Email this article Lateralization of German Shepherd dogs depending on the direction of use
- Authors: Blokhin I.G.1, Lotov D.M.1
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- Russian Timiryazev State Agrarian University
- Issue: Vol 13, No 2 (2024)
- Pages: 24-29
- Section: Biological Sciences
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/2309-4370/article/view/271336
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.55355/snv2024132101
- ID: 271336
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This article discusses the motor lateralization of German Shepherd dogs. The identification of such relationships can contribute to more effective identification of predispositions of dogs to various types of work, or more effective training of working dogs. The aim of the work is to identify the relationship between the direction of use of German Shepherd dogs and their lateralized behavior. Using the first step method, data on the motor bias of 55 dogs of different sexes and ages were collected, and the lateralization index was calculated. The dogs were divided into three groups: from the center of the cynological service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Vologda Region, from the kennel of black German shepherds «Gladiator», and participants of the monopred exhibition of German shepherds «Moskovia» in 2024. It was found that most dogs are characterized by right-footedness, 49% demonstrate it, however, the leading limb of dogs differs depending on the sex of the animals: 64% of males turned out to be right–handed, 44% of females were left-handed, while the proportion of ambidextrous was higher among females (15%) than among males (9%). In addition, for dogs working in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there was a tendency to the predominance of left-handers (56% of individuals), and among dogs from the Gladiator kennel and participants in the Moskovia exhibition, right-handers prevailed (56 and 57%, respectively).
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Ivan Gennadyevich Blokhin
Russian Timiryazev State Agrarian University
Author for correspondence.
Email: blokhin.ivan96@gmail.com
Assistant of the Zoology Department
Russian Federation, MoscowDmitry Michislavovich Lotov
Russian Timiryazev State Agrarian University
Email: summer.560@yandex.ru
Master Student of the Animal Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology Department
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