My owner, right or wrong: The effect of familiarity on the domestic dog's behavior in a food-choice task

Animal Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 461-470

  Cook, Amy ^a   Arter, Jennifer ^a   Jacobs, Lucia F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Canis familiaris; Domestic dog; Pointing; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; DOG; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; GESTURE; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY; REWARD;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DOGS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; GESTURES; HUMANS; MALE; REWARD;

EID: 84893733882     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-013-0677-0     Document Type: Article

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