Ep. 34 Smelly Toys are More Fun! With Skylar Howard

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Ep. 34 Smelly Toys are Best with Skylar Howard.In this episode Skylar joins me to discuss her recent paper looking at if scent improves dog’s interactions with toys. Improving the use of toys is a great way to improve enrichment but also in terms of where to focus resources and funds! Skylar investigated this topic as part of her master’s degree and breaks down the paper and results for us to see the practical impact the study can have!About Skylar HowardSkylar is the dog behaviour coordinator at the Lewis and Clark humane society, where she is able to successfully utilise the knowledge gained on her MS Applied Animal Behaviour and Welfare master’s Degree which she studied with Dr. Lisa gunter and Dr Erica Feuerbacher at Virginia Tech. Links LCHS-https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=lewis%20and%20clark%20humane%20societyThe paper- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168159124002314?dgcid=author

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Ep. 34 Smelly Toys are Best with Skylar Howard.In this episode Skylar joins me to discuss her recent paper looking at if scent improves dog’s interactions with toys. Improving the use of toys is a great way to improve enrichment but also in terms of...

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