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Animals, 2023 The COVID-19 pandemic led to a surge in acquisitions of puppies in the UK, dubbed the “Pandemic Puppy” phenomenon. In addition to an increased demand for puppies, widespread changes to both why and how puppies were purchased during this period compared ...
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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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Veterinary Sciences, 2023 We report a case of laboratory-confirmed Campylobacter (C). jejuni and C. upsaliensis symptomatic infection in a puppy, a French Bouledogue, female, 6 months of age, fed a raw, unbalanced, poultry-based diet (RPD), (48.1 CP, 33% EE, 0.3% Ca, 0.5% Phos, 0.
Domenico Bergero +2 more
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Judgment Bias Responses in Domestic Dog Puppies at 60 Days of Age [PDF]
Veterinary SciencesJudgment bias tasks are widely used to assess affective state in adult dogs but have rarely been applied before adoption age. To test whether a spatial version is viable, 82 puppies from 17 litters were tested at 60 days of age; 80 provided valid ...
Valentina Gazzano +6 more
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Identification and Clinical Significance of Heart Murmurs in Puppies Involved in Puppy Trade
Veterinary Sciences, 2021 The detection of a congenital heart defect at purchase is an important step in early detection from a clinical and legal standpoint. Indeed, some cardiac abnormalities may be corrected with surgery, and very often, treatment needs to be performed early ...
Michela Pugliese +2 more
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Factors Associated with Puppy Training Class Attendance [PDF]
AnimalsAttending puppy training classes may help to improve the human–dog relationship and the overall behaviour and trainability of the dog, yet class attendance and the structure and content of classes are not well known. This study aimed to describe the size
Emma L. Buckland +5 more
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Journal of Computational Geometry, 2022 We solve an open problem posed by Michael Biro at CCCG 2013 that was inspired by his and others' work on beacon-based routing. Consider a human and a puppy on a simple closed curve in the plane.
Mikkel Abrahamsen +7 more
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Animals, 2021 Widespread media reports suggest that unusually high numbers of the public purchased, or sought to purchase, puppies following the first ‘lockdown’ phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK, dubbed “Pandemic Puppies”.
Rowena M. A. Packer +5 more
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Veterinary Sciences, 2022 Background: A recent study revealed that only 10% of puppies diagnosed with a congenital heart disease were referred for murmur investigation to a veterinary cardiology specialist while the puppies were in the breeders’ possession. Whether the new owners
Vicky R. Vos, Viktor Szatmári
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Animals, 2023 Puppy raising (PR) programs recruit volunteer community members (raisers) to raise assistance dog (AD) candidates from puppyhood until the dogs are ready for advanced training.
Dac L. Mai +3 more
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