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The author hypothesizes that dogs are averse to being treated unfairly. This is due to a study where dogs stopped obeying commands when they weren’t rewarded, but when their partner dog was rewarded with a treat.

The author assumes that dogs have a concept of fairness, or at least can tell the difference between fair treatment and unfair treatment. He also assumes that fairness plays a bigger role in dogs choosing not to follow commands than a simple lack of motivation stemming from the fact there’s no reward.

We have no idea if those dogs were the ones receiving treats or not. This tells us nothing about fairness.

If there was a decline in obedience, then it would seem dogs don’t object to unfairness—they just aren’t motivated without treats. If not, then the dogs evidently will obey commands without treats—they just won’t obey commands when they’re being treated unfairly.

Irrelevant. Even if those dogs were used twice, the fact still stands they stopped obeying commands when they didn’t receive a reward. We need to evaluate the author’s explanation for why this happened.

Even if there were cases where this happened, we care about the dogs who stopped obeying commands. The author isn’t speculating that dogs can become more motivated by rewards—he’s hypothesizing that dogs are averse to being treated unfairly.

We don’t care how long it took for the dog to stop obeying commands. We’re interested in why they stopped obeying commands.

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