PLAY BEHAVIOR IN DOGS
By: Joe Nett
ORIGIN AND IMPORTANCE
- An expression of ability to interact with the environment
- Play evolved through a series of phases coinciding with development of physical capacity and skill - (Fagen)
- Play "involves the closest, most intimate, and potentially most emotionally positive kinds of relationships" (Fagen)
- A means of social bonding and achieving many of the elements of companionship.
- Play fighting important for development
Signs
Click for Play Sounds
HOW DO DOGS PLAY?
