Ontogeny of individuality in the domestic cat in the home environment

Lowe, S.; Bradshaw, J. W. S.

doi:10.1006/anbe.2000.1545

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“…Thirdly, previous results suggest high stability in adult dogs of the investigated traits over shorter periods of time , as well as stability over longer periods of time with the exception of aggressiveness (Svartberg, 2005), indicating low influence by environmental factors. Fourthly, traits related to fearfulness and confidence have been found to be stable from young age in dogs (Royce, 1955;Pfaffenberger et al, 1976;Goddard and Beilharz, 1986;Slabbert and Odendaal, 1999), as well as in cats (Lowe and Bradshaw, 2001), in wolves (Fox, 1972) and in humans (Kagan et al, 1988). Thus, it is likely that the differences found in the investigated traits are not caused by environmental differences.…”

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Breed-typical behaviour in dogs—Historical remnants or recent constructs?

Svartberg¹

2006

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

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Breed-typical behaviour in dogs—Historical remnants or recent constructs?

Svartberg¹

2006

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

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“…Lowe & Bradshaw, 2001;McGuire, Raleigh, & Pollack, 1994). We expect therefore the mother' influence to be to some extent counterbalanced by the young' individual characteristics (e.g.…”

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Are 6‐month‐old foals sensitive to dam's influence?

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Richard‐Yris

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Developmental Psychobiology

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A recent study has shown that gently handling dams in front of their few days old foals may strongly influence the development of human-foal relationships. In the present study, we test whether 6-month-old foals remain sensitive to their dams' influence. The study was performed on 16 foal-mare dyads, with half of the mares receiving positive contacts from the experimenter in presence of their 6-month-old foals (n = 8) whereas the other mares were not handled (n = 8). All foals were tested 15 and 30-35 days later under various conditions (reaction to a motionless human, approach test, saddle-pad tolerance test). We observe a positive effect of mare' handling on foals' reactions to humans but with a high interindividual variability, suggesting a higher effect of the foals' own behavioral characteristics at this age than at earlier stages.

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“…At later stages, domestic cats have been shown to actively seek physical contact with their owners through frequent rubbing as is the case in cat-cat interactions (Bradshaw & Cameron-Beaumont, 2000;Lowe & Bradshaw, 2001). In both species, active handling of young facilitates the human-animal bonding (cats: McCune, 1995;dogs: Fox, 1978).…”

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Influence of various early human–foal interferences on subsequent human–foal relationship

2006

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Whereas the way animals perceive human contact has been particularly examined in pet animals, a small amount of investigations has been done in domestic ungulates. It was nevertheless assumed that, as pet animals, non-aggressive forms of tactile contact were as well rewarding or positive for these species, even though the features of intraspecific relationships in pet animals and domestic ungulates may be to some extent different. We test here the hypothesis that horses may not consider physical handling by humans as a positive event. When comparing different early human-foal interactions, we found that early exposure to a motionless human enhanced slightly foals reactions to humans whereas forced stroking or handling in early life did not improve later human-foal relation. Foals that were assisted during their first suckling (e.g., brought to the dam's teat) even tended to avoid human approach at 2 weeks, and physical contact at 1 month of age. We argue that interspecies differences may exist in how tactile stimulation is perceived. It may be important for the establishment of a bond that a young animal is active in the process and able, through its behavioral responses, to help define what is positive for it. This way of investigation may have important general implications in how we consider the development of social relations, both within and between species.

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Ontogeny of individuality in the domestic cat in the home environment

Cited by 99 publications

References 30 publications

Breed-typical behaviour in dogs—Historical remnants or recent constructs?

Breed-typical behaviour in dogs—Historical remnants or recent constructs?

Are 6‐month‐old foals sensitive to dam's influence?

Influence of various early human–foal interferences on subsequent human–foal relationship

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