Pairing Odour, Marker Training and Reward Orientation: Creating Odour Recognition
When we say that a dog has developed odour recognition, we're saying that odour has been classically conditioned; it has gone from being a neutral smell, to a magic smell that predicts the production of all the dog's favourite rewards. I see a lot of questions about the pros and cons of various different methods of creating odour recognition, so decided to give it a shot to summarize the issue. Paired OdourThe target odour is paired with the dog’s reward. When the dog finds h