From Puppy Love to Pet Peeve: What Causes Second/Successor Dog Syndrome in Assistance-Dog Handlers and Companion-Dog Owners? [PDF]
Anthrozoos, 2023 In a Guide Dog population, there is a higher return rate of handlers’ second dog compared with any prior or subsequent dog pairings. This phenomenon is called Second Dog Syndrome (SDS).
Tiffani J Howell, Jessica Oliva
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Exploring the Experiences of Volunteer Assistance Dog Puppy Raisers from the Same Program at Two Australian University Campuses. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2023 Simple Summary Puppy raisers (PRs) are central to the raising and training of assistance dogs (ADs). They are members of the public who volunteer to help look after an AD puppy for the first year of its life, in partnership with an AD program provider ...
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Application of an Adapted Behaviour Change Wheel to Assistance Dog Puppy Raising: A Proposed Raiser-Centred Support Program. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2023 Simple Summary Puppy raisers volunteer their time to take care of, and train, selected puppies until they are mature enough to undertake advanced training to become assistance dogs.
Mai DL, Howell T, Benton P, Bennett PC.
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Salivary cortisol is an unreliable correlate of serum cortisol in adult pet dogs and assistance dog puppies. [PDF]
Sci RepCortisol is widely used in mammals as a measure of HPA axis response. To estimate response to an acute stressor, minimize pain and ease sample collection, salivary cortisol has become preferred over serum cortisol across a variety of species.
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Facilitators and Barriers to Assistance Dog Puppy Raisers' Engagement in Recommended Raising Practices. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2021 Simple Summary Raisers volunteer to raise and manage an assistance dog puppy for about a year and typically receive instructions for a wide range of puppy raising tasks from a host organisation.
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Raising an Assistance Dog Puppy-Stakeholder Perspectives on What Helps and What Hinders. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2020 Simple Summary Puppy raisers (or foster families) are volunteers who care for assistance dog puppies until they are ready to learn how to help people with a disability.
Mai D, Howell T, Benton P, Bennett PC.
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Human-Animal InteractionsAssistance dogs are highly trained animals to support individuals with disabilities and medical conditions. Evidence suggests the support provided by an assistance dog can extend beyond physical assistance to therapeutic and communicative domains ...
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Enhancing Success of Veterinary Visits for Clients With Disabilities and an Assistance Dog or Companion Animal: A Review [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019 Despite increasing information on enhancing client communication and compliance/adherence in veterinary medicine, literature focusing on special cases remains limited: working with clients with special needs, challenges or disabilities, or when the ...
Emma K. Grigg, Lynette A. Hart
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PetsInteracting with animals often provides numerous benefits for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). One potential explanation for this is that children with ASD exhibit particular visual attention to animals.
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Spotlight on Assistance Dogs—Legislation, Welfare and Research [PDF]
Animals, 2018 Assistance dogs are a very diverse group of working dogs that are trained to assist humans with different types of disabilities in their daily lives.
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