Mantrailing dogs know who they follow - Data set

Key Points

• The research aims to determine if mantrailing dogs can distinguish between familiar and unfamiliar individuals based solely on scent.
• Data collection of mantrailing dogs and their responses to different individuals
• Use of RStudio scripts for statistical analysis
• Observation of dogs following scent trails related to known and unknown persons
• Dogs correctly identified well-known individuals a high percentage of the time
• Recognition ability was lower for unknown individuals
• Statistical analysis revealed significant differences in recognition across different categories of familiarity