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. 2021 May 25;11(6):1549. doi: 10.3390/ani11061549

Table 3.

Behaviors Ethogram.

Behavior Activity
DRINK Drinking water.
EAT Eating food, as in out of a bowl. Does not include chewing bones or toys.
LICKOBJECT Licking an object other than self, such as a person or empty bowl.
LICKSELF Self-licking, often due to pain, soreness, pruritis, or trying to clear a foreign object.
PETTING Being pet by a human.
RUBBING Rubbing face or body on an object or person due to pruritis.
SCRATCH Scratching of the body, neck, or head with a hind leg.
SHAKE Shaking head and body, as in when wet. Does not include head-shaking that is clearly due to ear discomfort, which is labeled separately and has not been included in this report.
SNIFF Sniffing the ground, the air, a person or other pet
NONE ‘Default’ class indicating that no labeled behavior is happening.