DogTube: An examination of dogmanship online

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• 作者：Elyssa M. Payne^a ; ^{elyssa.payne@gmail.com} ; ^{epay1031@uni.sydney.edu.au} ; Pauleen C. Bennett^b ; Paul D. McGreevy^a
• 关键词：dog training ; dogmanship ; affective state ; dog-human dyad
• 刊名：Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January-February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：17
• 期：Complete
• 页码：50-61
• 全文大小：408 K
• 卷排序：17

文摘

Obedience in dogs may have implications for animal welfare and the dog-human relationship. This study used event and time-based lag sequential analyses to examine the quality of dogmanship in videos of humans training dogs on a public video sharing network. Lag sequential analysis was used to assess the responses that occur after a specific behavior for various periods (or lag periods). Dogmanship is reflected in the timeliness of rewards and the ability to acquire and retain a dogs' attention when handling or training them. Chi-square tests and adjusted residuals of both human-dog and dog-human interactions revealed several behaviors that assess human and dog attentional focus. Humans providing food rewards to their dogs showed strong positive linkage with dogs gazing away from humans for each time lag period. Conversely, the behaviors that were positively associated with dogs gazing at humans (notably humans gazing at dogs and nonspeech vocalizations) were time dependent and showed significant linkage at lag 1 (i.e., 1 second after the initial behavior). This aligns with the importance of pitch to dogmanship and provides some evidence for reciprocal attention in the dog-human dyad. These results highlight the importance of timing of rewards as well as attention gaining mechanisms and awareness of dog attentional state to dog-human dyadic functionality (or performance). This information has not only implications for dog-human interactions in an obedience setting but also underlines the possibility that dogs that are perceived as difficult to train may be in the hands of people who lack the timing and awareness that characterize good dogmanship. Encouraging individuals to appreciate the subtleties of dogmanship and improve their own ability is likely to enhance dog welfare.