{"id":16947,"date":"2024-08-20T15:19:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T19:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/?p=16947"},"modified":"2024-08-29T11:52:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T15:52:20","slug":"groundbreaking-dog-training-techniques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/blog\/groundbreaking-dog-training-techniques\/","title":{"rendered":"Eckerd College professor and colleagues awarded grant to study groundbreaking dog-training techniques"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extraa-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”16948″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Two-year-old Orlo is the first dog to use a gaming console that controls a cursor on a game screen for training. 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Using his snout, he presses one of four large buttons on a panel to guide a big blue dot up, down or sideways across the screen. Two black boxes, spaced apart, are also on the screen. The object is for Orlo to use the buttons to move the blue dot across the screen to a box. When that happens, the box disappears, Orlo receives a treat, and he\u2019s on to the second box.<\/p>\n

When both boxes are gone, two new boxes appear on different parts of the screen. Orlo has a new puzzle to solve. It\u2019s a simplified version of PAC-MAN. And Orlo\u2014a dog\u2014is very good at it.<\/p>\n

This kind of experiment had never been done, until Lauren Highfill, Ph.D.<\/a>, a professor of psychology<\/a> and animal studies<\/a> at Eckerd, came upon the idea of a dog learning how to play rudimentary video games that hopefully leads to improvements in the animal\u2019s learning ability and overall mental health.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” top_margin_tablet=”32″ column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_video link=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/VLnQnIa6SGc?feature=share” el_aspect=”916″ css=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Highfill and two colleagues were recently awarded a $2,120 grant for their project titled Enhancing Canine Enrichment Through Computerized Gaming Interfaces<\/a>. Highfill will serve as principal investigator with her collaborators Sarah Nadler \u201910<\/a>, visiting assistant professor of animal studies at Eckerd and a licensed mental health counselor, and Kelley Winship, Ph.D<\/a>., a scientist at the National Marine Mammal Foundation<\/a> in San Diego.<\/p>\n

Highfill explains that the idea came from a guest lecture Winship gave for her via Zoom last year. \u201cShe was talking about some of the research being done with California sea lions<\/a> in San Diego,\u201d Highfill says. \u201cHow using video gaming gives them some additional enrichment when they\u2019re in their enclosures, to stimulate their brains. There has also been similar work done with lab primates in the past.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I was watching her present the lecture,\u201d Highfill says, \u201cI wondered if dogs could do that. So we decided to give it a try with some dogs here at the Comparative Psychology Lab at Eckerd. Allison Kenawell \u201924, who had interned with Dr. Winship in San Diego, applied for an internal grant from Eckerd to get things going. And Sarah Nadler has a therapy dog named Orlo that she adopted. So we started training him, and he\u2019s been doing great. He really seems to enjoy playing the game. But he does get frustrated. It\u2019s like watching a kid play a video game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Highfill says the team applied for the grant to support research that looks at dog training. \u201cI\u2019m fascinated to see how far he can go solving these problems,\u201d she says. \u201cWhat are the best practices when it comes to training? How can we help working dogs be successful?\u201d<\/p>\n

Highfill adds that while past research has shown that dogs can utilize touch screens for research purposes, this is the first time dogs have been introduced to a gaming console that controls a cursor on a game screen. This gaming approach, she says, \u201caffords greater flexibility compared to touch screens in terms of playable content. Our primary focus presently lies in refining training methodologies and conducting behavioral observations throughout gameplay sessions.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” el_class=”lg_text” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Orlo, who also works as a therapy dog in Nadler\u2019s mental health practice, has been training on the blue-dot\u2013black-box game since July 2023 and has reached Level 6\u2014the final level. He has put in about 50 20-minute training sessions with a total screen time of about 14 hours.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]\u201cNow that we have successfully trained Orlo, we would like to recruit additional dogs from the community to serve as subjects,\u201d says Highfill, who founded the Eckerd College Dog Training Program in 2022. \u201cSpecifically, we plan to reach out to local dog trainers about their own personal dogs participating, as we would like to continue with dogs who have an established training repertoire.<\/p>\n

\u201cOverall, we hope that this research will add to the growing literature on dog cognition and contribute to improving dog welfare in homes, labs and shelters.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” top_margin_tablet=”32″ column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Orlo on Instagram <\/i><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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