Behavioral assessment and owner perceptions of behaviors associated with guilt in dogs

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 134-142

  Hecht, Julie ^a,b   Miklósi, Ádám ^a   Gácsi, Márta ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropomorphism; Dog; Greeting behavior; Guilty behavior; Human dog relationship

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CANID; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; DOMESTIC SPECIES; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; OWNERSHIP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84861573551     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2012.02.015     Document Type: Article

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