Effects of human-dog familiarity on dogs' behavioural responses to petting

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 176-181

  Kuhne, Franziska ^a   Hößler, Johanna C ^b   Struwe, Rainer ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioural response; Dog; Human dog interaction; Tactile communication

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CANID; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; FAMILIARITY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84870240638     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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