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Tiny science chat Season 2https://www.nordicdogtrainer.com/tiny-science-chat-club/
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123.09.2022IntroductionIntroduction to the Journal club
How to read scientific papers (lecture)
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206.09.2022StatisticsIntroduction to statistics (lecture); Duranton & Horowitz 2019: Let me sniff! Nosework induces positive judgment bias in pet dogs (in Applied Animal Behaviour Science)
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320.09.2022Activity of wolves and dogsJean-Joseph et al., 2022: Diurnal activity patterns of equally socialized and kept wolves, Canis lupus, and dogs, Canis lupus familiaris
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427.09.2022Comparison of pet and free ranging dogsCorrieri et al. 2018: Companion and free-ranging Bali dogs: Environmental links with personality traits in an endemic dog population of South East Asia
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511.10.2022Welfare of dogsMeyer et al. 2022: Pampered pets or poor bastards? The welfare of dogs kept as companion animals
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625.10.2022Genomics and evolutionGilbert 2015: From caveman to companion to medical innovator: genomic insights into the origin and evolution of domestic dogs
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78.11.2022Breeds and genetics of behavioral traitsMorrill et al. 2022: Ancestry-inclusive dog genomics challenges popular breed stereotypes (Science)
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822.11.2022Mating system of free ranging dogsNatoli et al. 2021: Genetic inference of the mating system of free-ranging domestic dogs (in Behavioral Ecology)
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96.12.2022Clinical animal behavior perspectiveMills (2022) Clinical Animal Behaviour (Review, in animals)
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9.127.12.2022Learning theoryLecture experiment - no reading
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1010.01.2023DomesticationRange & Marshall-Pescini:Comparing wolves and dogs: current status and implications for human “self-domestications”
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1124.01.2023Intrinsic rewardHintze &Yee 2022: Animals in flow - towards the scientific study of intrinsic reward in animals
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127.2.2023Back scores and breeding values Session led by Victor: breeding issues and genetics in Dachshund breeding
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1322.2.2023Hairless and toothless dogs: genetic and welfare issues This session led by Karo who was recently involved in legal cases to decide if breeding of these dogs is a welfare issue
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148.3.2023Artificial selection Hedrick (2015): Heterozygote advantage: The effect of artificial selection in livestock and pets
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1522.3.2023Dogs and societySkabelund: Breeding racism: The Imperial Battlefield of the German Shepherd Dog
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15.129.3.2023Breed bans (Ane Møller Gabrielsen)Lie (2017): Stepdogs of society: The impact of breed bans in Norway (guest session by Ane)
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1612.4.2023Play and welfareBlois- Heulin (2015): Animal Welfare: Could adult play be a false friend?
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1726.4.2023Why do animals play?Bradshaw, Pullen & Rooney (2015): Why do adult dogs play?
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1810.5.2023Play in free ranging dogsPal (2010): Play behavior during early ontogeny in free ranging dogs
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1924.5.2023Dominance (theoretical)Lewis (2022): Aggression, rank and power: why hens (and other animals) do not always peck according to their strength (and other papers from the same proceedings B special issue)
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207.6.2023Dominance hierarchies in free ranging dogsSilk et al. (2019): Elevated aggression is associated with uncertainty in a network of dog dominance interactions
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2128.6.2023Emotions and decision makingMendl & Paul (2020): Animal affect and decision making
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225.7.2023Dominance (companion dogs)Bradshaw, Blackwell & Casey: Dominance in domestic dogs - useful construct or bad habit?
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2319.7.2023Calming signals Mariti et al: Analysis of the intraspecific visual communication in the domestic dog: A pilot study on the case of calming signals
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242.8.2023Appeasement signals Pedretti et al.: Appeasement function of displacement behaviors? Dogs' behavioral displays exhibited towards threatening and neutral humans
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2530.8.2023Conferences as part of the scientific process and news from the behavior 2023Program and abstracts of the conference: https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/biologie/forschung/veranstaltungen/behaviour2023/programme/index.xml
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2613.9.2023Negative side effects of rewardsBalsam & Bondy 1983: The negative side effects of reward
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2727.9.2023Welfare consequences of aversive training methods Paper 1: Ziv: The effects of using aversive training methods in dogs- a review. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jveb.2017.02.004

Paper 2: Fernandes, Olsson & Virira de Castro: Do aversive- based training methods actually compromise dog welfare? A literature review http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2017.07.001
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2811.10.2023Gal Badihi: Guestures and dialects / social flexibility in Primates https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.220904?fbclid=IwAR0rRnymx50X9Nf4Ti1dsyFg6wjOJCrkRZy1FbeJv1BxyGAlNUrURZ7BiaE
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298.11.2023Victor: Heritability Jensen & Christensen 2000: Inheritance of disc calcification in the Dachshund
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3022.8.2023Renate Larssen: Combining negative and positive reinforcement in horse traininghttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168159122001095
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316.12.2023Anna Sydänheimo: Cooperative care
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3220.12.2023Veera Riihonen: Animal personality and social cognition
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Tiny science chat Season 3Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jg9oziot1smbibd/AACFh2Qqqcng85MPt2wcaaRha?dl=0
Tuesday (every second week); 19.30 CET
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3323.1.2024Introduction to season 1
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346.2.2024What is a companion animal? Pongracz & Dobos, 2023: What is a companion animal? An ethological approach based on Tinbergens four questions. Critical review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2023.106055
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3527.2.2024A dynamic concept of animal welfare Arndt, Goerlich & van der Staay 2022. A dynamic concept of animal welfare: The role of appetitive and adverse internal and external factors and the animals' ability to adapt to them. https://doi.org/10.3389/fanim.2022.908513
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3612.3.2024Positive animal welfare Rault et al., 2022. Positive animal welfare: Bridging the gap or raising inequalities worldwide? https://doi.org/10.3389/fanim.2022.825379
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3726.3.2024Choice: definitions "Englund & Cronin (2023): Choice control and animal welfare: definitions and essential inquiries to advance animal welfare science"
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3823.4.2024Debate session: Counter-conditioning Members prepare arguments and there will be a structured moderated debate session with 5 min talking slots / 2 min response talking slots
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397.5.2024The LIFE model of animal training Fernandez 2004: The least inhibitive, functionally effective (LIFE) model: A new framework for ethical animal training practices
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4027.5.2024Choice review Rust et al. 2024: The voice of choice: A scoping review of choice-based animal welfare studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2024.106270
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4118.6.2024Debate session: Giving choices to animalsWe will have a structured debate based on our previous readings - sign up now for having "flash talks" in the beginning of the session - both "pro" and "contra" giving animals more fundamental choices!
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