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Cats and dogs: Best friends or deadly enemies? What the owners of cats and dogs living in the same household think about their relationship with people and other pets

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  • Laura Menchetti
  • Silvia Calipari
  • Chiara Mariti
  • Angelo Gazzano
  • Silvana Diverio

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Although popular culture describes them as mortal enemies, more and more often, dogs and cats live under the same roof. Does this make them best friends? Can sharing the same social and physical environment make them similar? This study compares the approaches of dogs and cats living in the same household have towards humans and other pets as perceived by the owner. Questionnaires collected from 1270 people owning both dog(s) and cat(s) were analysed. Most dogs and cats living together are playful with familiar humans (76.2%) but dogs have a more sociable approach towards strangers and conspecifics than cats (P

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  • Laura Menchetti & Silvia Calipari & Chiara Mariti & Angelo Gazzano & Silvana Diverio, 2020. "Cats and dogs: Best friends or deadly enemies? What the owners of cats and dogs living in the same household think about their relationship with people and other pets," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(8), pages 1-21, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0237822
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237822
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