Species
Domestic dog
The most studied companion species in behavioural science, and the one where audio, posture and context most reliably combine into an interpretable signal.
Acoustic profile
What a recording device must capture.
Fundamental frequency
70–1800 Hz
Meaningful spectrum
40 Hz – 16.0 kHz
Recommended sample rate
44.1 kHz
Individual profiles
Supported
Capture note
A phone microphone captures the full behaviourally relevant range for dogs. Growl fundamentals sit low (70–350 Hz) and are the first thing lost to wind noise and handling noise.
Signature signals
What an experienced observer looks for in this species.
Play bow
videoForequarters lowered, hindquarters raised, tail high and loose.
Low-frequency growl
audioDistance-increasing signal; not always aggression.
Whale eye
videoVisible sclera with a held head position — a common stress marker.
Behaviours
Categories the engine may report — and the ones it must never report for this species.
Supported
Excluded for this species
Excluded categories are removed before ranking, so they can never win on a superficial signal match.
Taxonomy
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Carnivora
- family
- Canidae
- genus
- Canis
- species
- Canis lupus familiaris
Body-language channels
Only these are weighed for this species.
Limitations
- • Breed morphology changes ear and tail expressivity; brachycephalic and docked-tail dogs lose body-language channels.
- • Baseline vocal pitch varies with body size far more than with emotional state.
Species adapter
Adapter
dog-adapter@0.1.0
Provenance
Priors derived from published canine ethogram and bioacoustic literature; not trained on proprietary data in this release.
Breeds offered
Mixed breed, Labrador Retriever, German Shepherd, Golden Retriever, French Bulldog, Beagle, Border Collie, Poodle, Dachshund, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Indian Pariah Dog, Shih Tzu, Other