The 8th Canine
Science Forum

Prof. Peter Sandøe Plenary talk

Will dog breeds as we know them today soon be a thing of the past?

Oral session

09:50 Elizabeth Walsh Regular talk

Human-dog play behaviour: how body language and nonverbal cues are key to clarity in human-canine communication

10:05 Alessia Diana Regular talk

Investigating stress and welfare in dogs transitioning from commercial breeding kennels to homes: a longitudinal pilot study

10:20 Camila Cavalli Pecha-Kucha talk

Effect of positive mood on learning and stress resilience in dogs

Coffee break refreshment time

Oral session

11:00 Rachel Kinsman Regular talk

Puppy socialisation: The effect of age and the UK/ROI COVID-19 lockdown

11:15 Eliza Ruiz-Izaguirre Regular talk

The effect of owner-reported auditory experiences during puppyhood on fear of fireworks in 2.5 year-old dogs in the UK and Republic of Ireland: A causal inference analysis of longitudinal data

11:30 Cheng Yu Hou Pecha-Kucha talk

Providing a Choice: Individual Dogs’ Preferences for Activity-based Environmental Enrichment in an Animal Shelter

11:40 Eleanor Jordan Pecha-Kucha talk

Post-Adoption Support: Reported behaviours in dogs over the first four months of adoption

11:50 Anna Morros-Nuevo Pecha-Kucha talk

Canine Obesity: Owner Management Effort and Outcome Differ According to Dog’s Food Motivation

Poster teasers watch and listen

• Kata Vékony: Big boss of balls - validation of the Dog Rank Questionnaire
• Viktória Bakos: Associations between the dogs’ rank in the hierarchy and their attachment to the owner
• Jaume Fatjó: Factors affecting time to adoption of dogs presented in a virtual shelter in Spain.
• Zsófia Bognár: Brachycephalic dogs’ outstanding attention towards humans seems not to contribute to their popularity
• Zsófia Bognár: General preference for shorter-headed dogs in humans - first results of an online survey
• Joni Delanoeije: Like caregiver, like dog? Caregiver stress predicts dogs’ physical activity – but not dogs’ heart rate variability – as captured by a Garmin smartwatch and PetPace smartcollar
• Paula Pérez Fraga: Comparing companion pigs’ and dogs’ reactions to negative human emotional vocalizations - A citizen science study
• Dana Ravid-Schurr: Do Dogs Rely on Their Experience with a Novel Cue to Predict How Others Would Respond to It?
• Akash Kulgod: A systematic review of non-invasive canine electroencephalography (EEG)

Lunch Eat

Poster session Walk and see

Dr. Jennifer Meadows Plenary talk

Placing dog genetics in the wider world of mammalian evolution

Oral session

15:20 Katriina Tiira Regular talk

Can we predict adult personality from 4-7 month-old puppies?

15:35 Silvan Urfer Regular talk

The Dog Aging Project Brain Health Study – A Nationwide Effort to Study Companion Dogs with Cognitive Dysfunction as a Model of Alzheimer’s Disease

15:50 Barbara Csibra Pecha-Kucha talk

A human-analogue approach towards diagnose canine ADHD: a novel questionnaire and a behavioural test battery

Coffee break refreshment time

Dr. Annika Bremhorst Young Scientist Award talk

The Face of Canine Emotions - Novel Approaches to Exploring Facial Behaviour of Emotions in Dogs

Roundtable Interesting stuff

Wine and cheese in the Botanical Garden

Dr. Kristyn Vitale Plenary talk

Similar or different: Comparisons between cat-human and dog-human interactions

Oral session

09:50 Márta Gácsi Regular talk

Do they differ in testability or in reliance on human gestures? Comparing dogs and cats

10:05 Claudia Fugazza Regular talk

Puppies - but not kittens and wolf pups - tend to spontaneously imitate human actions

10:20 Enikő Kubinyi Pecha-Kucha talk

Attitudes toward dogs and cats in a representative sample: One in ten pet owners considers their pet more important than anyone else

Coffee break refreshment time

Oral session

11:00 Shany Dror Regular talk

Turning anecdotes into evidence with the power of citizen science: Gifted Word Learner dogs reveal characteristics of a distinct dog population

11:15 Zoe Parr-Cortes Regular talk

Do dogs differ in their response to a judgment bias test when exposed to the odour of human stress or relaxation?

11:30 Andrea Sommese Pecha-Kucha talk

ManyDogs 1: A Multi-Lab Replication Study of Dogs’ Pointing Comprehension

11:40 Akitsugu Konno Pecha-Kucha talk

Friendly dogs are more successful in training for sniffing dogs

11:50 Cécile Guérineau Pecha-Kucha talk

Hearing abilities in dogs: detection and localization of sounds using a staircase method

Poster teasers watch and listen

• Sarah Weir: The creation of a systematic framework to identify differences in dog laws across the nations of the United Kingdom
• Rubina Mondal: From streets to homes: Exploring behaviours and dog-human relationship among adopted free-ranging dogs in India
• Karen Griffin: The development of a dog quality of life assessment tool based on a hierarchy of dogs’ needs.
• Laura Rial: Does the sex of the human demonstrator influence the performance of dogs during an observational learning task? Preliminary results
• Laura Rial: Post conflict consolation towards humans in domestic dogs: a pilot study.
• Tamás Faragó: Humans can differentiate and recognise dogs by their whines
• Chiara Canori: The use of video to study dogs’ intraspecific visual communication
• Victor Azariev: Mobile App for Enhancing Behavioral Testing of Working Dogs
• Judit Abdai: Dog-robot interactions: What does it take to become best friends?

Lunch Eat

Poster session Walk and see

Dr. Erin Hecht Plenary talk

Brain-behavior evolution in dogs and foxes

Oral session

15:20 Hana Tebelmann Regular talk

Mechanisms of boldness and related traits in subspecies of Gray Wolves (Canis lupus)

15:35 Petra Dobos Regular talk

Dog breeds and detours – cooperative working dogs perform better than independent breeds in a social learning task

15:50 Anna Broseghini Regular talk

Development of an ethogram of dogs’ predatory behaviour

16:05 Amin Azadian Pecha-Kucha talk

Breed and Individual Differences in Learning in Purebred Pet Dogs

Coffee break refreshment time

Oral session

16:45 Anna Zamansky Regular talk

Automated Video-Based Monitoring of Sheltered Dogs Welfare

17:00 Christoph Völter Regular talk

Unwilling or Unable? Using 3D tracking to evaluate dogs' reactions to differing human intentions

17:15 Karoline Gerwisch Regular talk

Using mobile eye tracking to study dogs’ understanding of human referential communication

17:30 Paula Berg Pecha-Kucha talk

Using mobile eye tracking to study spatial navigation in guide and pet dogs

17:40 Haruka Kasuga Pecha-Kucha talk

How dog-size and owner-robot interaction affect the result of dogs' pointing test

17:50 Judit Abdai Pecha-Kucha talk

Do dogs attribute goal-directedness to robots?

18:00 Dana Vilker Pecha-Kucha talk

Of fish and dogs – What undomesticated working fish can teach us about the importance of play in training and working with service dogs

18:10 Ivaylo Iotchev Pecha-Kucha talk

Spaces versus objects in canine thought

Gala dinner eat, chat, have fun

Dr. Anindita Bhadra Plenary talk

A dog's life - learning from free-ranging dogs in India

Oral session

09:50 Saara Junttila Regular talk

Human-directed behaviour during the unsolvable task associated with higher trainability and lower impulsivity

10:05 Madison Murray Regular talk

Watch Me!: The Impact of Training Experience on Social Referencing in Domestic Dogs

10:20 Lucie Přibylová Regular talk

Ability of dog owners to identify their dogs by smell

10:35 Balázs Szigeti Pecha-Kucha talk

Investigating the associations of breed selection and morphology with the separation behaviour of dogs

Coffee break refreshment time

Oral session

11:15 Sharyn Bistre Dabbah Regular talk

Association between medical detection dogs' cognitive bias and their task performance

11:30 Tímea Kovács Regular talk

Permissive training style elicits weaker memory consolidation in more inattentive dogs

11:45 Peter Sandoe Pecha-Kucha talk

The use of positive vs. aversive dog training methods is correlated with animal ethics orientation - a US study

11:55 Alexandra Protopopova Pecha-Kucha talk

Are results of a Judgement Bias Test affected by pre-session discrimination or generalization training in dogs?

12:05 Claudia Fugazza Pecha-Kucha talk

Preliminary evidence of retention of object labels for 2 years by Gifted Word Learner dogs

12:15 Giulia Pedretti Pecha-Kucha talk

The nature and function of domestic dogs’ visual signals: intra and interspecific audience effects on dogs’ behavioural patterns and facial expressions

12:25 Iuna Decourtias Pecha-Kucha talk

Deciphering dogs’ facial and postural mimics according to emotional contexts

Closing remarks saying good bye

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