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Artigo Científico Acesso embargado Avaliação da curva de aprendizado e parâmetros vitais em cães da raça Golden Retriever submetidos ao adestramento de obediência(2018) Rodrigues, Paulo HenriqueIn the contemporary world, the relationship between men and dogs comes with familiar characteristics and no more work, the dogs left the backyards of the houses and entered home. This change can bring some problems of coexistence, because of their animal instinct. And to "adjust" this fellowship, obedience training becomes necessary. The training should be based on learning techniques that aim at the welfare of the animal and promote the necessary behavioral "adjustments". The objective of the present study was to evaluate if young and adult dogs present the same learning curve and if the vital parameters (FC, FR, TºC) change, indicating if there is a difference between the age groups. For the experiment, Golden Retriever dogs were used. Twelve dogs were selected and separated into two groups: (GJ) young group containing 6 dogs from 4 to 6 months and (GA) adult group with 6 animals from 12 to 20 months. Each dog received 22 training sessions that lasted 15 minutes. The exercises of sit, down together and stay were worked, being that, the measurements of the vital parameters were made in the pre and post-training. These exercises were fragmented into 5 steps, 2:30 min for each exercise and 1 min for recreation between each exercise. As training methodology, operant conditioning was used through positive reinforcement (snack) on a continuous reinforcement scale (1st - 9th session), intermittent (10th - 18th session) and without snack (19th - 22nd session). Compared to the physiological values for dogs, there was only alteration in the respiratory frequency of both groups. In pre-training, this change can be described due to associative learning (classical conditioning) presented by the animals. In the post-training, the increase occurs because of the body, facing the exercise, needs to compensate the increase in oxygen consumption by the muscle tissues involved in the exercise dynamics. However, in the evaluation of the learning curve, both exercises presented similar answers. Thus, the method of obedience training employed did not significantly change the vital parameters evaluated, providing welfare to the animal. Another point revealed is that the age, at which the training program started, did not influence the learning curve, since the relation in learning versustraining session were equals