Summary & Analysis: Attacks by packs of dogs involving predation on human beings
This paper covers a small series of unique case studies.
Dog Bite-Related Fatalities: A Literature Review
DBRFs are extremely rare, and because research indicates that they are largely preventable and may disproportionately affect children, there has been a push to better understand the circumstances and variables that contribute to such incidents.
Enrichment centered on human interaction moderates fear-induced aggression and increases positive expectancy in fearful shelter dogs
To best understand this article in the context of behavior evaluations, see National Canine Research Council’s complete analysis here. Article citation: Willen, R. M., Schiml, P. A., & Hennessy, M. B. (2019). Enrichment centered on human interaction moderates fear-induced aggression and increases positive expectancy in fearful shelter dogs. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 217, 57-62. doi: […]
What is the evidence for reliability and validity of behavior evaluations for shelter dogs? A prequel to “No better than flipping a coin.”
Summary and Analysis: This paper is included because it comprehensively evaluates every study to date that has made validity, and/or reliability, and/or predictive ability claims about animal shelter canine behavior evaluations.
Differences in Trait Impulsivity Indicate Diversification of Dog Breeds into Working and Show Lines
This study is included because it investigates presumed selection for a complex personality trait (impulsivity) among working lines of 2 breeds (those lines presumed to be selected for the ability to perform the breed traditional tasks), but also because it provides an example of the difficulties in defining a phenotype for large personality traits.
Associations between domestic-dog morphology and behaviour scores in the dog mentality assessment
To best understand this article in the context of the Breeds and Behavior literature, please see National Canine Research Council’s complete analysis here. Stone, H. R., McGreevy, P. D., Starling, M. J., & Forkman, B. (2016). Associations between domestic-dog morphology and behaviour scores in the dog mentality assessment. PLoS ONE, 11(2), 1-14. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149403. National Canine Research Council Summary and […]