Are herding breeds better at math than hunting breeds?

Methods

Summary

We plan to conduct tests exploring number cognition and object recognition. For more information see the below video. More information will be available in our lab notes as we begin to iron out the details of our study.

Challenges

The biggest challenge we're facing is recruiting enough dogs of our specific breeds to be able to draw enough conclusions. We are definitely recruiting in central Illinois, so if you're in the area and are interested in bringing your dog in to the lab or having us come to your dog daycare, breed club, etc. we would be happy to hear from you! You can email us at dogscience@iwu.edu or visit our website: www.iwu.edu/~efurlong to register your dog.