Errorless learning is a stimulus fading procedure that can reduce incorrect responses in a
stimulus discrimination task. Errorless learning has been described as a beneficial dog
training procedure, although minimal research has been performed with dogs to support its
use. The current study compared the effects of using an errorless learning to a trial-and-error
learning procedure to train a stimulus discrimination in companion dogs. Eight dogs were
trained, four in each group, with concurrent stimuli and either through gradually fading in an …