Behavioural data on begging responses of free-ranging dogs in urban India

This dataset contains behavioural observations of 650 free-ranging dogs from urban and peri-urban West Bengal, India. The data were collected to examine how social context, dog sex, experimental gaze/food condition, and experimenter gender influenced begging behaviour toward humans. Behavioural variables include total begging time, active begging time, passive begging time, and non-begging time during a 180 s experimental trial.