Independent, but still observant—dog breeds selected for functional independence learn better from a conspecific demonstrator than cooperative breeds in a detour task

Lugosi, Csenge Anna; Udvarhelyi-Tóth, Kata Mária; Dobos, Petra; Pongrácz, Péter

doi:10.1186/s12915-024-02046-1

Table 4 Basic demographic data of those participating dogs who were included in the statistical analyses. Age is given in years. Demographic data are missing in case of two subjects. We indicated test group assignments as well. Coop-d = cooperative dogs with detour demonstration; Coop-n = cooperative dogs without demonstration; Ind-d = independent dogs with detour demonstration; Ind-n = independent dogs without demonstration

From: Independent, but still observant—dog breeds selected for functional independence learn better from a conspecific demonstrator than cooperative breeds in a detour task

Dog’s ID	Breed	Sex	Reproductive status	Age	Test group
1	Australian Cattle Dog	Male	Neutered	3	coop-d
2	Australian Cattle Dog	Female	Intact	7	coop-d
3	Australian Shepherd	Female	Spayed	4	coop-d
4	Australian Shepherd	Male	Intact	1	coop-d
5	Border Collie	Male	Neutered	4	coop-d
6	Border Collie	Female	Spayed	2.5	coop-d
7	Border Collie	Female	Spayed	10	coop-d
8	English Cocker Spaniel	Male	Neutered	3	coop-d
9	English Cocker Spaniel	Female	Spayed	2	coop-d
10	English Cocker Spaniel	Female	Spayed	1	coop-d
11	German Wirehaired Pointer	Male	Intact	1	coop-d
12	Golden Retriever	Female	Intact	4	coop-d
13	Golden Retriever	Female	Intact	1.5	coop-d
14	Golden Retriever	Male	Intact	14	coop-d
15	Labrador Retriever	Female	Intact	2	coop-d
16	Labrador Retriever	Male	Neutered	3	coop-d
17	Labrador Retriever	Female	Spayed	3	coop-d
18	Lagotto Romagnolo	Female	Spayed	3	coop-d
19	Lagotto Romagnolo	Female	Spayed	5.5	coop-d
20	Lagotto Romagnolo	Female	Spayed	6	coop-d
21	Malinois	Male	Intact	2.5	coop-d
22	Malinois	Male	Intact	3	coop-d
23	Malinois	Male	Intact	9	coop-d
24	Mudi	Female	Spayed	3	coop-d
25	Mudi	Male	Neutered	1	coop-d
26	Mudi	Male	Intact	2	coop-d
27	Puli	Female	Intact	1.5	coop-d
28	Puli	Male	Intact	2.5	coop-d
29	Pumi	Female	Spayed	1	coop-d
30	Pumi	Male	Intact	3	coop-d
31	Pumi	Male	Intact	4	coop-d
32	Shetland Sheepdog	Female	Spayed	6	coop-d
33	Vizsla	Female	Spayed	2	coop-d
34	Australian Shepherd	Male	Neutered	2	coop-n
35	Border Collie	Male	Neutered	3	coop-n
36	Border Collie	Female	Spayed	2.5	coop-n
37	Border Collie	Female	Spayed	6.5	coop-n
38	Border Collie	Female	Intact	5	coop-n
39	Briard	Female	Intact	3	coop-n
40	Cardigan Welsh Corgi	Male	Neutered	5.5	coop-n
41	Golden Retriever	Male	Neutered	10	coop-n
42	Labrador Retriever	Male	Intact	4	coop-n
43	Labrador Retriever	Female	Spayed	10	coop-n
44	Labrador Retriever	Female	Spayed	5	coop-n
45	Lagotto Romagnolo	Female	Spayed	1.5	coop-n
46	Mudi	Female	Spayed	2	coop-n
47	Mudi	Male	Intact	11	coop-n
48	Mudi	Female	Spayed	5.5	coop-n
49	Mudi	Female	Spayed	5	coop-n
50	Mudi	Male	Intact	1	coop-n
51	Pumi	Male	Intact	9	coop-n
52	Rottweiler	Male	Neutered	6	coop-n
53	Rough Collie	Male	Intact	9	coop-n
54	Shetland Sheepdog	Male	Neutered	5	coop-n
55	Shetland Sheepdog	Female	Intact	8	coop-n
56	Tervueren				coop-n
57	Vizsla	Male	Intact	7	coop-n
58	Weimaraner	Male	Neutered	5.5	coop-n
59	Airedale Terrier	Female	Intact	3	ind-d
60	Airedale Terrier	Male	Neutered	4	ind-d
61	Akita Inu	Male	Intact	6	ind-d
62	Akita Inu	Female	Intact	2	ind-d
63	American Pitbull Terrier	Female	Intact	2	ind-d
64	American Pitbull Terrier	Female	Spayed	4.5	ind-d
65	American Staffordshire Terrier	Male	Intact	1	ind-d
66	Basset Hound	Female	Spayed	2	ind-d
67	Borzoi	Male	Intact	2.5	ind-d
68	Dachshund	Female	Spayed	3	ind-d
69	Dachshund	Female	Spayed	1.5	ind-d
70	Fox Terrier	Male	Neutered	10	ind-d
71	Fox Terrier	Female	Intact	1	ind-d
72	Hungarian Greyhound	Male	Neutered	2.5	ind-d
73	Hungarian Greyhound	Male	Intact	1.5	ind-d
74	Ibizan Hound	Female	Spayed	4	ind-d
75	Irish Terrier	Male	Intact	4.5	ind-d
76	Irish Terrier	Male	Neutered	3	ind-d
77	Jack Russell Terrier	Female	Spayed	3	ind-d
78	Jack Russell Terrier	Male	Neutered	3	ind-d
79	Jack Russell Terrier	Female	Intact	3	ind-d
80	Komondor	Female	Intact	2.5	ind-d
81	Patterdale Terrier	Male	Intact	1	ind-d
82	Patterdale Terrier	Male	Intact	3	ind-d
83	Rhodesian Ridgeback	Male	Intact	4	ind-d
84	Shiba Inu	Male	Neutered	3	ind-d
85	Shiba Inu	Female	Spayed	2	ind-d
86	Shiba Inu	Male	Neutered	7	ind-d
87	Siberian Husky	Female	Spayed	4	ind-d
88	Staffordshire Terrier	Female	Spayed	4	ind-d
89	Transylvanian Hound	Male	Neutered	7	ind-d
90	Transylvanian Hound	Male	Neutered	4	ind-d
91	Welsh Terrier	Female	Spayed	5.5	ind-d
92	Whippet	Male	Intact	3	ind-d
93	Yorkshire Terrier	Male	Intact	3	ind-d
94	Kuvasz	Male	Intact	5	coop-d
95	American Pitbull Terrier	Female	Spayed	9	ind-n
96	Basset Hound	Female	Spayed	1	ind-n
97	Borzoi	Female	Intact	1	ind-n
98	Cane Corso	Male	Neutered	6	ind-n
99	Dachshund	Female	Spayed	2.5	ind-n
100	Dachshund	Male	Neutered	11	ind-n
101	Dachshund	Male	Neutered	5	ind-n
102	Fox Terrier	Male	Neutered	3	ind-n
103	Galgo Español	Female	Spayed	7.5	ind-n
104	Hovawart	Male	Intact	1.5	ind-n
105	Hungarian Greyhound	Female	Intact	3	ind-n
106	Hungarian Greyhound	Male	Intact	1.5	ind-n
107	Hungarian Greyhound	Female	Spayed	2	ind-n
108	Irish Terrier				ind-n
109	Jack Russel Terrier	Male	Neutered	3.5	ind-n
110	Komondor	Female	Spayed	7.5	ind-n
111	Ogar Polski	Female	Spayed	5	ind-n
112	Parson Russell Terrier	Female	Spayed	8	ind-n
113	Siberian Husky	Male	Neutered	5.5	ind-n
114	Transylvanian Hound	Male	Neutered	6	ind-n
115	West Highland White Terrier	Female	Spayed	1	ind-n
116	Yakutian Laika	Male	Intact	1	ind-n

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