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Article History

Received: 11 March 2024

Accepted: 15 August 2024

First Online: 26 August 2024

Declarations

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: The testing procedure was fully reward-based and non-invasive. The methods were reviewed and approved by the Animal Ethics Committee of the Eötvös Loránd University, under the license number ELTE-AWC-013/2023. The research was performed in accordance with the Hungarian regulations on animal experimentation and the Guidelines for the use of animals in research, described by the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB). The research did not include human subjects or the collection of sensitive data from the dog owners, and because of this, human ethical approval was not required in Hungary. We obtained written informed consent from every dog owner prior to testing. Before the test, dog owners were informed about the use of the collected data, the aim of the experiment, the procedure, and the option to stop the test any time they thought their dog experienced any sort of unacceptable stress (which did not occur).

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.