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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 2.
Published in final edited form as: Anim Cogn. 2012 Dec 6;16(3):435–443. doi: 10.1007/s10071-012-0584-9

Table 1.

List of dog and human participants, indicating the sex and breed of the dogs, and the gender, time spent together in the same household with the dog (“Exposure”, months), joint activities (i.e. sum of walking, playing, training, and working; “Activity”, hours per week), and frequency of feeding (“Feeding”, average occasions per week) for the two familiar humans. Familiar human 1 was the person having on average a greater relative frequency of joint activities and feeding occasions than the other person.

Dog: Familiar Humans:
Name Sex Breed Identity Gender Exposure (mths) Activity (hs/wk) Feeding (occ/wk)
Responsibility shared
Akina F Akita Inu Fam1: female 10 21 4
Fam2: male 10 10 3
Bonniea F White Swiss Shepherd Dog Fam1: female 42 22 4.5
Fam2: female 40 16 2.5
Cleo F Border Collie Fam1: female 13 22 7
Fam2: female 13 18 7
Dewey M mixed breed Fam1: female 76 25 3.5
Fam2: female 76 17 3.5
Flori F Pomeranian Fam1: female 21 14 7
Fam2: male 21 8 5
Gina F Poodle Fam1: male 129 6 1
Fam2: female 129 12 0
Luis M Shetland Sheepdog Fam1: female 12 n/a n/a
Fam2: female 12 10 4
Nash M Siberian Husky Fam1: male 108 3.5 7
Fam2: female 108 1.3 7
Robin M mixed breed Fam1: male 17 16.3 7
Fam2: female 17 38 0
Sanji M Continental Toy Spaniel Fam1: female 54 12.5 4.5
Fam2: female 54 9 3.5
Viktor M Havanese Fam1: female 19 18 3
Fam2: female 19 8 4

Responsibility not shared
Amya F Siberian Husky Fam1: female 53 10 6
Fam2: male 35 6 1
Benji M White Swiss Shepherd Dog Fam1: female 110 3.5 14
Fam2: male 110 0 0
Bobbya M French Bulldog Fam1: female 60 5 6.5
Fam2: female 48 2 3
Casha M Australian Shepherd Fam1: female 40 15.5 13
Fam2: male 18 3.5 1
Cheyenne F Australian Shepherd Fam1: female 46 13 14
Fam2: male 46 4 0
Filon M Australian Shepherd Fam1: female 15 28 7
Fam2: female 15 1.5 0
Kim F Poodle Fam1: female 44 10 13
Fam2: female 44 9 1
Lucy F mixed breed Fam1: female 75 43 13
Fam2: male 75 6 0.5
Mika F Poodle Fam1: female 114 12 1
Fam2: male 114 5 0
Monti M mixed breed Fam1: male 24 8 13
Fam2: female 24 7 0.5
Napoleona M mixed breed Fam1: female 48 7 11
Fam2: male 20 1 3
Palmira F Belgian Sheepdog Fam1: female 46 9.5 9
Fam2: male 46 2.5 5
Ted M mixed breed Fam1: female 12 14 9.5
Fam2: female 12 2.3 4.5
a

Dogs, which had been living together with familiar humans for an unequal length of time.