Dominance in dogs as rated by owners corresponds to ethologically valid markers of dominance.

摘要: Dominance is well defined in ethology, debated psychology, and often unclear among the dog owning public press. However, to date, no study has examined how owners perceive dominance dogs, what different behaviours personality types are used describe dominant subordinate individuals. A questionnaire was launched investigate external validity of owner-derived estimates dyads sharing same household (N = 1,151). According owners, dogs rated as (87%) have priority access resources (resting place, food, rewards), undertake certain tasks (defend lead group, bark more), display (win fights, lick other’s mouth less, mark over urine), share traits (smarter, more aggressive impulsive), older than their partner (all p < 0.0001). An age-related hypothesis been suggested explain dogs; but we found that age did not occurrence related owners’ estimate status. Results suggest reports ranks living multi-dog households correspond ethologically valid behavioural markers dominance. Size physical condition were unrelated perceived Surprisingly, mixed-sex dyads, females frequently males, which might a higher proportion neutered this subgroup. For future studies wish allocate status using owner report, offer novel survey.