Assessment of owner-directed aggressive behavioural tendencies of dogs in situations of possession and manipulation.

ABSTRACT: Excessive aggression is a common behaviour problem in dogs that can have various destructive effects on the affected people and the implicated dog. Aggressive behaviour directed towards the owner or other family members is one of the most frequently occurring aggressive phenotypes. Here, we examine the reliability of a short questionnaire assessing aggressive behaviours by two, contextually different behavioural tests: 'take away bone' and 'roll over'. Based on dogs' behaviour in the tests, we sorted dogs (N = 93) in two groups for each test, namely a less and a more disobedient/resistant group. The two principal components obtained in our questionnaire-'obedient' and 'aggressive towards owner'-showed significant differences between the behaviour groups. While dogs in the less disob

SUBMITTER: Balint A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5666282 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature