What did we find out?

In the old team, Brandy didn't run as well as the other dogs; her respiration rate was below the other dogs by quite a bit. We thought we might try to replace her with a dog from the other team. In the new team, there were two dogs with respiration rates near the target rate of the old team: Fox and Boomer. However, when we mixed and matched team members, the dogs' behavior became worse. We ended up keeping Brandy with her original team, and running the new team intact. Dog socialization is a stronger determining factor than respiration rate. more...