Influence of breed, gender, reproductive status and origin on noise related fears in the Belgrade population of dogs

Acta Veterinaria

关键词: behaviour;    dog;    fear;    noise;   

DOI  :  10.2298/AVB1304453V

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The prevalence of canine noise-related fears was studied by the questionnairemethod of dogs’ owners from different part of Belgrade. Dog-owners (N=147)were chosen from a variety of sources (permissive municipal areas and parksfor walking of dogs, dog shows and exhibitions and veterinary surgeries forsmall animal practice). Owners indicated noise-related fears in 59 dogs(40.14%). Twenty-six (17.69%) of them were mixed breed dogs and 33 (22.45%)were pure breed dogs. Noise-related fears were indicated in 25 females(17.01%) and in 34 (23.13%) males and, in 27 (18.37%) intact and 32 (21.77%)neutered dogs. From 59 dogs with noise-related fears 13 of them (8.84%) weredirectly purchased from breeders and 46 (31.30%) were obtained from othersources. There was a statistically significant difference (p<0.001) in therate of noise-related fears between the dogs directly purchased from breedersand dogs obtained from other sources.

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