The Effects of Breakfast on Detection Dog Performance

<p>How does breakfast affect a detection dog&#39;s performance? In this episode, Kayla takes a deep, deep, deep dive into the 2026 paper, &quot;The breakfast effect revisited: Dogs’ scent detection performance before and after a meal.&quot;</p><p>Kayla breaks down the research team&#39;s key findings, and why understanding the math behind the data matters just as much as the results themselves.</p><p>Read the original paper here:</p><p><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0023969026000883" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0023969026000883</a></p><p>Host: Kayla Fratt</p><p>Editor: Sara Fangton</p><p>Sci-comm intern: Evelyn Combs</p><p>Guest logistics: Brooke Schoeder </p><p>Website: Meg du Bray</p><p>Patreon: Madison David</p><p></p>