A Study in Training Methodology of Mine Dogs

Abstract

An attempt was made to organize the training of mine dogs into logical learning segments: object discrimination, outgoing excursion, and search. The procedure for object discrimination learning alone failed to produce the desired result. A possible alternative method is suggested and briefly described.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0784048

Entities

People

  • John J. Romba

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Sciences
  • Buried Objects
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Discrimination
  • Dogs
  • Emplacement
  • Experimental Data
  • Explosive Devices
  • Explosives
  • Land Warfare
  • Learning
  • Materials
  • Military Dogs
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Trip Wires
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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