There’s no question we have learned a lot by studying dogs. Often, there are some discrepancies in outcomes between studies thought to replicate a previous study.
There’s a lot of good science, but we need to be very careful about sweeping generalizations.” – Marc Bekoff PhD
Source: The Bark, January 2021. Link.
Dogs differ, humans differ, dog-human relationships differ, and so too do the conditions under which they’re studied
INSIGHTS: This article is worth the read and so are some of the links. Bekoff comes at the question of study equity from familiar discussions yet offers deeper insights into the topic of variances between similar efforts.