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The effects of games on the dog-owner relationship

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

N. J. Rooney  and
J. W. S. Bradshaw
N. J. Rooney*
Affiliation:
Anthrozoology Institute, University of Southampton, SO16 7PX., UK.
J. W. S. Bradshaw
Affiliation:
Anthrozoology Institute, University of Southampton, SO16 7PX., UK.
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E-mail: [email protected]
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It is often claimed that certain dominance-related problems in dogs can be triggered by the games played by dog and owner. In particular it is thought that allowing a dog to win uncontrolled games such as Tug-of-War will increase the likelihood of it attempting to become dominant over its owner. However questionnaires (Goodloe & Borchelt, 1998) and experimental studies of Labrador and Golden Retrievers (Rooney & Bradshaw, 2002) have found no evidence for these postulated effects. In this paper we further investigate possible links between the types of games played in the domestic environment and both dominance and attachment dimensions of the dog-owner relationship.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2003 , 2003 , pp. 15
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2003

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