University of Veterinary Medicine of Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, University of Vienna

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Behavior

The Other End of the Leash: An Experimental Test to Analyze How Owners Interact with Their Pet Dogs

Giulia Cimarelli^1,2,3, Borbála Turcsán^1,4, Friederike Range^1,2, Zsófia Virányi^1,2

¹Comparative Cognition, Messerli Research Institute, University of Veterinary Medicine of Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, University of Vienna, ²Wolf Science Center, Messerli Research Institute, University of Veterinary Medicine of Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, University of Vienna, ³Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna, ⁴Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

This article presents eight different experimental tasks, mirroring the everyday life of dogs and owners, used to analyze how owners interact with their dogs in a standardized way. The tasks included both positive (e.g. play) and negative (potentially stressful) situations (e.g. physical restriction).