This study assessed inter-rater reliability and intra-rater repeatability among 40 staff members at the largest canine welfare charity in the UK with respect to canine behavior evaluations.
This study focused specifically on the food guarding subtest of the Safety Assessment for Evaluating Rehoming behavior evaluation, which is commonly used in shelters.
This study evaluated a specific subtest used in many common behavior evaluations. Researchers compared shelter dogs’ behaviors towards both a live and a fake dog.
This study compared three behavior tests designed to assess "aggressive behavior." This was not an attempt at external validation of the tests, but rather an examination of inter-test reliability.
This study evaluated two behavioral assessment tools commonly used in shelters to attempt to predict behavior in adoptive homes.
In this literature review, we concern ourselves with the applicability of formal provocative behavior tests used to attempt to predict the behavior of a dog residing in a shelter after he is placed in an adoptive home.