ArticleAnimal cognition2022
Breed group differences in the unsolvable problem task: herding dogs prefer their owner, while solitary hunting dogs seek stranger proximity.
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- The Influence of Environmental and Genetic Factors and Training Background on the Welfare of Herding Dogs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Review
- Genomic evidence for behavioral adaptation of herding dogs.Science advances · 2025Article
- Behavioural differences and similarities between dog breeds: proposing an ecologically valid approach for canine behavioural research.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2025Review
- Cooperative but Dependent-Functional Breed Selection in Dogs Influences Human-Directed Gazing in a Difficult Object-Manipulation Task.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Beware of Strangers: Dogs' Empathetic Response to Unknown Humans.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Risk Factors for Injury in Border Collies Competing in Agility Competitions.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Impact of Training Discipline and Experience on Inhibitory Control and Cognitive Performance in Pet Dogs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Screen interaction behavior in companion dogs: results from a dog owner survey.Applied animal behaviour science · 2024Article
- What Is Written on a Dog's Face? Evaluating the Impact of Facial Phenotypes on Communication between Humans and Canines.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Disentangling help-seeking and giving up: differential human-directed gazing by dogs in a modified unsolvable task paradigm.Animal cognition · 2022Article
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Abstract
The communicating skills of dogs are well documented and especially their contact-seeking behaviours towards humans. The aim of this study was to use the unsolvable problem paradigm to investigate differences between breed groups in their contact-seeking behaviours towards their owner and a stranger. Twenty-four dogs of ancient breeds, 58 herding dogs, and 17 solitary hunting dogs were included in the study, and their behaviour when presented with an unsolvable problem task (UPT) was recorded for 3 min. All breed groups interacted with the test apparatus the same amount of time, but the herding dogs showed a longer gaze duration towards their owner compared to the other groups and they also preferred to interact with their owner instead of a stranger. Interestingly, the solitary hunting dogs were more in stranger proximity than the other groups, and they also showed a preference to make contact with a stranger instead of their owner. Hence, we found differences in contact-seeking behaviours, reflecting the dog-human relationship, between breed groups that might not only be related to their genetic similarity to wolves, but also due to the specific breeding history of the dogs.
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