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Examining dog–human play: the characteristics, affect, and vocalizations of a unique interspecific interaction

Horowitz, Alexandra, Hecht, Julie·2016·Animal Cognition
DOI 10.1007/s10071-016-0976-3
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Despite the growing interest in research on the interaction between humans and dogs, only a very few research projects focus on the routines between dogs and their owners. In this study, we investigated one such routine: dog-human play. Dyadic interspecific play is known to be a common interaction between owner and charge, but the details of what counts as play have not been thoroughly researched. Similarly, though people represent that "play" is pleasurable, no study has yet undertaken to determine whether different forms of play are associated with different affective states. Thus, we aimed to generate an inventory of the forms of dyadic play, the vocalizations within play, and to investigate the relationship of affect to elements of play. Via a global citizen science project, we solicited videotapes of dog-human play sessions from dog owners. We coded 187 play bouts via frame-by-frame video playback. We then assessed the relationship between various intra-bout variables and owner affect (positive or neutral) during play (dog affect was overwhelmingly positive). Amount of physical contact ("touch"), level of activity of owner ("movement"), and physical closeness of dog-owner dyad ("proximity") were highly correlated with positive affect. Owner vocalizations were found to contain different elements in positive- and neutral-affect play. One novel category of play, "tease", was found. We conclude that not all play is created equal: the experience of play to the owner participa…

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Authors
Horowitz, A., & Hecht, J.
Venue
Animal Cognition
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2016-03-22
Volume
19
Issue
4
Pages
779-788
ISSN
  • 1435-9448
  • 1435-9456
DOI
10.1007/s10071-016-0976-3
Cited by
52
References
1
Language
en
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Funders
Nestlé Purina PetCare Company

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