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Hasegawa M, Ohtani N, Ohta M. Dogs' Body Language Relevant to Learning Achievement. Animals (Basel). 2014;4(1):45-58doi: 10.3390/ani4010045.
Hasegawa, M., Ohtani, N., & Ohta, M. (2014). Dogs' Body Language Relevant to Learning Achievement. Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 4(1), 45-58. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani4010045
Hasegawa, Masashi, et al. "Dogs' Body Language Relevant to Learning Achievement." Animals : an open access journal from MDPI vol. 4,1 (2014): 45-58. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani4010045
Hasegawa M, Ohtani N, Ohta M. Dogs' Body Language Relevant to Learning Achievement. Animals (Basel). 2014 Feb 27;4(1):45-58. doi: 10.3390/ani4010045. PMID: 26479883; PMCID: PMC4494300.
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Animals (Basel). 2014 Feb 27;4(1):45-58. doi: 10.3390/ani4010045.

Dogs' Body Language Relevant to Learning Achievement.

Animals : an open access journal from MDPI

Masashi Hasegawa, Nobuyo Ohtani, Mitsuaki Ohta

Affiliations

  1. Azabu University School of Veterinary Medicine, 1-17-71, Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5201, Japan. [email protected].
  2. Azabu University School of Veterinary Medicine, 1-17-71, Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5201, Japan. [email protected].
  3. Azabu University School of Veterinary Medicine, 1-17-71, Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5201, Japan. [email protected].

PMID: 26479883 PMCID: PMC4494300 DOI: 10.3390/ani4010045

Abstract

The facial expressions and body postures of dogs can give helpful information about their moods and emotional states. People can more effectively obedience train their dogs if we can identify the mannerisms associated with learning in dogs. The aim of this study was to clarify the dog's body language during operant conditioning to predict achievement in the test that followed by measuring the duration of behaviors. Forty-six untrained dogs (17 males and 26 females) of various breeds were used. Each session consisted of 5 minutes of training with a treat reward followed by 3 minutes of rest and finally an operant conditioning test that consisted of 20 "hand motion" cues. The operant tests were conducted a total of nine times over three consecutive days, and the success numbers were counted. The duration of the dog's behavior, focusing on the dog's eyes, mouth, ears, tail and tail-wagging, was recorded during the operant conditioning sessions before the test. Particular behaviors, including wide-eyes, closed mouth, erect ears, and forward and high tail carriage, without wagging or with short and quick wagging, related to high achievement results. It is concluded that dogs' body language during operant conditioning was related to their success rate.

Keywords: Canis familiaris; body language; learning; operant conditioning; training

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