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UK Dog Owners’ Pre-Acquisition Information- and Advice-Seeking: A Mixed Methods Study

Animals
Dogs are the most common pet animal species in the UK. Little is known about information and advice gathering within the process of dog acquisition, nor what pre-acquisition research encompasses.
Rebecca Mead, Katrina E. Holland, Rachel A. Casey, Melissa M. Upjohn, Robert M. Christley   +4 more
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More than just one man and his dog: The many impacts of puppy acquisition on the mental health of families including children in the UK. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Many puppies were acquired during the COVID-19 pandemic to boost families' mental health. The aim of this study was to characterise the nature, benefits and challenges of dog-child interactions as perceived by UK adult caregivers and co-habiting children
Zoe Belshaw, Claire L Brand, Dan G O'Neill, Rowena M A Packer   +3 more
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Reported Acquisition Practices of Australian Dog Owners [PDF]

Animals, 2019
In Australia, the UK and the US dog ownership is prevalent with an estimated 40% of Australian households, 25% of UK households, and 50% of US households owning a dog. Once acquired, a dog usually becomes a family companion so, unlike a faulty product, it can rarely be returned or resold without some emotional impact on both the acquirer and the dog ...
Simone A. Blackman, Bethany J. Wilson, Alistair R. Reed, Paul D. McGreevy   +3 more
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“Do Your Homework as Your Heart Takes over When You Go Looking”: Factors Associated with Pre-Acquisition Information-Seeking among Prospective UK Dog Owners

Animals, 2023
The factors influencing why and how people decide to acquire a dog are not well understood and little is known about the extent to which prospective owners undertake preparatory research.
Rebecca Mead, Katrina E. Holland, Rachel A. Casey, Melissa M. Upjohn, Robert M. Christley   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Expectations Versus Reality: Long-Term Research on the Dog–Owner Relationship

Animals, 2020
In the framework of the early prevention of problems in the owner–dog relationship, it is important to have a broad perspective on the development of this relationship over time, starting before people actually acquire a dog.
Esther M. C. Bouma, Lonneke M. Vink, Arie Dijkstra   +2 more
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Acquiring a pet dog significantly reduces stress of primary carers for children with autism spectrum disorder: a prospective case control study [PDF]

, 2015
This study describes the impact of pet dogs on stress of primary carers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Stress levels of 38 primary carers acquiring a dog and 24 controls not acquiring a dog were sampled at: Pre-intervention (17 weeks ...
A Berry, A. Hames, AH Katcher, American Psychiatric Association, B Remington, B Tonge, BA Boyd, CC Wilson, D. S. Mills, DL Wells, E Friedman, E Pisula, F Mondelli, FR Robbins, GJ Patronek, GK Carlisle, H. F. Wright, J Odendaal, J Shields, J. Hardiman, JA Weiss, K Allen, K Burrows, K Silva, KM Allen, L Burgoyne, LA Osborne, LC Wolff, M Grandgeorge, M Nagasawa, ME Dunn, MM Konstantareas, O Solomon, PT Shattuck, R Abidin, R Viau, R. Mills, RL Koegel, S. Hall, SB Barker, VH Raveis   +40 more
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Exploring Social Desirability Bias in Perceptions of Dog Adoption: All’s Well that Ends Well? Or Does the Method of Adoption Matter?

Animals, 2018
Dogs are a popular companion animal in the United States; however, dog acquisition is often a contentious subject. Adoption is often cited as an ethical and popular method of acquisition but interpretation of the term ‘adoption’ may vary.
Courtney Bir, Nicole Olynk Widmar, Candace Croney   +2 more
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Pet dogs improve family functioning and reduce anxiety in children with autism spectrum disorder [PDF]

, 2015
Jessica Hardiman*†, Richard Mills‡ , PAWS Project Team† and Daniel Mills* * University of Lincoln, School of Life Sciences, Joseph Banks Laboratories, UK † Dogs for the Disables, Frances Hay Centre, Banbury, Oxfordshire, UK ‡ Research Autism ...
Annette Hames, Daniel Mills, Hannah Wright, Jessica Hardiman, null PAWS Project Team, Richard Mills, Sophie Hall   +6 more
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Social-Cognitive Processes Before Dog Acquisition Associated with Future Relationship Satisfaction of Dog Owners and Canine Behavior Problems [PDF]

Anthrozoös, 2020
Making the right decision before acquiring a dog may help prevent the development of canine behavior problems and increase the likelihood of a satisfactory relationship. In this study, social-cognitive factors in decision-making were assessed in the phasebeforethe acquisition of a dog (the motivational phase) to see whether they were associated with ...
Bouma, Esther M. C., Vink, Lonneke M., Dijkstra, Arie   +2 more
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Effect of odor preexposure on acquisition of an odor discrimination in dogs [PDF]

Learning & Behavior, 2014
In two experiments, we investigated the impact of odor preexposure treatments on the acquisition of an olfactory discrimination in dogs. In the first experiment, four groups of dogs were each given five days' odor-exposure treatment prior to discrimination training. Dogs in the exposure group were exposed to anise extract (S+) for 30 min daily. Dogs in
Nathaniel J, Hall, David W, Smith, Clive D L, Wynne   +2 more
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