Stevens, Jeffrey R. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2375-1360
Wolff, London M.
Bosworth, Megan
Morstad, Jill
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Article History
Received: 31 August 2020
Revised: 30 November 2020
Accepted: 10 December 2020
First Online: 10 January 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: JRS and his dog completed one of the Prairie Skies Dog Training courses in this study starting with the second class session. He did not complete any of the surveys or behavioral tasks, so he has no data included in this analysis. JRS received donations for research and outreach activities from Prairie Skies Dog Training (owned by JM), Arnie’s Pet Food Store, Green Spot, Kenl Inn, Nature’s Logic, Nature’s Variety, Nebraska Animal Medical Center, Norland Pure, Pepsi, Raising Cane’s, Sirius Veterinary Orthopedic Center, Smarty Dog Training, Stubbs Chiropractic, and private donors. JM is the owner of Prairie Skies Dog Training and received payments for training services from the participants in this study.
: All procedures were conducted in an ethical and responsible manner, in full compliance with all relevant codes of experimentation and legislation and were approved by the UNL Internal Review Board (protocol # 17922) and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (protocol # 1621).
: All participants offered consent to participate, and they acknowledged that de-identified data could be published publicly.