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"My friend, Ginger" hit home on dog, doctor relationships
Contributor(s): Szelagowski, I. C.
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"Neither person nor beast": dogs in the burial practice of the iron Gates Mesolithic
Contributor(s): Radovanovic, Ivana
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"Nu kommer hunden!": Aktionsforskning om barn som läser för hundar med syfte att utveckla lässtunderna på svenska bibliotek
Contributor(s): Elina Garp
This master´s thesis in Library and Information Science examines the experiences of children who read to a dog. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the interactions between the librarian, the readingdog-handler, the child-ren and the dogs and what the benefits from the interactions...
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"Nudging them back to reality": toward a growing public acceptance of the role dogs fulfill in ameliorating contemporary veterans' PTSD symptoms
Contributor(s): Taylor, M. F., Edwards, M. E., Pooley, J. A.
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"Pets Negotiable": How Do the Perspectives of Landlords and Property Managers Compare with Those of Younger Tenants with Dogs?
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Taryn M. Graham, Katrina J. Milaney, Cindy L. Adams, Melanie J Rock
In rental housing policy, pets are rarely considered as valued household members. Instead, landlords and property managers are often permitted to ban pets outright, or to advertise them as merely negotiable in their listings for rental housing. In fact, previous research has shown that moving...
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"Puppy mill" bill: intentions, good; implementation, another story
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): DiVita, L. J.
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"Seizure-alert dogs": observations from an inpatient video/EEG unit
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Ortiz, R., Liporace, J.
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"She's a dog at the end of the day": guide dog owners' perspectives on the behaviour of their guide dog
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Craigon, P. J., Hobson-West, P., England, G. C. W., Whelan, C.
A guide dog is a domestic dog (Canis familiaris) that is specifically educated to provide mobility support to a blind or visually impaired owner. Current dog suitability assessments focus on behavioural traits, including: trainability, reactivity or attention to environmental stimuli, low...
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"Sugar"
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Kruse Jr, Clifton B.
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"The connection just happens": Therapists' perspectives of canine-assisted occupational therapy for children on the autism spectrum
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Hill, J. R., Ziviani, J., Driscoll, C.
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"This Dog Means Life": Making Interspecies Relations at an Assistance Dog Agency
Theses | Contributor(s): Edminster, Avigdor
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"Walk a hound, lose a pound": a community dog walking program for families
Book Sections | Contributor(s): Johnson, Rebecca A., McKenney, Charlotte A.
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"Walking the dog" to enhance postoperative recovery
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Ward, Cynthia W.
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"We Always Hurt the Things We Love"—Unnoticed Abuse of Companion Animals
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Bernard E. Rollin
Despite the fact that companion animals enjoy the status of “members of the family” in contemporary society, there are numerous diseases affecting the longevity of these animals and their quality of life. Some of the most pervasive and damaging problems accrue to pedigreed animals...
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"Who's been a good dog?" - Owner perceptions and motivations for treat giving
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): White, G. A., Ward, L., Pink, C., Craigon, J., Millar, K. M.
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"Who's been a good dog?" - Owner perceptions and motivations for treat giving
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): White, G. A., Ward, L., Pink, C., Craigon, J., Millar, K. M.
Complex relationships commonly exist between owners and their companion animals, particularly around feeding behaviour with an owner's affection or love for their animal most pronounced through the provision of food. It is notable that the pet food market is experiencing strong year-on-year...
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'Beware, I am big and non-dangerous!' – Playfully growling dogs are perceived larger than their actual size by their canine audience
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Balint, A., Farago, T., Doka, A., Miklosi, A., Pongracz, P.
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'Bling with bite' - the rise of status and weapon dogs
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Harding, S.
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'Bloodhounds as Detectives': Dogs, slum stench and late-Victorian investigation
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Pemberton, Neil
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'Canis empathicus'? A proposal on dogs' capacity to empathize with humans
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Karine Silva, Liliana de Sousa
Empathy has long attracted the attention of philosophers and psychologists, and more recently, of evolutionary biologists. Interestingly, studies suggest that empathy is a phylogenetically continuous phenomenon, ranging across animals from automatic emotional activation in response to the...