Development of a fixed list of descriptors for the qualitative behavioural assessment of shelter dogs
L. Arena, F. Wemelsfelder, S. Messori, N. Ferri, S. Barnard
This paper develops and tests a fixed list of qualitative descriptors for assessing the behavior of shelter dogs, finding good inter-observer agreement on four expressive dimensions.
bioRxiv · Feb 8, 2019Animal Behavior & Cognition