給餌器を搭載したイヌの行動誘導スーツの開発

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The authors are developing a training method to provide rewards from a canine-mounted feeder. Rewards from a suit-mounted feeder that does not limit the canine’s range of behavior to the vicinity of the machine or person performing the feeding are essential for the long-range behavior guidance of canines using light stimulation that the authors’ research group is working on. However, there is no suitmounted canine feeding device with optical stimulation, and it was unclear whether such a suit could be used for canine training. In this paper, we developed a canine suit equipped with light stimulation and a feeder. Using the developed suit, we showed that it is possible to train canines to guide their behavior using light. We also showed that the developed suit could guide the canine to the desired location, although there were some areas for improvement.