Effects of human-dog familiarity on dogs' behavioural responses to petting
Effects of human-dog familiarity on dogs' behavioural responses to petting
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DOI：
10.1016/j.applanim.2012.10.003
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发表时间：
2012-12-31
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Struwe, Rainer
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作者：
Kuhne, Franziska;Hoessler, Johanna C.;Struwe, Rainer
狗用于交流的复杂，微妙的身体姿势和面部表情有时与主要集中在语言和触觉信号上的人类交流相反。人与狗的互动可能会导致误解，因为人类的手势被宠物解释为人类不恰当的社交行为。因此，狗的行为反应触觉人狗互动和轻微形式的约束是本研究的重点。私人拥有的木屐（N = 24）参加了这项研究。每只狗都暴露在9种不同的互动中，无论是熟悉的人还是不熟悉的人。测试序列包括各种动作，例如握住狗的爪子，抚摸狗的头部，每个动作执行30秒。试验间隔设定为60 s。评价犬行为反应的频率和持续时间。对行为反应数据进行对数转换后进行方差分析，发现人-犬熟悉度对启动转向行为的行为反应有显著影响（F-1，F-184=4.94，p = 0.027）。同样，被认为是安抚姿态的行为反应之间存在显着差异，无论是在频率上（F-1，F-193 = 10.67; p = 0，001）和持续时间（F-1，F-184 = 21.85; p = 0.000）研究结果表明，与人类处理器的熟悉程度对狗的安抚手势和重定向行为的触觉人狗互动的影响。需要进一步的研究来评估主人对这些行为模式的意识，并确定在这项研究中检测到的狗的反应是否是人狗关系的潜在指标。(C)2012爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
The complex, subtle body postures and facial expressions used by dogs for communication is sometimes contrary to the human-clog communication mainly focused on verbal and tactile signals. Human-dog interactions might lead to misunderstandings because humans perform gestures that the pet interprets as social behaviours that are inappropriately performed by the human. Therefore, the behavioural responses of dogs to tactile human-dog interactions and slight forms of restraint are the focus of this study.Privately owned clogs (N = 24) participated on this study. Each dog was exposed to nine different interactions either by a familiar or an unfamiliar person. The test sequences comprised various actions, e.g. holding the dog's paw, stroking the dog's head, each one being performed for 30s. The inter-test interval was set at 60s. The frequency and duration of the dogs' behavioural responses were evaluated. An ANOVA was conducted after the data of behavioural responses were log transformed.A significant influence of human-dog familiarity on behavioural responses was found for initiating redirected behaviours (F-1,F-184=4.94, p = 0.027). Likewise, there was a significant difference between the behavioural responses which were considered as appeasement gestures, both in frequency (F-1,F-193 = 10.67; p = 0,001) and duration (F-1,F-184 = 21.85; p = 0.000).Findings suggest that the familiarity with the human handler has an effect on dogs' appeasement gestures and redirected behaviours to tactile human-dog interactions. Additional study is needed to assess the owners' awareness of these behaviour patterns and determine whether the dogs' responses detected in this study are potential indicators of the human-dog relationship. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.