Table 1. Ethogram of behaviours recorded during the attention bias test (Monk et al., 2018b).
Behaviour | Definition |
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Vigilance | Duration with the head at or above shoulder height. |
Attention to dog wall | Duration looking towards the closed dog window with binocular vision, determined based on head orientation, for the first 60 s of testing. |
Eating | An eating bout began when a sheep took a bite of hay and ended when the sheep became vigilant or moved approximately 30 cm away from the hay. Number of eating bouts (eating frequency) and latency to eat from the time the dog window closed were recorded. Latency to eat was recorded at 180 s if a sheep did not eat during the test. |
Zones crossed | Number of zones crossed with both front feet in a new zone, or with one front foot in the zone and the other on the line. |
Standing near door | Duration standing in the upper corner zone closest to the exit. |
Pawing | Lifting a front foot and making contact with the door in a pawing motion or digging at the ground in front of the door. |