Scent marking in shelter dogs: Effects of body size

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• 作者：Betty McGuire^a ; ^{bam65@cornell.edu} ; Katherine E. Bemis^b
• 关键词：Dog ; Scent marking ; Urination ; Defecation ; Body size ; Shelter
• 刊名：Applied Animal Behaviour Science
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：186
• 期：Complete
• 页码：49-55
• 全文大小：422 K
• 卷排序：186

文摘

Scent marking allows communication without direct interaction. Most evidence indicates more frequent marking by more competitive individuals. We scored scent-marking behavior of 281 shelter dogs that varied in body size. Small dogs urinated at higher rates and directed more urinations than did large dogs. We suggest small dogs prefer scent marking because direct interactions are risky.