Relational factors affecting dog social attraction to human partners

Interaction Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 482-503

  Wedl, Manuela ^a   Schöberl, Iris ^a   Bauer, Barbara ^a   Day, Jon ^b   Kotrschal, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Companion animals; Dog human attachment; Dyadic relationships; Human animal interactions; Human dog attachment; Human dog relationship; Human dog social interactions; Personality; Pets

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649425273     PISSN: 15720373     EISSN: 15720381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/is.11.3.09wed     Document Type: Article

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