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The Other End of the Leash: An Experimental Test to Analyze How Owners Interact with Their Pet Dogs
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1Comparative Cognition, Messerli Research Institute,University of Veterinary Medicine of Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, University of Vienna, 2Wolf Science Center, Messerli Research Institute,University of Veterinary Medicine of Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, University of Vienna, 3Department of Cognitive Biology,University of Vienna, 4Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology,Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Chapitres
- 00:05Titre
- 00:48Introduction and Food Choice Test
- 02:52Tissue Sample Collection, Reunion After Separation, Tug-of-War, and T-Shirt
- 04:33Basic Commands Test, Teaching, and Playing Ball
- 06:37Results: Owners and Border Collies
- 08:18Conclusion
This article presents eight different experimental tasks, mirroring the everyday life of dogs and owners, used to analyze how owners interact with their dogs in a standardized way. The tasks included both positive (e.g. play) and negative (potentially stressful) situations (e.g. physical restriction).
