Social referencing: Water rescue trained dogs are less affected than pet dogs by the stranger's message I. Merola, S. Marshall-Pescini, B. D’Aniello, E. Prato-Previde Applied Animal Behaviour Science Volume 147, Issue 1, Pages 132-138 (July 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2013.05.010 Copyright © 2013 Elsevier B.V. Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 The experimental setup. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 2013 147, 132-138DOI: (10.1016/j.applanim.2013.05.010) Copyright © 2013 Elsevier B.V. Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 Mean frequency of gazing behaviour towards the owner and the stranger in the WRT and pet group in Phase 1. (WRT p=0.01, Pet group p=0.16). Bars represent Standard Errors and *p<0.05. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 2013 147, 132-138DOI: (10.1016/j.applanim.2013.05.010) Copyright © 2013 Elsevier B.V. Terms and Conditions
Fig. 3 Mean duration of zone use, for WRT and Pet group in Phase 2 (Owner Zone p=0.12, Stranger Zone p=0.33, Fan Zone p=0.04). Bars represent Standard Errors and *p<0.05. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 2013 147, 132-138DOI: (10.1016/j.applanim.2013.05.010) Copyright © 2013 Elsevier B.V. Terms and Conditions