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Assistance Dogs: Historic Patterns and Roles of Dogs Placed by ADI or IGDF Accredited Facilities and by Non-Accredited U.S. Facilities [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2017 Lynette A Hart +2 more
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Topical insecticides control Leishmania reservoir dogs [PDF]
, 2002 Canids and domestic dogs are reservoir hosts of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL) caused by Leishmania infantum. Hence, one of the approaches to reduce the incidence of human ZVL is to cull infected dogs (e.g >850 000 dogs are screened per year with ...
Reithinger, R
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Enhancing the Selection and Performance of Working Dogs
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 Dogs perform a variety of integral roles in our society, engaging in work ranging from assistance (e.g., service dogs, guide dogs) and therapy to detection (e.g., search-and-rescue dogs, explosive detection dogs) and protection (e.g., military and law ...
Emily E. Bray +9 more
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Interactions between the Public and Assistance Dog Handlers and Trainers
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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Assistance and Therapy Dogs Are Better Problem Solvers Than Both Trained and Untrained Family Dogs
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020 When faced with unsolvable or difficult situations dogs use different behavioral strategies. If they are motivated to obtain rewards, they either try to solve the problem on their own or tend to interact with a human partner.
Fabricio Carballo +7 more
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Working Dog Training for the Twenty-First Century
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 Dogs are trained for a variety of working roles including assistance, protection, and detection work. Many canine working roles, in their modern iterations, were developed at the turn of the 20th century and training practices have since largely been ...
Nathaniel J. Hall +9 more
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Do domestic dogs learn words based on humans’ referential behaviour? [PDF]
, 2014 Some domestic dogs learn to comprehend human words, although the nature and basis of this learning is unknown. In the studies presented here we investigated whether dogs learn words through an understanding of referential actions by humans rather than ...
Tempelmann, Sebastian +12 more
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Service dogs for autistic children and family system functioning: a constant comparative analysis
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023 IntroductionService dog placements for autistic children are growing in popularity, yet findings to date are mixed. Moreover, no study to date has examined these placements through the lens of a recognized theoretical model.
Sarah C. Leighton +3 more
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, 2008 This study is the first to demonstrate that human yawns are possibly contagious to domestic dogs (Canis familiaris). Twenty-nine dogs observed a human yawning or making control mouth movements.
Shepherd, Alex J. +5 more
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