Agility and search and rescue training differently affects pet dogs' behaviour in socio-cognitive tasks

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 416-422

  Marshall Pescini, Sarah ^a   Passalacqua, Chiara ^a   Barnard, Shanis ^b   Valsecchi, Paola ^b   Prato Previde, Emanuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Communication; Dog; Gazing; Training

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CANID; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; TRAINING;

AGILITY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; GAZE; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NONHUMAN; PET ANIMAL; RESCUE WORK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; COGNITION; DOGS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FOOD; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 66349104951     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.03.015     Document Type: Article

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