Exploring the dog park: Relationships between social behaviours, personality and cortisol in companion dogs

Abstract The relationships between behaviour, owner-rated personality, and cortisol were examined in companion dogs that visited a local off-leash dog park. In Study 1, salivary cortisol increased significantly from baseline levels following 20 min in the dog park (P = 0.013), but not in the same dogs following a 20 min on-leash walk. In Study […]