Johnson Anamarie C, Miller Holly C, Wynne Clive D L
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
General Mills, 1 General Mills Blvd, Golden Valley, MN 55426, USA.
Animals (Basel). 2023 Jun 12;13(12):1964. doi: 10.3390/ani13121964.
American pet owners spend billions of dollars on food and treats so it is important to understand what products they want and what they think their dog would enjoy. This study analyzed video recordings of dogs engaging in dental chews in their home environment and compared the observed appetitive behaviors to owner preference and owner-reported dog preference. Overall, appetitive behavior differed significantly between some dental chews. Owner preference for the chews correlated significantly with dog appetitive behavior, but the effect was small (r (702) = 0.22, = 0.001), whereas owner-reported dog preference correlated significantly with dog appetitive behavior and showed a moderate effect size (r (702) = 0.43, = 0.001)-similar in magnitude to findings when parents are asked to report on their children's behavior. By merging objective behavioral observation of owner-recorded videos with their survey responses, we were able to preliminarily parse out what factors owners may use to assess preference and encourage the future use of in-home video recordings to better understand dog and owner engagement and interaction with pet products.
美国宠物主人在食品和零食上花费数十亿美元，因此了解他们想要什么产品以及他们认为自己的狗会喜欢什么很重要。这项研究分析了狗在家庭环境中咀嚼牙齿咀嚼物的视频记录，并将观察到的食欲行为与主人的偏好以及主人报告的狗的偏好进行了比较。总体而言，某些牙齿咀嚼物之间的食欲行为存在显著差异。主人对咀嚼物的偏好与狗的食欲行为显著相关，但影响较小（r(702)=0.22，p=0.001），而主人报告的狗的偏好与狗的食欲行为显著相关，且显示出中等效应量（r(702)=0.43，p=0.001）——与要求父母报告孩子行为时的研究结果幅度相似。通过将主人录制视频的客观行为观察与他们的调查回复相结合，我们能够初步剖析主人可能用于评估偏好的因素，并鼓励未来使用家庭视频记录来更好地了解狗和主人与宠物产品的参与度及互动情况。
