ArticlePeerJ2019
Dominance in dogs as rated by owners corresponds to ethologically valid markers of dominance.
Article in PeerJ, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- High Rank, Low Tolerance: Hierarchy-Dependent Reactions of Cohabiting Companion Dogs to Being Separated from Their Owner.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- New Advances in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder-like Dogs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Review
- Many faces of dominance: the manifestation of cohabiting companion dogs' rank in competitive and non-competitive scenarios.Animal cognition · 2024Article
- How Different Personalities Affect the Reaction to Adoption of Dogs Adopted from a Shelter.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Grumpy Dogs Are Smart Learners-The Association between Dog-Owner Relationship and Dogs' Performance in a Social Learning Task.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Assertive, trainable and older dogs are perceived as more dominant in multi-dog households.PloS one · 2020Article
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Abstract
Dominance is well defined in ethology, debated in psychology, and is often unclear among the dog owning public and in the press. However, to date, no study has examined how owners perceive dominance in dogs, and what different behaviours and personality types are used to describe dominant and subordinate individuals. A questionnaire study was launched to investigate the external validity of owner-derived estimates of dominance in dog dyads sharing the same household (
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