Domestic Dog's Behaviour in Confrontation with Wild Boar-Utilization of Dogs as Aversive Stimulus to Wild Boar

Abstract

We conducted confrontation test with domestic dogs and wild boars in order to determine whether the dogs have an ability to repel wild boars. Five adult dogs and 6 wild boars were used. One dog was a female German shepherd used by the police. The others were mongrel companion dogs and were made up of 3 males and 1 female. The wild boars, 3 males and 3 females, about 16-months-old were reared for at least 10 months before the experiment. The confrontation tests were carried out three times a day at 08.00-09.00, 12.00-13.00 and 16.00-17.00 h. Each dog confronted all wild boars within 2 days. During the confrontation test period, the dogs expressed significantly greater attention (P{$