Modulation of dog-owner relationship and dog social and cognitive behavior by owner temperament and dog breed group.

ABSTRACT: As companion dogs spend most of their lives with humans, the human-dog relationship and owner temperament may affect the dog behavior. In this study (n = 440), we investigated the relationship between the dog owner temperament (ATQ-R), owner-perceived dog-owner relationship (MDORS) and the dog behavior in three behavioral tests: the object-choice test, the unsolvable task, and the cylinder test. Dog owner temperament influenced the dog-owner relationship. Owners with high negative affectivity showed higher emotional closeness and perceived costs of their dog, whereas owners with high effortful control showed lower emotional closeness and perceived costs. Higher dog activity during the behavioral tests was also connected with owner-perceived lower emotional closeness. Furthermore, dog breed

SUBMITTER: Kujala MV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10484941 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature