Sentences with phrase «dog behaviour suggested»

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Dieter Lukas, a behavioural ecologist at the University of Cambridge, says the study is too preliminary to suggest much about dog behaviour in general.

The study, published by Springer in the Animal Cognition journal, suggests that the reason for cats» unresponsive behaviour might be traced back to the early domestication of the species, contrasting this with the relationship of humans to dogs.

One researcher, Professor Christine Harris shared, «Our study suggests not only that dogs do engage in what appear to be jealous behaviours but also that they were seeking to break up that connection between the owner and a seeming rival.»

In the first part of this article we reviewed what is meant by being «pack leader» or «alpha» and how supporters suggest it is used to manage dog behaviour.

This suggests that the behaviour of the item affects how dogs respond to it.

Our study suggests that dogs showing these types of behaviour also appear to make more pessimistic judgements generally.»

Since excessive vocalisations and activity may indicate stress in kennelled dogs, as well as being behaviours that can be found undesirable by potential adopters, our study suggests that these odours may have application in rescue shelters to reduce stress and enhance adoption.»

If this risk assessment suggests you need to change your dog's behaviour, please contact an accredited, positive trainer.

Although females and males did not seem to differ in their relationship with neutering and TC, when including only individuals with TCindex = 0 and TCindex = 2 — 12 (leaving out dogs with TCindex = 1), the effect of the neutering was significant only among females (all breeds pooled, Chi - square test: females χ21, 153 = 4.46, p = 0.035; males χ21, 151 = 0.056, p = ns), suggesting that neutering in females may have a controlling effect on TC behaviour.

Altogether our results add more evidence for shared etiology and mechanisms of OCD in dogs and humans [6], and suggest that both environmental and genetic factors affect compulsive behaviour.

Fortunately, population genetics theory suggests that breed - characteristic behaviours should not be «lost» from lines of dogs selected for other traits (such as conformation), unless there is active natural selection against them or unfavourable correlated genetic response from selection on other phenotypes.

Childhood trauma and stressful events have been associated with OCD [6], suggesting that same environmental factors may influence the development of both dog and human compulsive behaviours.

Our findings suggest that employing assessments that engage other sensory modalities, especially sound, may provide additional clues about an individual dog's behaviour.