Cocco Raffaella, Sechi Sara, Giannetto Claudia, Rizzo Maria, Piccione Giuseppe, Arfuso Francesca
Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, 98168 Messina, Italy.
Animals (Basel). 2024 Feb 21;14(5):678. doi: 10.3390/ani14050678.
This study aimed to investigate the common social and communicative behaviors of the Fonni's Dog under different outdoor conditions. For this study, 70 adult dogs (3-7 years; 32 intact males, 38 intact females) belonging to the Fonni's breed were used. A total of 35 dogs were kept in kennels and 35 were free-ranging dogs in their sheep/goat livestock units. A behavioral repertoire was adapted from the literature and an ethogram was filled in for each dog. All dogs were evaluated in the presence of the owner. Fisher's exact test, following Bonferroni's correction, was used to test possible differences in the categorical variables (presence or absence of the behavior) between free-ranging dogs and dogs kept in kennels. The study revealed that several categories of the dogs' body language were associated with the management condition. However, the breed motivations (guarding and defense of the territory) were satisfied both in kennel and in the animals who were free in the property. The current study suggests a good behavioral balance of the Fonni's Dogs which could be attributed to correct communication between dogs and owners.
本研究旨在调查不同户外条件下丰尼犬常见的社交和交流行为。在本研究中，使用了70只成年丰尼犬（3至7岁；32只未绝育雄性，38只未绝育雌性）。其中35只狗饲养在犬舍中，35只是在绵羊/山羊养殖场自由放养的狗。行为模式取自文献，并为每只狗填写了行为谱。所有狗均在主人在场的情况下进行评估。采用经邦费罗尼校正后的费舍尔精确检验，以测试自由放养的狗和饲养在犬舍中的狗在分类变量（行为的存在或不存在）上可能存在的差异。研究表明，狗的几类肢体语言与管理条件有关。然而，该犬种的动机（守护和保卫领地）在犬舍中的狗以及在养殖场中自由活动的狗身上都得到了满足。当前研究表明丰尼犬具有良好的行为平衡，这可能归因于狗与主人之间的正确沟通。
