Beanwood
Administrator
The jackpot thread reminded me of this paper. I like this study...not just because it actually measures tail wagging in dogs, 
but because it suggests that dogs enjoy being successful and getting it right, and, if challenged with a task too difficult, can get frustrated and reluctant to continue. They may start out by appearing eager, but as the study observed this eagerness quickly drops off when they struggle with the task required.
This supports what we know around setting the criteria at the right level for our dogs (and this may not necessarily be linear...) but also around the importance of setting our dogs up to succeed. It also touches on the dog's ability to generalise to similar tasks than the one already learnt.
What I also found interesting, was the experimental group, trained to operate the device, and therefore the reward appeared to be excited about the exercise, and not just about the reward.
Positive affect Learning
but because it suggests that dogs enjoy being successful and getting it right, and, if challenged with a task too difficult, can get frustrated and reluctant to continue. They may start out by appearing eager, but as the study observed this eagerness quickly drops off when they struggle with the task required. This supports what we know around setting the criteria at the right level for our dogs (and this may not necessarily be linear...) but also around the importance of setting our dogs up to succeed. It also touches on the dog's ability to generalise to similar tasks than the one already learnt.
What I also found interesting, was the experimental group, trained to operate the device, and therefore the reward appeared to be excited about the exercise, and not just about the reward.
Positive affect Learning
