David Surkamp formed Pavlov’s Dog in St Louis, Missouri in 1972. The first album ‘Pampered Menial’ was released in 1975. It reached number 23 in Australia and received good airplay from 2JJ in Sydney ...

In simple terms: Pavlov would ring a bell prior to feeding his dogs (his test subjects); the dogs were quickly conditioned and came to associate the ringing of the bell with the presentation of food.