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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Geographic Availability of Assistance Dogs: Dogs Placed in 2013–2014 by ADI- or IGDF-Accredited or Candidate Facilities in the United States and Canada, and Non-accredited U.S. Facilities [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019 Assistance dogs' roles have diversified to support people with various disabilities, especially in the U.S. Data presented here are from the U.S. and Canada non-profit facilities (including both accredited and candidate members that fulfilled partial ...
Sandra Walther +4 more
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Issues Regarding the Welfare of Assistance Dogs [PDF]
Animals, 2022 While the roles and efficacy of assistance animals have received attention in the literature, there has been less research focused on animal welfare issues regarding assistance animals.
Amanda Salmon +4 more
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The Use of Service Dogs for People With Physical Disabilities in Japan in Accordance With the Act on Assistance Dogs for Physically Disabled Persons [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019 Japan learnt how to promote assistance dogs effectively by deliberating the issues and challenges that surrounded assistance dogs in the USA and Europe and the Act on Assistance Dogs for Physically Disabled Persons was issued in 2002.
Tomoko Takayanagi, Mariko Yamamoto
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An overview of the literature on assistance dogs using text mining and topic analysis [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceIt is said that dogs are human's best friend. On occasion, dogs can be raised and trained to provide additional specific benefits to humans suffering from a range of physical or mental conditions, working as assistance dogs.
Emma Bassan +7 more
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Assistance Dogs for People with Younger (Early)-Onset Dementia: The Family Carer’s Experience [PDF]
Animals, 2023 There is growing evidence for trained assistance dogs promoting the health, wellbeing, and quality of life of people in a variety of circumstances, including for those with dementia.
Genée Marks, Keith R. McVilly
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Cultivating the Acceptance of Assistance Dogs in Aged Care through Deliberative Democracy [PDF]
Animals, 2023 Assistance dogs provide significant benefits to older adult owners. However, despite protective legislation, aged care facilities continue to not allow owners to retain their dogs on relocation.
Amanda J. Salmon, Nancy A. Pachana
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Attitudes Toward In-Training Assistance Dogs in University Classrooms [PDF]
AnimalsAssistance dogs provide many important benefits and improve the quality of life of the humans they serve. Puppy raisers provide the initial training of dogs that may become assistance dogs—training of basic commands such as sit, socializing and ...
Lindsey Person, Greg C. Elvers
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PTSD assistance dogs: concerns for animal well-being, rights, and justice [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary SciencePTSD assistance dogs are service dogs trained to assist individuals living with PTSD. A growing body of research links the use of PTSD assistance dogs with substantial benefits for their human partners, including significant reductions in PTSD symptoms ...
Laura Kiiroja +2 more
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Current Perspectives on the Challenges of Implementing Assistance Dogs in Human Mental Health Care [PDF]
Veterinary Sciences, 2023 The prevalence of mental health disorders, driven by current global crises, is notably high. During the past decades, the popularity of dogs assisting humans with a wide spectrum of mental health disorders has significantly increased.
Sandra Foltin, Lisa Maria Glenk
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