Sentences with phrase «presenting dogs with»

Researchers tried to answer this question by presenting dogs with three TV screens to choose from.

This simple process presents the dog with stimulus (the door) and presence of a reward (going out the door).

To find out what attracted dogs to toys, researchers from Bristol Veterinary School conducted a study in 2012 where they presented dogs with a variety of different toys for 30 - second intervals and studied how long it took each dog's attention to falter.

The idea is to present your dog with situations where he's excited enough to forget all about the collar.

Some will present the dog with a large doll representing a child to see how the animal responds.

Another option is to let your dog wear the padded collar and present your dog with salient stimuli that will help your dog forget all about wearing the collar.

In experiment 2, we presented dogs with content - mismatched DDS (dog - directed prosody with adult - related content) and content - mismatched ADS (adult - directed prosody with dog - related content).

Before this training is complete, we need to present your dog with a series of challenges to make sure that he not only barks at the door when you're standing there, but also when you're gone or when he's locked into other rooms or in other houses.

Most of these tasks have varying levels of difficulty that present the dog with different challenging and motivational drivers.

Modifying problem dog behavior using positive reinforcement, takes many daily set ups - presenting your dog with the stimulus (cause) that produces his unwanted behavior so that «you» can work him through his issues and teach him an alternate, acceptable behavior — all done in the environment in which the behavior occurs, all done using positive reinforcement.

To find out what attracted dogs to toys, researchers from Bristol Veterinary School conducted a study in 2012 where they presented dogs with a variety of different toys... [Read more...]

Not exact matches

Closer to the present day (and with much lower stakes), companies with whimsical office cultures have chosen to follow Caligula's lead and appoint some four - legged executives of their own — in this case, dogs.

Very gladly would I learn what face things present to a mouse or a bee; more gladly still would I perceive the olfactory world charged with all the information and emotion it carries for a dog.

Having me there was like having a dog present who had been trained to say a few words but, overcome with inadequacy, had forgotten them.

I don't know how they'd get me there in the first place (eh, I do: Lure me with the promise of enough hot dogs and I'll go anywhere), but if they did... I mean, even if the person were a total stranger and presented me with a ring I'd probably find it so funny that I'd say yes.

This Big East showdown between 3 - 4 teams presents great value for the betting marketplace, with the public seemingly split down the middle as to who to take, even with the sportsbooks adjusting their lines to give road dog UCONN an additional point.

Cats Cats are less likely to interfere with an infant than dogs, but they still present potential problems.

Officials presented details of the dog park project, which will be undertaken jointly with the village of Arlington Heights, at a public meeting at Central Community Center in Mount Prospect on Jan. 9.

Hannon said a multiuse path associated with the dog park also presents «a golden opportunity to connect up» village and park district trail systems.

Guide Dogs presented the Transport Minister, Norman Baker MP with a large talking birthday card to wish him a very happy birthday for 26 July 2012.

Winners were presented with their prizes by Phillipa Gilmore of Chudleys and received Chudleys dog food vouchers, a specially commissioned hand engraved piece of glassware from Kara Slater Engravings, a handcrafted walking stick made by Ernest Wilson and Rivers West waterproof clothing.

For example, he presents Sander Mulder's Woofer — a sculpture of a headless dog with a speaker built - in — to echo Uterus Vase, a sculpture by The Plug & Stephanie Rollin (pictured).

Another Koster dog's jaw shared some traits with present - day coyotes, possibly reflecting some ancient interbreeding.

Although the research, published this week in Scientific Reports, can not confirm that dogs are intentionally acting cute to manipulate us, it showed that canine expressions are not just a byproduct of happiness or excitement by comparing dogs» faces when presented with food instead of people.

To find out if dogs are «independent problem solvers,» she presented 20 adult dogs (10 pets and 10 from shelters) with sealed containers of summer sausage.

Researchers scanned (pictured) the brains of 15 dogs of various breeds while presenting objects paired with rewards.

In the 2012 TEDx Talk, he presented three ideas: simulating human odor to lure mosquitoes into traps; teaching dogs to recognize the smell of mosquito larvae, so they can sniff out breeding sites; and flooding human blood with a drug that kills mosquitoes when they bite.

We therefore performed unsupervised clustering analyses with ADMIXTURE (SNP array data; Supplementary Fig. 15) and NGSadmix (whole - genome data; Fig. 4 and Supplementary Fig. 16)(Supplementary Note 9) and found that, unlike contemporary European village dogs, all three ancient genomes possess a significant ancestry component that is present in modern Southeast Asian dogs.

We observe genetic continuity throughout this era and into the present, with our ancient dogs sharing substantial ancestry with modern European dogs.

Although none of the German Neolithic samples carries the copy number expansion of the AMY2B gene associated with starch digestion, we find that this gene is present in three copies in NGD, though this is due to a large segmental duplication that is shared with multiple modern dogs, an event separate from the tandem AMY2B duplications.

An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the German Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), conducted genetic analyses of CDV strains obtained from a range of carnivores between 1993 and 2012 and discovered that lethal CDV infections in lions and hyenas during the 1993/1994 epidemic was caused by a rare and genetically distinct CDV strain with three rare mutations not present in any other Serengeti strain isolated from domestic dogs or wild canids.

Right before you leave the house, ask your dog to sit and take three deep, slow deep breaths with your eyes closed and ground yourself in the present moment.

Within weeks, he's picking Pita up from school (when one of the nuns there asks whether he ever sees «the hand of God» in what he does, he admits, «I'm the sheep that got lost»), coaching her at swimming («There's no such thing as tough, there's trained and untrained»), helping her with homework, and looking after her new dog, a present from dad, who's feeling guilty about the frequent, unspecified trips he takes with mom.

Within weeks, he's deep into coaching Pita at swimming («There's no such thing as tough,» he instructs this nine - year - old, «There's trained and untrained»), helping her with homework, and looking after her new dog, a present from dad, feeling guilty about the frequent, unspecified trips he takes with mom.

More of the same: the hilarious Mr. Trump (with fanfares and His Amazing Golden Apartment), his relatively normal children, the non-celebrity, incompetent, semi-demented type A A-holes you love to hate clawing at each other with envy and greed and presenting it as ambition and drive, the pointless and repetitive tasks (selling ice - cream, grooming dogs, designing office spaces...), the boardroom ribbing and poo - fights (this time - before the actual results so both sides have the chance for backstabbing and under - the - bus throwing).

Housed in a regular plastic Amaray case, Through a Dog's Eyes comes to DVD presented in anamorphic widescreen, with an English language stereo audio track.

Opens: May 13 in Los Angeles and New York (Anchor Bay Films) Production companies Anchor Bay Films and Hannibal Pictures presents a Big Bang production in association with Flame Ventures, North by Northwest Entertainment, Rollercoaster Entertainment and Blue Rider Pictures Cast: Antonio Banderas, Thomas Kretschmann, William Fichtner, Sienna Guillory, Autumn Reeser, Jimmi Simpson, Bill Duke, Snoop Dog, Delroy Lindo, Sam Elliott Director: Tony Krantz Screenwriter: Erik Jendresen Producers: Tony Krantz, Richard Rionda Del Castro, Erik Jendresen Executive producer: Gary Howsam, Lewin Webb Director of photography: Shelly Johnson Production designer: Steve Arnold Music: Johnny Marr Costume designer: Debra McGuire Editor: Fred Raskin Unrated, 101 minutes

Housed in a regular, white Amray snap case, The Shaggy Dog comes with a paper insert listing chapter stops, and is presented in the viewer's choice of 1.33:1 full screen or 2.40:1 widescreen, the latter enhanced for 16 × 9 televisions.

Stray Dog is not one of those single - issue documentaries dealing with a big public social issue, but many of these issues come up naturally, and the film presents them in a way that leaves it up to the viewers to come to their own positions.

Dog gets into a few messes (some involving the family cat, with the movie's anti-cat bias culminating in a scene of Bailey digging up the feline's corpse and presenting it as a gift to the family).

Arrow Academy presents Sleeping Dogs in 1.85:1 with 5.1 DTS - HD master audio.

Based upon Harold Gray's popular comic strip «Little Orphan Annie,» the Depression - era story revolved around an optimistic moppet, her dog Sandy and her benefactor, billionaire Oliver «Daddy» Warbucks.Updated to the present with a multicultural cast, the sassy, spunky tyke (Quvenzhane Wallis) is temporarily adopted by a cynical cellphone mogul, Will Stacks (Jamie Foxx), as a ploy for voter appeal when he runs for Mayor of New York City.

The conceit of his latest exercise in droll negativity is presenting the misery from the viewpoint of the cute dog, who finds herself being herded from owner to owner, each with their own distinct shades of the pathetic.

Dialogue in the Dark, presented in partnership with Guide Dogs Australia, is designed to test the audience's senses and problem - solving skills as they move through a simulation of some of Melbourne's best - known sites, aided by a guide who is blind or has low vision.

The student decides to conduct research on the problem and presents a plan to update the shelter's website to feature weekly profiles of the dogs along with incentives, which include free shots and supplies when you adopt an older dog.

I asked Rhee to name her biggest mistake in two years and she offered this: She could have done a «better job of communicating with teachers» when she presented her contract proposal and averted some of the antagonism that dogs her relationship with them.

Presents the stories of seven projects that were done by children with the support of a parent or grandparent: Maude the Dog Project, Slime Project, Caterpillar Project, Race Car Project, Mexican Bakery Project, Horse Project, and Bus Project.

The trunk was spacious enough to hold my overnight roller bag, several bags of presents, various foodstuffs, and a dog bed with room to spare.

With the second and third rows flipped down, my wife and I were able to bring along the two dogs, presents for each other and my family, and our luggage, using both the interior cargo space and a Yakima bag on the roof.

If they really want to sell 500,000 cars / year, they need to present themselves as on par with the big dogs.