Shut up and pet me! Domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) prefer petting to vocal praise in concurrent and single-alternative choice procedures

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 110, Issue , 2015, Pages 47-59

  Feuerbacher, Erica N ^a   Wynne, Clive D L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concurrent choice; Domestic dog; Human interaction; Petting; Preference; Vocal praise

Indexed keywords

CANID; DOMESTIC SPECIES; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SHELTER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HUMAN; HUMAN-ANIMAL BOND; NONHUMAN; PET ANIMAL; PRAISE; REINFORCEMENT; SATIETY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; DECISION MAKING; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH; TOUCH;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CUES; DOGS; HUMANS; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH; TOUCH;

EID: 85027931665     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2014.08.019     Document Type: Article

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