An Evaluation of a Behaviour Assessment to Determine the Suitability of Shelter Dogs for Rehoming

Table 4

Mean scores, Kendall tau B values and probability of significant correlation for the different tests of the first (shelter) and second (home) assessments.

	Test scores		Kendall’s tau-b	Probability
	Shelter	Home	value
Back stroking
During strokes	1.51	1.67	0.12	.39
In between strokes	1.74	1.41	0.03	.80
After strokes	1.92	1.92	0.14	.33
Total	5.18	5.00	0.08	.50
Head patting
During pats	1.69	1.33	0.09	.54
In between pats	1.64	1.64	$-0.02$	.89
After pats	1.87	1.87	0.02	.88
Total	5.21	4.82	0.07	.58
Muzzle touch tolerance	2.56	2.67	0.23	.10
Touching ears, feet, tail, and body	8.18	9.15	0.10	.42
Hug
During hug	1.90	1.82	0.24	.09
After hug	2.44	2.18	$-0.21$	.12
Total	4.33	4.00	$-0.08$	.53
Restraint
During restraint	2.44	2.38	0.14	.32
After restraint	2.46	2.18	0.37	<.01
Total	4.87	4.56	0.25	.05
Food guarding	3.03	1.95	0.32	.02
Reaction to noise and movement	4.87	3.41	0.26	.03
Reaction to toys and play attempt	3.67	3.56	0.49	<.01
Reaction to being left alone	1.07	0.73	$-0.14$	.37