Human-dog interactions in a guide-dog training program

We analyzed dyadic interactions between 12 neutered dogs (6 females and 6 m ales) and 44 humans (20 women, 14 men, and 10 girls) who were unfamiliar wi th each other. We also examined the effect of sex differences in dogs and h umans as a ell as age differences in humans on human-dog interactions in a guide-dog training program. Female dogs more actively regulated their dista nce from humans than male dogs. Dogs made contact with women more frequentl y than with men, and men made contact with jogs more frequently than women. Girls initiated interactions with dogs more frequently than women; girls f ormed reciprocal interactions with Jogs less frequently than women.