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 The Creative Canine

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What Do Dogs Do When They Are Asked To Vary Their Behavior?

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Elaina Franklin of Positive Solutions Animal Training collaborated with Dr. Lauren Highfill, a Comparative Psychologist, from Eckerd College to take a closer look at the canine's personality to understand individual differences with creative behaviors. Their research was published in the International Journal of Comparative Psychology. 

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"Dogs Demonstrate Creativity, Too" ~ Psychology Today

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"Creative Canine Gives Pups a Choice" ~ Fox 13

  

What would your dog do if they understood the concept that they could be creative in their response to a verbal cue? How would they vary their behavior?

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Here is an example of Frankie doing "create". When given the "create" cue Frankie can do any behavior he wants to with the goal of creating a new behavior while trying to avoid repeating behaviors.

 

If you would like more information about "The Creative Canine" research study or the "create" behavior please email us @ info@positivesolutionstraining.com

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