The Greyhound Adoption Program (GAP) in Australia and New Zealand: a survey of owners' experiences with their greyhounds one month after adoption
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| Abstract |
Research on canine rehoming to date has focused on shelter dogs and currently no published studies evaluate greyhound rehoming schemes. This prospective study examined the success of greyhound adoption attained by the Greyhound Adoption Program or Greyhounds As Pets (GAP) in Australia and New Zealand. We followed 245 greyhounds adopted between February and June 2008 using a questionnaire posted to new owners 4 weeks after the adoption and information on post-adoptive returns provided by GAP. The questionnaire asked owners to report on the frequency of specific behaviours observed in their greyhounds during the first month and to rank the behaviours of most concern to them. A 78.8% response rate to the questionnaire provided information on 193 adopted greyhounds. The owners of 175 dogs (91.1 |
| Date | 2010 |
| Publication Title | Applied Animal Behaviour Science |
| Volume | 124 |
| Issue | 3/4 |
| Pages | 121-135 |
| ISBN/ISSN | 0168-1591 |
| Language | English |
| Author Address | Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. rosemaryelliott2@gmail.com d.wigney@usyd.edu.au |
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