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. 2022 Mar 24;9:869068. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.869068

Table 1.

Descriptions of 16 socially acceptable behavior subtests from Gobbo and Zupan Šemrov (8).

Subtest Description
1 The dog is approached by one tester and petted with an artificial hand
2 The dog is exposed to an unfamiliar visual stimuli (a blanked is pulled up and down)
3 The dog is exposed to an unfamiliar visual stimuli (sudden appearance of a cat on a sledge)
4 The dog is exposed to an unfamiliar sound (sudden activation of a horn)
5 The dog is exposed to an unfamiliar sound (sudden rattle of metal cans)
6 The dog is slowly approached and surrounded by three testers
7 The dog is rapidly approached and surrounded by three testers
8 The dog is approached by one tester with a dummy dog
9 The dog is slowly approached by one tester and petted using an artificial hand
10 The dog is exposed to an unfamiliar sound (a bell is rang in front of the dog)
11 The dog is exposed to an unfamiliar visual stimuli (an umbrella is rapidly opened and closed in front of the dog)
12 The dog is exposed to an unfamiliar visual stimuli (a life-sized doll, standing on top of a sledge is pulled in front of the dog)
13 The dog is approached by one tester and petted with a doll fixed on a pole
14 The dog is approached by one tester staring.
15 The dog is approached by the same tester as in subtest 14 and petted with an artificial hand
16 The dog is approached by the owner or handler and petted with a doll