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- Svartberg, Kenth, et al.
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Consistency of personality traits in dogs
- 2005
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Ingår i: Animal Behaviour. - : Elsevier BV. - 0003-3472 .- 1095-8282. ; 69:2, s. 283-291
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We investigated the consistency of behaviour over repeated tests in dogs, Canis familiaris. Dogs were tested three times, with an average of 30 and 35 days between tests. The behavioural test used in the study included 10 subtests that exposed dogs to various situations, such as the appearance of an unfamiliar person, play, preylike objects, metallic noise and a suddenly appearing dummy. Studies using the same test with many dogs have revealed five specific personality traits, labelled Playfulness, Chase-proneness, Curiosity/Fearlessness, Sociability and Aggressiveness, and one higher-order, broader dimension, interpreted as a shyness–boldness continuum. We used these traits in the present study. We found significant correlations over the test series in all the specific traits as well as in the Boldness dimension. The magnitude of trait scores for Playfulness, Chase-proneness and Sociability, as well as for the Boldness dimension, was stable between tests. The scores for Aggressiveness and Curiosity/Fearlessness, however, differed between the first two tests: the intensity of behaviour related to fear and aggression decreased from test 1 to test 2, but the intensity of exploratory behaviour increased. This result indicates that these two traits in dogs are sensitive to novelty, although individual differences are also maintained in nonnovel situations. The results suggest that playful, social, exploratory, avoidant and aggressive behaviour in dogs is influenced by stable dispositions; i.e. personality traits, that seem to have been important during the evolution of the domestic dog
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- Wheat, Christina Hansen, et al.
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Wolf (Canis lupus) Hybrids Highlight the Importance of Human-Directed Play Behavior During Domestication of Dogs (Canis familiaris)
- 2018
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Ingår i: Journal of comparative psychology (1983). - : American Psychological Association (APA). - 0735-7036 .- 1939-2087. ; 132:4, s. 373-381
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The domestication of animals and plants offers an exceptional opportunity to study evolutionary adaptations. In particular, domesticated animals display several behavioral alterations, including increased sociability and decreased fearfulness and aggression, when compared with their wild ancestors. However, studies quantifying simultaneous changes in multiple behaviors during domestication are lacking. Moreover, the role of human-directed play behavior has been largely neglected when studying the domestication process. Here we address these issues by examining behavioral changes during the domestication of the dog (Canis familiaris) from the gray wolf (Canis lupus) using a standardized behavioral test applied to wolf hybrids and several dog breeds. Contrary to expectations, our study provides little support for collective behavioral alterations. Specifically, although we found that wolf hybrids were less playful and overall more fearful than dogs, we did not detect any differences in sociability or aggression between wolf hybrids and dog breeds. Instead, our results suggest that behavioral alterations during domestication do not necessarily occur in concert and point to an important, but previously overlooked, role of selection on play behavior directed at humans during the domestication of dogs.
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