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

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Simplifying Shelter Behaviour

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Shelter and Rescue can be difficult environments for workers and the animals in their care. This podcast, hosted by Tom Candy BSc (Hons) MSC CCAB, CSBS, CDBC. Brings together some of the leaders in the field of animal behaviour to discuss practical tips and tricks that can be utilised by shelter workers, volunteers or anyone with an interest in animal sheltering or rescue. The podcast aims to bring high quality education, to improve behaviour and welfare of animal using up to date thinking and methodologies.

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

Simplifying Shelter Behaviour

27 minutes 29 seconds

7 months ago

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

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 Howard

Skylar 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.

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LCHS-https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=lewis%20and%20clark%20humane%20society

The paper- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168159124002314?dgcid=author