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Urban Animal Management: a naturalistic perspective
Theses | Contributor(s): Alison E. Ries, Catherine Marrs Fuchsel (adviser)
The thesis uses a naturalistic perspective derived from Darwin’s theory of the origin of species by natural selection to propose that human beings and dogs co-evolved in an interdependent relationship which needs to be taken into account by makers of public policies about urban dogs. An...
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The Secret Life of Dogs | Julia Espinosa | TEDxUofT
Videos | Contributor(s): Alison E. Ries, Catherine Marrs Fuchsel (adviser)
Julia Espinosa challenges the anthropocentric view of how nonhuman animals sense and perceive the world, using domestic dogs as an example. Humans often view dogs as little humans. Yet, they are vastly different in some sensory abilities, such as sight and smell. By critically examining our...
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Paws for Progress: The development and evaluation of the first prison based dog training programme in the UK
Theses | Contributor(s): Alison E. Ries, Catherine Marrs Fuchsel (adviser)
The most common type of human animal interaction (HAI) programme used in prisons involves prisoners caring for and training unwanted dogs from rescue shelters, to prepare the dogs for rehoming. Such programmes have been previously developed specifically aimed towards male young offenders, and...
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Cats and owners interact more with each other after a longer duration of separation
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Alison E. Ries, Catherine Marrs Fuchsel (adviser)
Little is known about the cat’s (Felis silvestris catus) need for human contact, although it is generally believed that cats are more independent pets than e.g. dogs. In this study, we investigated the effect of time left alone at home on cat behaviour (e.g. social and distress-related)...
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The Problem with Treating a Dog Like a Pet | Kim Brophey | TEDxUNCAsheville
Videos | Contributor(s): Alison E. Ries, Catherine Marrs Fuchsel (adviser)
Applied Ethologist and Dog Behavior Specialist, Kim Brophey, analyzes the issues with the pet industry and outlines a new dog training program that values a relationship based on mutual understandings rather than one based on dominance and control. Kim Brophey, CDBC, is an applied ethologist...
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Evaluating the Strange Situation Procedure (SSP) to Assess the Bond between Dogs and Humans
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Alison E. Ries, Catherine Marrs Fuchsel (adviser)
The Strange Situation Procedure (SSP) is increasingly being used to study attachment between dogs and humans. It has been developed from the Ainsworth Strange Situation Procedure, which is used extensively to investigate attachment between children and their parents. In this experiment, 12...
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Brain regions involved in observing and trying to interpret dog behaviour
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Alison E. Ries, Catherine Marrs Fuchsel (adviser)
Humans and dogs have interacted for millennia. As a result, humans (and especially dog owners) sometimes try to interpret dog behaviour. While there is extensive research on the brain regions that are involved in mentalizing about other peoples’ behaviour, surprisingly little is known of...
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The existence of parenting styles in the owner-dog relationship
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Alison E. Ries, Catherine Marrs Fuchsel (adviser)
Parents interact with children following specific styles, known to influence child development. These styles represent variations in the dimensions of demandingness and responsiveness, resulting in authoritarian, authoritative, permissive or uninvolved parenting. Given the similarities in the...
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The effects of cage color and light intensity on rat affect during heterospecific play
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Alison E. Ries, Catherine Marrs Fuchsel (adviser)
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Use of behavioural and physiological responses for scoring sound sensitivity in dogs
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Alison E. Ries, Catherine Marrs Fuchsel (adviser)
Sound sensitive dogs have exaggerated responses to sound stimuli that can negatively impact the welfare of the dog. Behavioural reactions combined with the response to sound involve a marked autonomic imbalance towards sympathetic predominance and release of cortisol. The purpose of the present...
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Social identification with animals: Unpacking our psychological connection with other animals
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Alison E. Ries, Catherine Marrs Fuchsel (adviser)
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Editorial: Advances and Perspectives in Farm Animal Learning and Cognition
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Alison E. Ries, Catherine Marrs Fuchsel (adviser)
201961722297-1769 (Print)2297-176910.3389/fvets.2019.00172engInstitute of Behavioural Physiology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology, Dummerstorf, Germany.text
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The Visitor Effect on Zoo Animals: Implications and Opportunities for Zoo Animal Welfare
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Alison E. Ries, Catherine Marrs Fuchsel (adviser)
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Bonding with Robotic Pets. Children's Cognitions, Emotions and Behaviors towards Pet-Robots. Applications in a Robot Assisted Quality of Life Intervention in a Pediatric Hospital
Theses | Contributor(s): Alison E. Ries, Catherine Marrs Fuchsel (adviser)
This dissertation addresses the emergence of emotional involvement in the interaction with social robots. More specifically, we investigate the dynamics of children bonding with robotic pets to design robot based programs to improve patients’ experience in pediatric hospitals. Pet-robots...
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Solidarity with Animals: Assessing a Relevant Dimension of Social Identification with Animals
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Alison E. Ries, Catherine Marrs Fuchsel (adviser)
Interactions with animals are pervasive in human life, a fact that is reflected in the burgeoning field of human-animal relations research. The goal of the current research was to examine the psychology of our social connection with other animals, by specifically developing a measure of...
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Context and Individual Characteristics Modulate the Association between Oxytocin Receptor Gene Polymorphism and Social Behavior in Border Collies
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Alison E. Ries, Catherine Marrs Fuchsel (adviser)
Recent studies suggest that the relationship between endogenous oxytocin and social affiliative behavior can be critically moderated by contextual and individual factors in humans. While oxytocin has been shown to influence human-directed affiliative behaviors in dogs, no study investigated yet...
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Human-Animal Interactions in Dairy Buffalo Farms
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Alison E. Ries, Catherine Marrs Fuchsel (adviser)
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Oxytocin and Cortisol Levels in Dog Owners and Their Dogs Are Associated with Behavioral Patterns: An Exploratory Study
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Alison E. Ries, Catherine Marrs Fuchsel (adviser)
We have previously shown that dog–owner interaction results in increasing oxytocin levels in owners and dogs, decreasing cortisol levels in owners but increasing cortisol levels in dogs. The present study aimed to further investigate whether oxytocin and cortisol levels in the previously...
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Oxytocin Receptor Gene Polymorphisms Are Associated with Human Directed Social Behavior in Dogs (Canis familiaris)
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Alison E. Ries, Catherine Marrs Fuchsel (adviser)
The oxytocin system has a crucial role in human sociality; several results prove that polymorphisms of the oxytocin receptor gene are related to complex social behaviors in humans. Dogs' parallel evolution with humans and their adaptation to the human environment has made them a useful...
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A Multivariate Model of Stakeholder Preference for Lethal Cat Management
Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Alison E. Ries, Catherine Marrs Fuchsel (adviser)
Identifying stakeholder beliefs and attitudes is critical for resolving management conflicts. Debate over outdoor cat management is often described as a conflict between two groups, environmental advocates and animal welfare advocates, but little is known about the variables predicting...
