption. Current dog training procedures to treat these behaviors can take months or even years to show significant change. When these pr...

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Published in:	Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior Vol. 118; no. 2; pp. 278 - 292
Main Authors:	Katz, Morgan, Rosales‐Ruiz, Jesús
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Sep2022
Subjects:	Reinforcement (Psychology) Social interaction Fear in animals Dogs Dog training Animal shelters
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost