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Behavior Development in the Dog: An Interspecific Analysis

1967; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Volume: 158; Issue: 3804 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1126/science.158.3804.1070

1095-9203

Robert B. Cairns, Jack Werboff,

Human-Animal Interaction Studies

Young dogs were maintained in isolation from other dogs and under varying degrees of exposure to an alien species (mature rabbits). Parametric observations indicate that an interspecific social attachment develops during the initial hours of cohabitation. The later social interaction patterns of the dogs were influenced, but not irrevocably fixed, by the early cross-specific rearing experience.