ArticleFrontiers in veterinary science2025
Effectiveness of marker training for detection dogs.
Article in Frontiers in veterinary science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- On the (limited) use of touchscreen-based behavioural and cognitive research with dogs: potential causes and future directions.Animal cognition · 2026Pooled it
- Insights from the field: Evaluating handler feedback on training practices and standards on canine detection testing.Forensic science international. Synergy · 2026Article
- Feasibility study on using a detection dog to localize hibernacula of Vipera berus.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The Role of Olfaction in Dogs: Evolution, Biology, and Human-Oriented Work.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Review
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Abstract
Training detection dogs to alert to an odor requires precision in the timing and delivery of stimulus presentations in order to condition a strong association between odor and reward and to train a desired alert behavior that communicates the presence and location of the odor source. Marker training, in which a signal that predicts a reward is used to deliver immediate feedback for a correct response and bridge the delay between the desired behavior and reward, is a popular technique in the animal training industry. However, the application of marker training to detection dog training has not been examined, and empirical evidence of the purported benefits of marker training in general is lacking. The current study evaluated the effectiveness of marker training for odor detection learning and performance. Candidate detection dogs (
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