Is your choice my choice? : the owners’ effect on pet dogs’ (Canis lupus familiaris) performance in a food choice task

• Published in: Animal Cognition
• Main Authors: E. Prato Previde, S.R. Marshall, P. Valsecchi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2008
• Subjects: Dog; Dog-owner relationship; Food choice task; Quantity discrimination; Settore M-PSI/01 - Psicologia Generale; Psi; Canis lupus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2434/33823; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-007-0102-7; http://www.springerlink.com/content/c8744812222h2766/?p=c40c00a7b31c4444a4e68988b072f476&pi=15

This study investigates the influence of owners on their dogs’ performance in a food choice task using either different or equal quantities of food. Fifty-four pet dogs were tested in three different conditions. In Condition 1 we evaluated their ability to choose between a large and small amount of...