# Data from ManyDogs 1

## TL;DR

This study collected data from 704 dogs across 20 sites to explore how dogs respond to human pointing and how this relates to guardian-reported behaviors.

## Contribution

The study introduces a large-scale dataset combining behavioral responses to pointing and guardian survey data, enabling new analyses of dog behavior and human-dog communication.

## Key findings

- Data was collected from 704 dogs across 20 sites in eight countries.
- The dataset includes responses to human pointing and guardian-reported behaviors via the C-BARQ.
- The dataset allows for analysis of associations between behavioral measures and dog and guardian characteristics.

## Abstract

The ManyDogs 1 study is the first multi-site collaborative study of dogs’ responses to human pointing. It addressed whether dogs perceive the gesture as socially communicative and are therefore more likely to follow the point when it is paired with additional social signals (ManyDogs Project, et al., 2023b). Researchers from 20 research sites across eight countries collected data from 704 dogs. Here, we present not only the behavior data on the dogs’ responses to experimental pointing conditions but also guardian responses to survey questions, including the Canine Behavior and Research Questionnaire (C-BARQ, Hsu and Serpell, 2003). This dataset allows for assessing associations among C-BARQ measures as well as connections to the experimental task data, research site metadata, and other dog and guardian characteristic data.