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Summary: In a previous study, Positive Reinforcement Training was found to promote relaxation in wolves and dogs. This study investigates the impact of different aspects of trainers' voices on animal behavior and physiology. The results show that longer duration of friendly speech is associated with more tail wagging in both wolves and dogs, while reprehensive speech is associated with less tail wagging. Furthermore, the pitch of speech affects dog behavior more, while wolf behavior is more influenced by intonations.
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Friederike Range, Sarah Marshall-Pescini
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Summary: This study analyzed the impact of losing a companion dog on pet dogs and their owners using an online survey. The findings suggest that the relationship between the two dogs, shared food habits, and the owner's grief and anger are significant factors contributing to behavioral changes in the surviving dog. The surviving dog showed changes in activities and emotions based on the quality of the relationship with the deceased dog. However, the duration of time spent together had no effect on the surviving dog's behaviors. The owner's perception of their dog's reactions and emotions were not associated with the memory or suffering of the event and tended to diminish over time.
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Summary: The process of domestication leads to complex changes in animals including morphological, cognitive, and physiological changes. Research shows that domestic dogs have undergone morphological changes as a result of selection for prosociality towards humans, similar to features found in modern humans compared to extinct species. The self-domestication hypothesis suggests that increased selection for prosociality in modern humans settled communities may have led to the evolution of a gracile skeleton, which is also observed in domesticated dogs compared to wolves.
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Summary: The study reveals that introgressive hybridization between wolves and free-ranging domestic dogs can impact gene pools and phenotypic traits, with free-ranging domestic dogs being more influenced by wolf introgression. This introgression may provide an adaptive advantage to free-ranging domestic dogs, but is mainly driven by drift in wolves.
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Giulia Cimarelli, Sarah Marshall-Pescini, Friederike Range, Andreas Berghaenel, Zsofia Viranyi
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