Table 2 Interactions preceding the bite adapted from Reisner et al.24.
Context labels | Definition |
|---|---|
Resources | Manipulating with dog’s food, treats, bones, or toys |
Benign | Petting, kissing, bending over or reaching above, hugging, reaching towards, speaking to or walking by or with a dog |
Resting | Interacting with a dog whilst the dog is resting, including removing from furniture and laying besides a dog |
Unpleasant | Shouting, pulling on a collar, restraining, grooming, drying with a towel, lifting, nail clipping, throwing an object at a dog and missing |
Painful | Hitting, stepping or falling onto a dog, throwing and object at a dog without a miss, pulling hair, jerking on the lead/collar |
Territorial | Bites that occur within what a dog may perceive as their territory (e.g. a yard, by the fence, garden etc.) |
Public space | Bites that occur outdoors, in an area that is unlikely to be dog’s territory (e.g. in the park or on the street) |
Play | Interactions when dog is showing a playful body language, i.e. loose body, play bows, jerky and exaggerated movement. |
