Psychiatric Assistance Dog Use for People Living With Mental Health Disorders [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019 A psychiatric assistance dog (PAD) is a service dog that is trained to assist its handler (owner) who has been diagnosed with a mental health condition such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder.
Janice Lloyd +2 more
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Interactions between the Public and Assistance Dog Handlers and Trainers [PDF]
Animals, 2021 This research aimed to explore the experiences of handlers and trainers of disability assistance dogs in terms of the types of interactions they had with members of the Aotearoa NZ (NZ) public and how these interactions were perceived, interpreted, and ...
Bronwyn McManus +2 more
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From Gaze to Interaction: Links Between Visual Attention, Facial Expression Identification, and Behavior of Children Diagnosed with ASD or Typically Developing Children with an Assistance Dog [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesUnderstanding how children engage with others is crucial for improving social interactions, especially when one of the partners is an animal. We investigated relationships between interaction strategies, visual attention, and facial expression ...
Manon Toutain +4 more
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Decoding the path to success: unveiling how behavior drives assistance dog career outcome [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceAssistance dogs (ADs) are placed in a variety of careers to meet individual needs, mitigating disabilities, fostering independence, providing life-saving alerts, and improving mental health. Career fit can be a source of stress, particularly when an AD's
Emma Hilby, Molly McCue
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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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Rethinking love, independence, and speciesism in assistance dog discourse [PDF]
Frontiers in SociologyThis paper challenges the prevailing belief that assistance dogs inherently love their roles, arguing that the notion of “unconditional love” in discourses on assistance dog perpetuates a human-centric perspective and reinforces speciesism. It emphasizes
Birkan Taş
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Endoscope-Assisted Thoracic Duct Ligation and Cisterna Chyli Ablation Using Double O-Ring Wound Retractors in a Dog with Presumed Idiopathic Chylothorax [PDF]
Veterinary SciencesChylothorax is a challenging condition in dogs, and although endoscopic thoracic duct ligation (TDL) combined with cisterna chyli ablation (CCA) is an established surgical treatment, adequate operative exposure and visualization remain technically ...
Dongwoo Kim +6 more
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From Puppy Love to Pet Peeve: What Causes Second/Successor Dog Syndrome in Assistance-Dog Handlers and Companion-Dog Owners? [PDF]
, 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).
Disanayake, Mikayla +5 more
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The geographies of care and training in the development of assistance dog partnerships [PDF]
, 2022 Human-assistance-dog partnerships form a significant phenomena that have been overlooked in both animal geographies and disability geographies. By focusing on one Assistance Dogs UK (ADUK) charity, ‘Dog A.I.D’., a charity that helps physically disabled ...
Arathoon, Jamie
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Augmented collar for assistance dog [PDF]
, 2014 In this paper we present briefly our reflexion on how to communicate with a dog using embedded devices. We also present the prototype collar we made in order to improve the communication between an assistance dog and his disabled ...
Duhaut, Dominique +3 more
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