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http://dx.doi.org/10.5322/JESI.2022.31.3.237

Changes in Dogs' Social Behavior Toward Humans  

Kang, Ok-Deuk (Animal Biotechnology, Jeju National University)
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Journal of Environmental Science International / v.31, no.3, 2022 , pp. 237-245 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to evaluate dogs' sociality toward human strangers in the absence of an owner by analyzing changes in dogs' behavior during a task of making eye contact with an experimenter to obtain snacks. A total of 17 dogs were divided into groups of high sociality (HS; n = 10, 4.4 ± 3.87 years) and low-sociality (LS; n = 7, 3.71 ± 2.06 years). A comparison of the average frequency of five behavioral types-fear-appeasement behaviors (P<0.001), sociability-related behaviors (P<0.001), stress-related behaviors (P<0.05), destruction (P < 0.001), and vocalization (P < 0.001)-between the groups showed a significant difference in all five categories. Together, these results suggest that dogs with high sociality are less exposed to various stresses and have a higher ability to adapt to new environments than dogs with low sociality. This can predict dogs' adaptability to a new environment and positive outcomes in their daily life with the owner.
Keywords
Destruction; Fear-appeasement behaviors; Social evaluation; Sociability-related behaviors; Stress-related behaviors; Vocalizations;
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