Burani, Carlotta http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0542-8228
Pelosi, Annalisa http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1380-2814
Valsecchi, Paola http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0491-9845
Funding for this research was provided by:
universitĂ degli studi di parma (Doctoral grant)
Article History
Received: 19 July 2021
Revised: 7 November 2021
Accepted: 20 December 2021
First Online: 4 January 2022
Declarations
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: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.
: The ethical committee for animal testing of the University of Parma declared that a special permission to use pet dogs in this behavioural study is not required in Italy (Decreto legislativo 4 marzo 2014, n. 26, Art. 2). Furthermore, the committee reported that this study accomplishes ethical requirements in compliance with the law about the use of animals in clinical and zootechnical studies (PROT.N. 11/CE/2019). All the dogs’ owners consented to take part in the study.