Funding for this research was provided by:
HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences
Article History
Received: 11 March 2026
Revised: 3 August 2026
Accepted: 6 August 2026
First Online: 11 August 2026
Declarations
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Animal ethics declaration: Ethical permission for our non-invasive project was issued by the Hungarian Scientific and Ethical Committee of Animal Experiments (PE/EA/2019-5/2017). Clinical trial number: not applicable.
Consent to participate: All owners provided written consent to participate with their dogs in the study. They were informed of the type of data we collect, how the data is to be kept safe and anonymous, and were permitted to withdraw from the study at any point.