Social referencing: Water rescue trained dogs are less affected than pet dogs by the stranger's message

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 132-138

  Merola, I ^a   Marshall Pescini, S ^a   D'Aniello, B ^b   Prato Previde, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavioural regulation; Dogs; Referential looking; Social referencing; Stranger; Training

Indexed keywords

CANID; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84880613462     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2013.05.010     Document Type: Article

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