Dog behaviour on walks and the effect of use of the leash

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 38-46

  Westgarth, Carri ^a   Christley, Robert M ^a   Pinchbeck, Gina L ^a   Gaskell, Rosalind M ^a   Dawson, Susan ^a   Bradshaw, John W S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dog; Human animal relationships; Interactions; Investigative behaviour

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CANID; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC SPECIES; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; WALKING;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 77953290732     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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