Table 1.
Time schedule of the first and second session.
Fig 1.
Changes in cortisol in owners and dogs.
Cortisol concentration during the resting day, during the first session and second session in owners (a, b, c) and their dogs (d, e, f). Median, interquartile range, upper and lower whiskers and outliers are given.
Table 2.
Cortisol increase and decrease in owners and dogs during the different challenging situations.
Fig 2.
Owner individual cortisol coefficient of variation (iCV) related to owner gender-dog sex combination.
F/f = female owner with female dog, F/m = female owner with male dog, M/m = male owner with male dog, M/f = male owner with female dog. Median, interquartile range, upper and lower whiskers and outliers are given.
Table 3.
Effects of owner gender-dog sex combination, owner and dog personality, as well as interaction style on owner cortisol coefficient of variation (iCV) over the first and second session.
Table 4.
Effects of owner personality, owner to dog attachment and owner relationship to other humans on dog individual cortisol coefficient of variation (iCV) over the first and second session.