Do shelter dogs engage in social referencing with their caregiver in an approach paradigm? An exploratory study

Duranton, Charlotte; Bedossa, Thierry; Gaunet, Florence

doi:10.1016/j.applanim.2017.01.009

Cited by 23 publications

(18 citation statements)

References 51 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…3). Such results evidenced the influence of affiliation on the degree of behavioral synchronization between two interacting partner of different species-dogs and humans-similarly to what is found among humans, as discussed in Duranton, Bedossa, and Gaunet (2017b).…”

Section: Behavioral Synchronization Is Linked With Affiliation Betweesupporting

confidence: 77%

“…As soon as their owners started moving, the pet dogs engaged in high degree of behavioral synchronization (when walking inside: Duranton et al, 2017a; when walking outside: Duranton et al, 2017b; when encountering an unfamiliar person, approach condition, and retreat condition: Duranton et al, 2016). Moreover, when shelter dogs displayed behavioral synchronization, we found no influence of breed group on their behavior (Duranton et al, 2017b). Two nonmutually exclusive hypotheses can explain these findings.…”

Section: Effect Of Genetic Selection On Behavioral Synchronization Skmentioning

confidence: 43%

“…(Color figure online) affiliated with, dogs did not modify their behavioral reaction according to that of the referent (Merola et al, 2012b). Consistent with these findings, it has also been shown that when facing an unfamiliar person, shelter dogs do not engage in social referencing with their caregivers, contrary to privately owned pet dogs with their owners (see statistics in Duranton, 2017;Duranton et al, 2017b). These findings highlight the social deprivation that dogs in shelters are confronted with, and emphasize the importance of the affiliative bond between humans and dogs in creating social referencing.…”

Section: Behavioral Synchronization Is Linked With Affiliation Betweementioning

confidence: 52%

“…The present research yielded data consistent with this hypothesis. Dogs from different subpopulations (and with different levels of interaction with humans) exhibit differing degrees of behavioral synchronization with humans (Duranton et al, 2017b(Duranton et al, , 2018b. The role of ontogeny is confirmed by the fact that older pet dogs are quicker to spontaneously switch actions after their owners have switched (temporal synchrony; Duranton et al, 2017a).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 3 more Smart Citations

Behavioral synchronization and affiliation: Dogs exhibit human-like skills

Duranton

Gaunet

2018

Learn Behav

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Behavioral synchronization is evolutionary adaptive, fostering social cohesion. In humans, affiliation between partners is associated with a high level of behavioral synchronization; people show increased affiliation towards people who synchronize with them. Surprisingly, until recently, little was known about these phenomena at an interspecific level, which is, however, essential to better understand the respective roles of evolution and ontogeny. After presenting why dog-human dyads are a relevant biological model to study this field of social cognition, we review the recent findings about dog-human behavioral synchronization. We summarize recently published findings on behavioral synchronization and affiliation between dogs and humans. We also review results showing that genetic selection modulates behavioral synchronization propensity in dogs, emphasizing the role of genetic selection on dog's social behaviors towards humans. Finally, we discuss the possible evolutionary influences and proximate mechanisms of this phenomenon. We conclude that, as in humans, behavioral synchronization acts as a social glue between dogs and humans. After dogs' ability to use human-directional cues or to produce referential cues towards humans, we evidenced a new human-like social process in the dog, at the interspecfic level with humans.

show abstract

Section: Behavioral Synchronization Is Linked With Affiliation Betweesupporting

confidence: 77%

Section: Effect Of Genetic Selection On Behavioral Synchronization Skmentioning

confidence: 43%

Section: Behavioral Synchronization Is Linked With Affiliation Betweementioning

confidence: 52%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Behavioral synchronization and affiliation: Dogs exhibit human-like skills

Duranton

Gaunet

2018

Learn Behav

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…This safe behavior was probably learned either by observing [81,83,84] or by following pedestrians. Recent results have revealed that the more affiliated dogs are with humans, the more they imitate their behavior [85][86][87]. The dogs' behavior, therefore, reflected the pedestrians' nonthreatening and neutral attitudes toward them, and probably also their common prosocial behaviors (e.g., to cross the road to obtain food).…”

Section: Plaza Perú and Adjacent Areasmentioning

confidence: 99%

Coexistence of Diversified Dog Socialities and Territorialities in the City of Concepción, Chile

Miternique

Gaunet

2020

Animals

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

There has been scant research on the presence of stray dogs in cities. Studying their very considerable presence in Concepción (Chile) provided a unique opportunity to learn more about the different patterns of sociality and territoriality exhibited by the dog species. Via a set of case studies, we examined the behavior of urban dogs, adopting an ethnographic methodology. This yielded findings of the dogs’ cognitive, social and spatial adjustment abilities, i.e., their territorialities. Our hypothesis was validated: We found numerous types of sociability, we confirmed the presence of two previously established categories: family dogs (pets, guard dogs and beggars’ dogs) and stray dogs (dogs almost entirely unused to humans, aggressive dogs at the far end of the campus and feral dogs in the woods). We also identified three new ones: familiar stray dogs in packs (dogs both spatially and socially close to humans), pet-stray dogs (i.e., village dogs interacting closely with people) and free-roaming pet dogs. We conclude that an ongoing two-way bond between humans and animals allowed these dogs to became part of a city’s urban identity and explains the stray dogs’ plasticity in terms of adapting to the diversified urban habitat. We postulate that it was the human culture and range of urban areas in Concepción that gave rise to this unique diversity of sociospatial positioning and level of adjustment (e.g., dogs crossing crosswalks).

show abstract

Introduction of Behavioural Synchronization

Lamontagne,

Gaunet

2023

Revealing Behavioural Synchronization in Humans and Other Animals

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Do shelter dogs engage in social referencing with their caregiver in an approach paradigm? An exploratory study

Cited by 23 publications

References 51 publications

Behavioral synchronization and affiliation: Dogs exhibit human-like skills

Behavioral synchronization and affiliation: Dogs exhibit human-like skills

Coexistence of Diversified Dog Socialities and Territorialities in the City of Concepción, Chile

Introduction of Behavioural Synchronization

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About