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1	Does Lifestyle Affect the Attachment between Dogs, Canis familiaris, and Their Owner? Fischer, Ida January 2018 (has links) The aim of this study was to investigate if the dog’s behaviour and the interactions between the dog and the owner differ depending on lifestyle, breed or sex of the dog. For this we employed the Strange Situation Procedure, a test inspired from Mary Ainsworth´s study, which investigated the attachment of human infants to their mothers. There were two breeds, Border collie and Shetland sheepdog and a total of 58 dogs that participated in this study. The two breeds were divided into two lifestyles, competition dogs and pet dogs. A PCA was used to find correlations between the behavioural variables and the factors were then analysed in a Mann Whitney U test to test the differences between breed, sex and lifestyle. In this study no differences in behaviour between the two lifestyles were shown. However, the results showed that there were some differences between the two breeds and between the two sexes in behavioural expressions. The differences between the breeds were quite expected because there are many different breeds today which are selected for various morphology and behavioural traits which could influence their behaviour. The difference in behaviour between the two sexes can be because of evolutionary heredity. Further studies on this subject should have bigger and more even sample size, longer separation time, a more balanced gender distribution of the owners and to also analyze the cortisol levels. Attachment dog-human bond lifestyle breed differences sex differences Behavioral Sciences Biology Etologi
2	Behavioral synchronization between dogs and owners. Heurlin, Jasmine January 2019 (has links) Dogs have lived with us for thousands of years, so we have learned to understand one another. Dogs have been shown to synchronize their behavior with humans. Behavioral synchronization is characterizes by doing the same thing at the same time and in the same place as someone else. This synchronization is often dependent on the relationship and the emotional state of the individuals. The main aim in this study was to develop a method to test behavioral synchronization and also to investigate how this, but also other behaviors, are effect by preceding human-dog interactions. Privately owned dogs (N=21) were tested with three different treatments (play, pet or ignore). The test procedure consisted of the owner walking or standing still in a predefined pattern, while their dog was freely roaming. This study showed that dogs adapted their movement pattern to their owners. This was similar to previous studies showing that the method developed can be used to test behavioral synchronization between owner and dog. Dogs explored the test arena less after play interaction and they also tended to seek more eye contact with their owners, but the interactions did not affect how much time spent in human proximity, how much they followed them or on dogs movement pattern. domestic dog behavioral synchronization dog-human bond dog-human synchronization Behavioral Sciences Biology Etologi
3	Dogs in the Workplace: The Emotional, Social, and Physical Benefits to Employees Rice, Jennifer E. January 2019 (has links) No description available. Animals Behavioral Psychology Behavioral Sciences Management Occupational Psychology Organizational Behavior Psychology dogs in the workplace dog ownership pet attachment Monash Dog Owner Relationship Scale MDORS job satisfaction turnover intentions employee stress human-animal interaction companion animals dog-human bond pet-friendly office dogs pets at work

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