An Eye for a Treat: Human Gazing Modulates Begging by Free-ranging Dogs
Interspecific communication plays a critical role in mediating human-animal interactions, particularly in contexts involving access to anthropogenic resources. This study investigates the influence of human gazing on the begging strategies of free-ranging dogs in urban and peri-urban environments. Begging behaviour, commonly observed in dogs seeking food from humans, offers insights into their behavioural flexibility and cognitive attunement to human social cues. We observed 650 adult dogs in both solitary and group settings to assess how social context shapes the expression of begging behaviour in free-ranging dogs. Our findings indicate that solitary dogs beg more frequently than those in groups, and that female dogs exhibit higher rates of begging, predominantly through passive strategies. Moreover, dogs modulate their active begging in response to subtle variations in human gazing and food availability. These results suggest that passive begging is influenced by stable situational factors such as sex and group composition, while active begging is more responsive to immediate environmental cues, including human attentional state. Collectively, our findings highlight the social competence and behavioural plasticity of free-ranging dogs in navigating interspecies interactions, and contribute to a broader understanding of how communicative strategies evolve in response to social and ecological pressures.
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