Table 3. Results regarding the change of the cardiac responses of dogs depending on their behavioural reactivity during the threatening approach (repeated measures ANOVA).
HR (N = 30) | HRV (N = 30) | |||||||||||
REACTIVE (N = 17) | NON-REACTIVE (N = 13) | REACTIVE (N = 17) | NON-REACTIVE (N = 13) | |||||||||
F | df | P | F | df | P | F | df | P | F | df | P | |
Order (A or B) | 0.12 | 1, 15 | 0.736 | 1.26 | 1, 11 | 0.286 | 0.19 | 1, 15 | 0.663 | 1.30 | 1, 11 | 0.278 |
Owner presence | 0.11 | 1, 15 | 0.744 | 0.30 | 1, 11 | 0.594 | 2.27 | 1, 15 | 0.153 | 14.46 | 1, 11 | 0.003 |
Threatening encounter | 18.31 | 2, 30 | 0.001 | 0.95 | 2, 22 | 0.403 | 11.13 | 2, 30 | 0.001 | 1.27 | 2, 22 | 0.301 |
Owner × Threatening | 5.92 | 2, 30 | 0.007 | 2.47 | 2, 22 | 0.107 | 3.49 | 2, 30 | 0.043 | 6.72 | 2, 22 | 0.005 |
Owner × Order | 0.59 | 1, 15 | 0.454 | 0.26 | 1, 11 | 0.619 | 1.05 | 1, 15 | 0.321 | 0.20 | 1, 11 | 0.661 |
Threatening × Order | 0.31 | 2, 30 | 0.735 | 3.24 | 2, 22 | 0.059 | 0.95 | 2, 30 | 0.399 | 1.87 | 2, 22 | 0.177 |
Owner × Threatening × Order | 4.37 | 2, 30 | 0.022 | 0.14 | 2, 22 | 0.875 | 3.13 | 2, 30 | 0.058 | 0.67 | 2, 22 | 0.520 |
Dogs that growled or barked during the threatening encounter were categorised as behaviourally reactive. Significant differences are marked in bold.