The abilities in dog pain sign recognition as assessed by presenting seventeen listed dog behavioural signs and three case descriptions to dog owners and non-dog owners
Table 3
Recognition of a dog’s possible behavioural pain signs in dog owners with and without a dog that previously suffered a painful experience. Mann-Whitney U tests indicate differences per possible behavioural pain sign between 530 dog owning participants of which 240 indicated experience with a dog that previously suffered a painful accident, illness and/or treatment and 290 indicated to lack such experience (P < 0.003 as significant, P < 0.05 as a trend).