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Can Dogs Be Intrinsically Motivated?
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Can Dogs Be Intrinsically Motivated?

To truly respect dogs as Sentient beings, we need to understand what is important to them as individuals and give them “choice and options” but is this the same as “decision-making, self-regulation and intrinsic motivation? (spoiler - no!) And, if they are capable of being intrinsically motivated, how do we achieve this?

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