Inter-dog aggression in a UK owner survey: prevalence, co-occurrence in different contexts and risk factors
Inter-dog aggression in a UK owner survey: prevalence, co-occurrence in different contexts and risk factors
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DOI：
10.1136/vr.100997
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发表时间：
2013-02-02
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Blackwell, E. J.
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作者：
Casey, R. A.;Loftus, B.;Blackwell, E. J.
狗之间的攻击行为很常见，并可能导致受伤。本研究的目的是利用狗主人的横断面方便样本来估计患病率，评估与人类定向攻击的共现情况，并调查潜在的风险因素。据报道，目前有 22% 的主人对不熟悉的狗有攻击行为（吠叫、猛扑、咆哮或咬人），8% 的主人对家里的其他狗有攻击行为。狗和人类的攻击行为之间的一致性较低，表明大多数狗在多种情况下都没有表现出攻击行为。对家中其他狗的攻击行为与狗年龄的增加、积极惩罚/消极强化训练技术的使用以及参加环艺课程有关。散步时对其他狗的攻击行为与问卷分发地点、主人年龄、狗的年龄、狗的起源、狗的品种类型、积极惩罚/消极强化训练技术的使用以及参加服从课程超过四个星期有关。在这两种情况下，模型解释的方差量都很低（
Aggression between dogs is common and can result in injury. The aims of this study were to estimate prevalence, evaluate co-occurrence with human-directed aggression, and investigate potential risk factors, using a cross-sectional convenience sample of dog owners. Aggression (barking, lunging, growling or biting) towards unfamiliar dogs was reported to currently occur, by 22 per cent of owners, and towards other dogs in the household, by 8 per cent. A low level of concordance between dog and human-directed aggression suggested most dogs were not showing aggression in multiple contexts. Aggression towards other dogs in the household was associated with increasing dog age, use of positive punishment/negative reinforcement training techniques, and attending ring-craft classes. Aggression towards other dogs on walks was associated with location of questionnaire distribution, owner age, age of dog, origin of dog, dog breed type, use of positive punishment/negative reinforcement training techniques and attending obedience classes for more than four weeks. In both, the amount of variance explained by models was low (