I got paywalled but as a layperson I'd define actual counting as e.g. croaking the same number of times as how many treats are in front of you. So I'd want to

I got paywalled but as a layperson I'd define actual counting as e.g. croaking the same number of times as how many treats are in front of you. So I'd want to see 3 treats -> 3 croaks, not square -> 3 croaks and circle -> 4 croaks, to remove the quotes. At the same time, teaching an animal to repeat a behavior an exact number of times is actually very tricky. For example, a dog will likely over-eagerly repeat the action until rewarded.