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Animals, 2021 The main function of a guide dog is as a mobility aid, but they can also fulfill psychosocial roles as companions, social facilitators, and objects/providers of affection.
Janice Lloyd +2 more
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Animals, 2020 Working dog organisations regularly assess the behaviour of puppies to monitor progression. Here, we tested the predictive validity (for predicting success in guide dog training) of a shortened version of a previously developed juvenile dog behaviour ...
Rebecca L. Hunt +4 more
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Animals, 2021 Many assistance dog providers use volunteer raisers to manage each puppy’s learning and daily experiences, which partly determines the puppy’s behavioural development. Therefore, it is important that raisers engage in recommended practices.
Dac Mai +5 more
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Animals, 2022 Few studies exist addressing the effects of guide dog harnesses on dogs biomechanics. The aim of this study was to investigate how two different harness types affect ground reaction forces and stride length.
Anna Weissenbacher +3 more
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Guide Dogs on Holiday: Guide dog owner experiences in the travel and tourism sector [PDF]
, 2019 ISBN-13 9780853583325This report presents findings from research on the user experience of travelling with a guide dog. Working in collaboration with The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, the objectives of the project were to investigate guide dog ...
Rickly, Jillian +3 more
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The ophthalmic health and refractive state of working dogs in South Brazil [PDF]
Open Veterinary Journal, 2020 Background: Working dogs, such as police dogs and guide dogs, have important roles in the contemporary society by performing specific and demanding jobs. Ocular health and the maintenance of good visual acuity is imperative to strong work performance and
Juliana Kravetz de Oliveira +5 more
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Salivary Cortisol in Guide Dogs
Animals, 2023 Guide dogs work for extended periods and are exposed to multiple environmental stimuli that could lead to higher stress compared with companion dogs. Cortisol is the main hormone associated with stress in most mammals.
Enrique De la Fuente-Moreno +5 more
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The Guide Dog as a mobility aid Part 1: perceived effectiveness on travel performance [PDF]
, 2008 This is the first of a two-part study that examined the effects of a guide dog as an aid to mobility; both parts are published in this issue of the IJOM.
Janice K.F. Lloyd +11 more
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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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Virtual Guide Dog: Next-generation pedestrian signal for the visually impaired
Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2020 Accessible pedestrian signal was proposed as a mean to achieve the same level of service that is set forth by the Americans with Disabilities Act for the visually impaired.
Zijia Zhong, Joyoung Lee
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