Rozprawy doktorskie: „Dog owners”

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Xu, Huijia, i Yang Jiaqi. "Understanding Dog Owners’ Decision Making on Dog-related Consumption In China". Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-388096.

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The beneficial of keeping a dog and the booming Chinese pet dog market allowed many Chinese people considering owning a dog. However, how owners treat their dogs are extremely different. Some of them consider dogs as their child while others think dogs are just objects with special function. These different attitude leads to dog owners’ different consumption intention towards dog-related products and services. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the dog owner’s intention of buying or keeping a dog in China. The theory of planned behavior was used to analyzed in this thesis. The goal was to figure out the factors that influence owners’ intention of buying or keeping a dog. To investigate our purpose, the qualitative method with eleven semi-interviews were conducted in this thesis, and we analyzed the data using the method of qualitative content analysis. The results were shown from attitude, subject norm and perceived behavior, which comes from the theory of planned behavior.

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Heurlin, Jasmine. "Behavioral synchronization between dogs and owners". Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Biologi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-157382.

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Dogs have lived with us for thousands of years, so we have learned to understand one another. Dogs have been shown to synchronize their behavior with humans. Behavioral synchronization is characterizes by doing the same thing at the same time and in the same place as someone else. This synchronization is often dependent on the relationship and the emotional state of the individuals. The main aim in this study was to develop a method to test behavioral synchronization and also to investigate how this, but also other behaviors, are effect by preceding human-dog interactions. Privately owned dogs (N=21) were tested with three different treatments (play, pet or ignore). The test procedure consisted of the owner walking or standing still in a predefined pattern, while their dog was freely roaming. This study showed that dogs adapted their movement pattern to their owners. This was similar to previous studies showing that the method developed can be used to test behavioral synchronization between owner and dog. Dogs explored the test arena less after play interaction and they also tended to seek more eye contact with their owners, but the interactions did not affect how much time spent in human proximity, how much they followed them or on dogs movement pattern.

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Sinha, Saswati Dolly. ""When the Dog Bites..." A Socio-ecological Approach to Dog Bite Injury Prevention by Targeting Dog Owners in the United States". Digital Archive @ GSU, 2009. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/iph_theses/123.

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The CDC estimates that 4.7 million Americans get bitten by dogs every year. Most of these dog bite injuries involve a family-owned pet and a household member or person familiar to the dog. This capstone examines six topics: dog bite injuries and its impact on communities; new strategies for dog bite injury prevention; incidence of dog bite injuries requiring emergency room treatment among children from 2001 to 2008; dog bite injury healthcare costs; implementation of dog bite injury prevention; and legal issues and outcomes in dog bite injury. A novel approach to dog bite injury research should include a socio-ecological perspective that captures complex risk factors surrounding behavior and sociological background of dog owners before, during, and after dog bite injury incidence that is collected in a national integrated data system and translates prevention science effectively according to the CDC Injury Research Agenda.

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Christian, Hayley Emma. "The relationship between dog ownership and physical activity". University of Western Australia. School of Population Health, 2008. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2008.0175.

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[Truncated abstract] The Dogs and Physical Activity (DAPA) study sought to examine the relationship between dog ownership and physical activity, in particular walking. It used an ecological model to examine the socio-demographic, intrapersonal, social environmental, physical environmental and policy-related factors affecting dog owners walking with their dog. Results from this study are presented as a series of papers four which are published, in press or accepted for publication. A review of the dog ownership, health and physical activity literature and results from qualitative research of the potential barriers and motivators to dog owners being physically active with their dogs were used to develop and test an instrument for measuring dog walking behaviour. The DAPA tool was designed to measure the amount of physical activity people undertake with their dog and dog-specific individual and environmental factors affecting people walking with their dog. It was developed as a supplementary tool for the second RESIDential Environments (RESIDE) survey. RESIDE is a 5-year longitudinal study of the physical activity levels of people building homes in new housing estates in Western Australia. Findings from the baseline survey of 1813 RESIDE participants (44% dog owners) showed that dog owners were 60% more likely than non-owners to achieve sufficient physical activity and sufficient walking and almost 80% more likely than non-owners to achieve sufficient walking for recreation in the neighbourhood after controlling for demographic, intrapersonal and environmental differences. ... Findings from the DAPA study highlight the importance of the local policy and physical environment in encouraging dog walking behaviour. Perceived lack of accessible public open space (POS) and dogspecific exercise areas were identified by focus group participants as major barriers to dog owners walking with their dog. Objective measurement of the local physical environment of dog owners supported their concerns; no dog owners in this study had access to a sign-posted off-leash park [greater than or equal to] 2 acres within their neighbourhood. Furthermore, access to local POS with dog-supportive infrastructure was associated with being a regular dog walker. Overall, the results of this study draw attention to the needs of dog owners in the allocation and design of POS. The prospective component of the DAPA study enabled examination of the causal relationship between dog ownership and physical activity. After adjusting for baseline variables, dog acquisition significantly increased minutes of recreational walking within the neighbourhood by 37 minutes. However, after further adjustment for changes in baseline variables, the increase in minutes of recreational walking within the neighbourhood from dog acquisition reduced to 21 minutes and was no longer statistically significant. Increase in intention to walk appeared to mediate the relationship between dog acquisition and increased recreational walking. This study highlights a number of important physical activity benefits associated with dog ownership and provides evidence to suggest that dog walking has the potential to positively affect the proportion of the community who are sufficiently active.

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Kuhl, C. "An investigation of pedigree dog breeding and ownership in the UK : experiences and opinions of veterinary surgeons, pedigree dog breeders and dog owners". Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2017. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30548/.

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Pedigree dog welfare in the United Kingdom is a controversial subject. This PhD aimed to investigate small animal veterinary surgeons’ (VS), pedigree dog breeders’ (PDB) and owners’ perceptions surrounding canine health, their roles, information acquisition and the quality of online resources available to new dog owners. Via a mixed-methods approach VS and PDB were asked about their perceptions of pedigree dog welfare using online questionnaires. Focus groups were then used to explore these parties’ opinions on advising dog owners and buyers. Dog owners were administered an online questionnaire to explore drivers of dog acquisition and sourcing of information about canine health. A further sample of dog owners provided possible internet search terms they would use to find information on how to care for a new dog. These terms were used for a scoping review to examine the quality of available information. The VS and PDB exhibited varied perceptions relating to pedigree dog breeding, inherited disease and health screening programmes. Each group considered themselves the most knowledgeable on these topics and lacked clarity on how their roles interrelated. Focus groups showed conflicting views on advising dog owners and buyers. Dog owners varied in their drivers for ownership, from whom they obtained information and the internet search terms used when looking for information online. The scoping review identified a lot of easy to understand, poor quality information. VS and PDB need to better understand and appreciate each others’ roles, perspectives and knowledge to instigate effective collaboration and improve pedigree dog health. Owners are diverse and require a multifaceted educational approach to improve knowledge. The quality of online information for owners needs to be made clear and a coordinated approach involving all stakeholders is required to enable dissemination of practical, evidence-based information on pedigree dog health.

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Chow, Lok-yan, i 周樂欣. "The health-related benefits of dog-ownership in Hong Kong". Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B48330152.

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Background: Numerous studies have found that there are many health-related benefits to owning a dog, however, this has not been investigated in a high dense Asian environment where the culture is very different to Western countries. Objectives: This study aimed at investigating 1) if dog-owners are more active than those who do not own a dog; 2) if dog-owners have higher perceived physical and mental health status compared to a sample of the population who do not own a dog; 3) are there social/environmental factors measured by the Dogs-and-Physical Activity (DAPA) tool that are associated with the perceived physical and mental health as well as physical activity (PA) habits of dog owners. Methods: A total of 102 Chinese dog-owners resident in Hong Kong were recruited to examine what factors might affect dog-owners to walk their dog regularly and hence likely to take part in more daily PA. All of these dog-owners were invited to complete a questionnaire that combined the DAPA-tool, Short-Form-12 health survey (SF-12), and the International-Physical-Activity-Questionnaire – short (IPAQ-short) and to wear an accelerometer for a week. Of the 102 recruited dog-owners, 52 had analysable SF-12 and accelerometry data that could be compared with similar data from 47 HK Chinese who did not own dogs. Linear regression was used to analyse differences between dog-owners and non-dog-owners and to examine social/environmental factors that contributed to physical component score (PCS) and mental component score (MCS) and accrued PA of the dog-owners; their living status, gender, age, Body Mass Index (BMI), income, education level and work status were adjusted during the analysis. Result: Compared to those without dogs, dog-owners were found to have higher PCS scores (P<0.001), involved in more moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA, P=0.02) and overall PA (OVPA, P<0.001) as measured by objective accelerometry; while no significant differences were seen in MCS, nor MVPA or OVPA as measured by the self-reported IPAQ. “Owning a dog adds to my happiness” was associated with having higher PCS (P=0.04); whilst “Trees and shrubs for dogs to sniff” (P=0.02), “Sitting areas with benches” (P=0.06) and “My enjoyment of being outdoors” (P=0.01) were positively related to MVPA as measured by IPAQ, whilst “My dog would be unfriendly or difficult to control” (P=0.02) was negatively related to IPAQ MVPA. Furthermore, “Signs to say if dogs are permitted” (P=0.03), “Trees and shrubs for dogs to sniff” (P=0.02), “The fact that I feel safe when walking with my dog” (P=0.02) and “It would keep my dog healthy” (P=0.04) were found to be positively related to OVPA as measure by IPAQ, whilst “My family commitments” (P=0.03) and “It would stop me feeling guilty” (P=0.03) were found to be negative related to IPAQ OVPA. No variables were significantly related to MCS among the dog-owners. Conclusion: Dog-ownership is associated with Hong Kong owners having a more active lifestyle and is related to higher perceived physical, but not mental health. A small number of social and physical factors appear important in providing a supportive environment that can help enhance the health benefits of dog-ownership.
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Krier, J. Leia. "Considering Canine Companionship: An Examination of Dog Owner Travel Desires Using the Model of Goal-Directed Behavior". Thesis, University of North Texas, 2014. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799478/.

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The purpose of this study is to investigate how internal and external sources influence dog owners’ desire and intent to travel with their dogs, using the model of goal-directed behavior (MGB). Specifically, this study investigates 1) the demographic profile of participating dog owners, 2) the relationship between dog owners’ Anticipated Emotions (AE) and their desire to travel with their dogs, 3) dog owners’ Attitudes toward the act (Aact) of traveling with their dogs and its relationship with their desire to travel with dogs, 4) the relationship between Subjective Norms (SN) and dog owners desire to travel with dogs, 5) owners’ Perceived Behavioral Control (PBC) over their dog-accompanied travel situation, 6) the relationship between desire for dog-accompanied travel and Behavioral Intent (BI), and 7) the relationship between Past Behavior (PB) and the desire and BI regarding future travel with dogs.

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Harris, Matthew. "Responsible Pet Ownership: Dog Parks and Demographic Change in Portland, Oregon". PDXScholar, 2017. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4151.

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Dog parks are the fastest growing type of park in U.S. cities; however, their increasing popularity has been met with increasing criticism of pets in public space. Dogs have shown to be a deep source of neighborhood conflict, and the provision of dog parks, or off-leash areas, is a seemingly intractable controversy for city officials. In 2003, Portland, Oregon established a network of 33 off-leash areas which remains the second largest both in count and per capita in the country. The purpose of my research is to understand the public debate over off leash dogs during the establishment of Portland's off-leash area network, and how dog parks relate to processes of demographic change. The analysis involved two phases. First, I conducted a thematic analysis of editorial perspectives published in the major local newspaper. Second, I conducted an exploratory spatial analysis of the distribution of Portland's off-leash areas and patterns of racial and economic change throughout the city from 2000 to 2015. Central to the debate are conflicting notions of responsible pet ownership. The notions of responsibility employed in the debate are primarily personal, yet the findings from my exploratory analysis of the relationship between dog parks and demographic change suggest a need to attend to notions of public responsibility. I recommend that future research, discussion, representations, and policy regarding dog parks consider the consequences of off-leash areas as amenities within the changing neighborhoods in which they exist.

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Edwards, Mary Ellen Elizabeth. "Protective-restoring to maintain self integrity : a grounded theory of the human experience of dog relinquishment". Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2012. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/501.

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Dog relinquishment or ‘getting rid of the dog’ is common practice in Australia and other countries where dogs are kept as pets. Each year thousands of dogs are relinquished for a variety of reasons. While losing a pet through death can be as devastating for some people as the death of a loved human, little is known about the human impact of losing a dog through relinquishment. This qualitative study sought to explore the experience of dog relinquishment from the perspectives of a Western Australian sample of 21 relinquishers, 10 adults who had experienced dog relinquishment in childhood and 15 animal welfare workers. Data, collected via semistructured interviews, were transcribed verbatim and analysed in accord with Straussian grounded theory methodology, an inductive, interpretative methodology, utilising the constant comparative method. The substantive grounded theory of ‘protective-restoring to maintain self integrity in the face of a self disturbing experience’ that was generated from an interpretative analysis of the data, describes the human experience of dog relinquishment as one of psychological, social and moral conflicts that challenged participants self and social image. The theory proposes that those who experience dog relinquishment personally or professionally experience a disturbed self integrity (i.e., a sense of cognitive and emotional unease). Five conditions, identified as threats to self integrity, were found to contribute to participants’ sense of unease, namely the culture of relinquishment, a crisis of conscience, a fear of losing face, losing faith and losing the dog. Variation in participants’ experience was accounted for by individual and social conditions that influenced the type, intensity, frequency and duration of their unease. Participants’ experience of dog relinquishment was characterised by one or more of three types of unease, namely, cognitive dissonance, psychological stress and grief, which were dealt with through a process identified as protective-restoring. The continuous four phase process of protective-restoring involved recognition, identification, assessment and counteraction of threats to self integrity. Its aim was to protect participants from further threats and to restore their self integrity. Six types of strategies were identified that participants employed during the counteracting phase of the protective-restoring process, namely, self enhancing, blaming, impact reducing, emotional management, avoiding and blocking. Strategies employed were not always successful and in some circumstances increased rather than reduced the unease of participants. Further the strategies sometimes contributed to the unease of others. These findings indicate that the human experience of dog relinquishment is multidimensional and complex. Further, given its potential to detrimentally impact the mental health and wellbeing of large numbers of adults and children, dog relinquishment is an experience that should not be trivialised or ignored. As well as contributing to the human-animal interaction body of knowledge, the substantive theory that has emerged from this research could be used to inform the development of a screening tool to identify those who are likely to be negatively impacted by dog relinquishment. Further, the theory could also be used to inform the development of interventions that could be used to assist adults and children to deal with the negative impact of dog relinquishment.

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Gaspar, Maria Inês da Costa. "A survey of the attidues, beliefs and knowledge about medical cannabis among vegetarians, veterinary students and atopic dog owners". Master's thesis, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/21692.

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Dissertação de Mestrado Integrado em Medicina Veterinária
ABSTRACT - The use of medical cannabis in veterinary species is an area of growing interest, largely due to the therapeutic benefits observed in human medicine and the ever-closer bond between humans and their pets. Yet, there is very little research on the effects of cannabis in animals and the legal status for veterinary drugs containing cannabis is unclear. Veterinarians play a pivotal role in advising tutors, making it important to characterize the panorama of the Portuguese veterinary profession in the face of these new therapies. This study used three anonymous online surveys to evaluate the attitudes, beliefs and knowledge about medical cannabis among veterinary physicians, veterinary students and owners of dogs with canine atopic dermatitis (CAD). A secondary goal was to recruit patients for a future clinical trial on the use of cannabis as an adjunctive therapy to CAD. There were 138 responses on the veterinarians’ survey, 331 on the students’ survey and 358 on the atopic dog owners’ survey. Veterinarians didn’t feel very knowledgeable concerning the differences between marijuana and hemp or the toxic effects of both marijuana and hemp, but most felt confident about the therapeutic uses of hemp. Most vets and students believed cannabis could be useful in veterinary medicine, while owners were unsure. Over 60% of veterinarians claimed to have experience with medical cannabis in dogs, and the conditions for which they prescribed it the most were chronic pain, anxiety and inflammation. Only 6% of the owners had already purchased a cannabis product for their pet, most frequently for a dermatological condition, anxiety or chronic pain. Of those, most said they had acquired the product on the internet and the top reason for purchase was that it was prescribed by a vet. Both owners and vets perceived the products as moderately or highly effective and only 10% reported mild side effects. Over half of the veterinarians had a low level of concern regarding the safety and side effects of cannabis, while most owners were moderate or highly concerned. Both veterinarians and students were highly supportive of veterinary training and research on medical cannabis. 204 emails were collected from owners potentially interested in participating on the clinical trial on the use of cannabis in CAD. Most participants agreed that medical cannabis may offer benefits in veterinary medicine and were supportive of further clinical research. Still, clinical trials evaluating the efficacy and safety of cannabis in veterinary species are urgently needed. It is imperative that veterinarians and students receive formal training on medical cannabis to properly advise their clients.
RESUMO - O uso de cannabis medicinal em medicina veterinária é uma área de crescente interesse, principalmente devido aos benefícios observados em medicina humana e ao estreito laço afetivo entre tutor e animal de companhia. No entanto, escasseiam estudos sobre os efeitos da cannabis medicinal em animais, para além de que o seu enquadramento legal é ainda pouco claro. O médico veterinário desempenha um papel fulcral no aconselhamento dos detentores, tornando-se importante caracterizar o panorama da classe médico-veterinária portuguesa face a estas novas terapêuticas. Assim, foram desenvolvidos três questionários, online e anónimos, direcionados a médicos veterinários, estudantes de medicina veterinária e detentores de cães com dermatite atópica canina (CAD), de forma a avaliar as suas atitudes, crenças e conhecimentos acerca da cannabis medicinal. O último grupo foi escolhido com o objetivo secundário de recrutar pacientes para um futuro ensaio clínico em CAD. Obtiveram-se 138 respostas de veterinários, 331 de estudantes e 358 de detentores. Os veterinários revelaram falta de conhecimento quanto às diferenças entre marijuana e cânhamo e aos seus efeitos tóxicos. A maioria, no entanto, considerou saber bastante sobre as aplicações terapêuticas do cânhamo. A maior parte dos veterinários e estudantes considerou que a cannabis pode ser útil em medicina veterinária, ao passo que os detentores se mostraram mais reticentes. Mais de 60% dos veterinários disse ter experiência no uso de cannabis no cão, principalmente para dor crónica, ansiedade e inflamação. Apenas 6% dos detentores disse já ter adquirido um produto à base de cannabis para o seu cão e as condições mais citadas foram problemas dermatológicos, ansiedade e dor crónica. Destes, a maioria disse ter comprado o produto na Internet e o principal motivo foi ter sido prescrito pelo veterinário. Tanto veterinários como detentores consideraram os produtos moderada ou altamente eficazes, e apenas 10% relatou efeitos secundários leves. A generalidade dos veterinários mostrou-se pouco preocupada acerca da segurança e efeitos secundários da cannabis, contrariamente aos detentores. Tanto veterinários como estudantes apoiaram fortemente a formação médico-veterinária e investigação clínica em cannabis medicinal. Foram recolhidos 204 emails de detentores potencialmente interessados em integrar o ensaio clínico em CAD. A generalidade dos participantes considerou que a cannabis pode oferecer benefícios em medicina veterinária. Ainda assim, são urgentes ensaios clínicos que avaliem a eficácia e segurança da cannabis em espécies veterinárias. É imperativo que veterinários e estudantes recebam formação em cannabis medicinal, de forma a aconselhar adequadamente os detentores.
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Krantz, Findus, i Jenny Hult. "Min hund och jag : en etnografisk studie om samspelet mellan hundägare och hundar ur ett genusperspektiv". Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för hälsa och lärande, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-12710.

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Syftet med denna etnografiska studie var att få större förståelse för hur hundägare samspelar med sina hundar och hur de tillskriver könsroller på sina hundar i sociala interaktioner. Studien baserades på deltagande observationer med hundägare och deras hundar när de besökte en hundrastplats i en medelstor stad i Sverige. Studien genomfördes med ett symbolisk interaktionistiskt perspektiv samt ett socialkonstruktivistiskt genusperspektiv där det hävdas att individen skapas genom sociala interaktioner. Resultatet visade att många hundägare har förväntningar på hur deras hundar skall uppföra sig efter mänskliga könsroller. Det var mer accepterat att en tik uppvisade ett stereotypiskt manligt beteende än att en hane uppvisade stereotypiskt feminina beteenden. De kvinnliga hundägarna tenderade att behandla sina hundar som barn, medan män tenderade att behandla hundarna som sina kompisar samt uppvisade en mer stoisk relation till hundarna. Studien visade även att hundägare gärna beskriver sina hundar i könade termer som bygger på mänskliga uppfattningar. Analysen koncentrerar sig på samspelet mellan hundägare och deras hundar för att öka förståelsen för hur hundägare tillskriver könsroller till sina hundar.
The purpose of this ethnographic study was to gain deeper knowledge of how dog owners interact with their dogs and how they ascribe gender roles on their dogs in social interaction. The study was based on participant observation with dog owners and their dogs when they visited a dog resting area in a medium sized city in Sweden. The study was conducted with a symbolic interactionist perspective, and from a social constructivist gender perspective, which states that the individual is created through social interactions. The results showed that many dog owners have expectations for how their dogs should behave according to human gender roles. It was more accepted that a female dog displayed a stereotypical male behavior than a male displaying stereotypically feminine behaviors. The female dog owners tended to treat their dogs like children, while men tended to treat the dogs as their friends and displayed a more stoic relationship to the dogs. The study also showed that dog owners happily describe their dogs in gendered terms, which are based on human perceptions. The analysis concentrates on the interplay between dog owners and their dogs to increase understanding of how dog owners ascribe gender roles to their dogs.

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Denise, Gustafsschöld. "Stereotyper kring hundägare : En studie om stereotyper avseende svenska hundägare". Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för sociala och psykologiska studier, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-33408.

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Stereotyper är vanliga sätt för oss människor att förenkla och underlätta situationer vi stöter på i vår omgivning. Trots fördelarna en förenklad vardag innebär kan stereotyper även innebära negativa konsekvenser, så som diskriminering eller utanförskap. I denna studie undersöktes svenskars föreställning av typiska ägare till fem olika hundraser (labrador, pudel, pitbull, tax och chihuahua) med syfte att undersöka om stereotyper förekommer rörande svenska hundägare och om dessa stereotyper skiljer sig åt mellan hundägare och icke-hundägare. Studien genomfördes med hjälp av en enkät som publicerades på det sociala mediet Facebook. 120 personer deltog i studien, varav 27 var män och 93 var kvinnor. Deltagarna var mellan 18 och 60 år gamla, med en medelålder av 29,6 år (Sd=9,6). Deltagarna fick besvara frågor rörande hur de föreställde sig typiska hundägare till de fem raserna, samt gradera hur väl de instämde med tolv påståenden avseende acceptans för stereotyper i allmänhet. I slutet av enkäten fick deltagarna även besvara bakgrundsfrågor rörande dennes kön, ålder, utbildningsnivå, om denne hade hund eller inte, samt vilken inställning denne hade till hundar i allmänhet. Resultatet pekar på att det i mycket stor utsträckning finns gemensamma uppfattningar om hur ägare till olika hundraser ter sig när det gäller allt från frisyr till ålder. Det visade sig inte finnas någon större skillnad mellan de två grupperna när det gällde stereotypt tänkande. Avseende enkätdelen rörande acceptans för stereotyper visade sig deltagarna ha en relativt låg grad av acceptans, vilket är intressant eftersom de samtidigt uppvisade stereotypa tankesätt när de svarade på frågorna om de olika hundraserna. Studien har visat att stereotypt tänkande mest troligen förekommer kring olika hundrasers ägare, att medvetandegöra stereotypers förekomst kan vara en viktig aspekt för att minska risken för ytterligare stereotyper.
Stereotypes are common ways for human beings to simplify and facilitate situations they face in their surroundings. Despite the advantages of simplyfied living, stereotypes could lead to negative consequences, such as discrimination or exclusion. This study investigated Swedes ideas regarding typical owners of five different dog breeds (labrador, poodle, pitbull, dachshund and chihuahua). The aim of the study was to examine whether stereotypes exist regarding swedish dog owners, and if these stereotypes differ between dog owners and non dog owners. The study was performed using a questionnaire which was posted om Facebook. 120 persons participated, 27 men and 93 women. The participants were between 18 and 60 years old (mean=29,6 Sd=9,6). Each participant was asked to answer several questions regarding their idea of typical dog owners of the five breeds, and then grade how well they agreed to twelve statements regarding acceptance of stereotypes in general. At the end of the questionnaire, the participant answered background questions such as age, gender, level of education, if they themselves were dog owners and their attitude towards dogs in general. The results show that stereotypes exist in great extent regarding the appearance of owners to different breeds. There was not much difference between the two groups when it came to stereotypical thinking. Regarding acceptance for stereotypes in general this study showed that the participants show a low degree of acceptance, which is interesting because they at the same time showed stereotypical thinking when they answered the questions about the different breeds. This study has shown that stereotypical thinking most likely occurs regarding owners of certain breeds. To sensitize stereotypes occurrence may be an important aspect to reduce the risk of further stereotypes.

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Mongillo, Paolo. "Cognitive and emotional aspects of the dog-owner relationship in aged companion dogs". Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3427071.

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In the present research project I explored the effects of old age on cognitive and emotional aspects of the dog-owner relationship. To this aim, three studies were conducted, which focused on a) the detection of age-related cognitive impairment, b) the assessment of selective social attention skills in adult and aged dogs and c) the effect of age and of impaired cognitive functions on the dog-owner emotional bond. Although the existence of age-related cognitive impairment has been acknowledged in veterinary medicine, methodological issues limited the amount of scientific research in this aspect of companion dogs’ ageing. To address this problem, in the first study (pp. 10-47), we presented the development of a new method for the detection of cognitive decline in aged dogs. We employed a multiple approach, combining a questionnaire-based evaluation of dogs’ behaviour (Cognitive Evaluation Scale, CES) with the assessment of dogs’ memory and reversal learning abilities in a spatial cognition task. Application of these methods to a population of adult and aged dogs resulted in the detection of significant differences between the two age groups, with aged dogs obtaining lower CES scores and showing a worse performance in the spatial cognition task. A correlation between the two parameters was an important further indication of the validity of the method. Compared to other currently available tools, the present approach could have characteristics of higher sensitivity and specificity, providing practical advantages, for both future research in the field and for the clinical assessment of cognitive decline. A further aspect that received scarce scientific interest in aged dogs, is their attention towards humans, a phenomenon that could play a critical role in the expression of socio-cognitive abilities and in the adaptability of dogs into inter-specific groups. In the absence of suitable methods, we developed a behavioural task protocol to assess the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of dogs’ selective attention in an inter-specific context. In the first part of this second study (pp. 48-75), we presented the validation of this procedure, performed on a sample of adult pet dogs. The results showed a selective response in dogs simultaneously exposed to the owner and to an unfamiliar person, demonstrating that the pattern of attention is dependent on the strength of the dog-human relationship. Moreover, the task allows discriminating ‘passive’ (the simple orientation of senses to a stimulus) from ‘active’ (involving cognitive processing) forms of attention. In the second part of the study, the application of this method to a sample of aged dogs revealed a detrimental effect of age on the level of selective attention towards the owner. Old dogs had a higher propensity for ‘passive’ attention, being less capable than adults to retain information about social stimuli when these disappear from their visual field. The third study (pp. 75-98) dealt with the effect of old age on the nature of the dog-owner emotional bond. Sharing similarities with the human infant-mother relationship, the dog-owner bond has been described as a form of attachment: an enduring relationship with a particular other, which becomes apparent through distinctive behaviours, expressed under stress situations. Despite human research emphasizes the importance that emotional bonds might hold in the well being of aged individuals, the study of this aspect was neglected in the dog. We investigated the effect of old age on dogs’ attachment behaviours, using the Strange Situation Test, a method originally designed to elicit attachment responses in human infants. Our results show that old age does not affect the expression of ‘secure’ attachment (confidence at the presence of the object of attachment and distress at separation). However, we saw in old dogs an alteration in the expression of other behaviours (play and passive behaviours), which could represent a different emotional dimension of the dog-owner attachment (insecure-ambivalent). Since part of the dogs’ sample that was included in the present study had also participated in the previous studies, when possible the effect of cognitive impairment and selective attention on the dog-owner emotional bond was analyzed.
Il presente progetto di ricerca indaga gli effetti dell’età senile su aspetti pertinenti alla sfera cognitiva ed emozionale della relazione cane-proprietario. A tal fine sono stati condotti tre studi indipendenti, incentrati su: a) la rilevazione di deficit cognitivi legati all’età, b) la valutazione delle capacità di attenzione sociale selettiva in cani adulti e anziani e c) gli effetti dell’età anziana e del decadimento cognitivo sulle manifestazioni di attaccamento al proprietario. Benché l’esistenza di un declino cognitivo età-dipendente sia un’evenienza riconosciuta in medicina veterinaria, problemi di carattere metodologico hanno limitato la produzione scientifica su questo aspetto dell’invecchiamento nel cane da compagnia. Nel tentativo di ovviare a queste limitazioni, nel primo studio (pp. 10-47), è presentato lo sviluppo di un nuovo metodo per la rilevazione di deficit cognitivi legati nel cane anziano. Il metodo si basa su un approccio multiplo, che combina l’uso di scale di valutazione cognitiva, basate su questionari (Cognitive Evaluation Scale, CES) con la valutazione diretta delle capacità memoniche e di ‘apprendimento inverso’ dei cani in un test di cognizione spaziale. L’applicazione di questi metodi a una popolazione di cani da compagnia adulti e anziani è esitata nella rilevazione di differenze significative tra i due gruppi di età. I cani anziani ottengono punteggi peggiori nella scala di valutazione cognitiva e mostrano compromesse capacità di apprendimento nel test di cognizione spaziale. La correlazione tra i due parametri rappresenta un’importante indicazione della validità del metodo. Paragonato ad altri strumenti attualmente disponibili, questo approccio potrebbe garantire maggiore sensibilità e specificità, apportando un importante vantaggio pratico, sia in ambito di ricerca, che quale strumento di valutazione diagnostica in ambito clinico veterinario. Un ulteriore aspetto che ha ricevuto scarso interesse scientifico nel cane è l’attenzione rivolta all’uomo, un fenomeno che potrebbe rivestire un ruolo critico nell’espressione di capacità socio-cognitive e nell’integrazione del cane in gruppi sociali misti. In assenza di metodi appropriati, è stato sviluppato un test comportamentale per la valutazione delle caratteristiche quantitative e qualitative dell’attenzione selettiva del cane in un contesto interspecifico. Nella prima parte di questo secondo lavoro (pp. 48-75), presento lo sviluppo e la validazione di questa procedura, effettuata su un campione di cani adulti. I risultati mostrano una risposta selettiva nell’attenzione che i cani rivolgono al proprietario o a una persona estranea, cui sono simultaneamente esposti. Inoltre, il protocollo permette di discriminare forme di attenzione ‘attiva’ (con il coinvolgimento di processi cognitivi) e ‘passiva’ (cioè il semplice orientamento visivo). L’applicazione di questo metodo a un campione di cani anziani, nella seconda parte dello studio, ha rivelato un effetto negativo dell’età anziana sul livello di attenzione selettiva rivolta al proprietario. I cani anziani, inoltre, dimostrano una maggiore propensione per forme di attenzione ‘passiva’ essendo meno in grado, rispetto agli adulti, di ritenere informazioni riguardo allo stimolo sociale all’uscita di questo dal campo visivo. Nel terzo studio (pp. 75-98) è stato affrontato l’effetto dell’età anziana sulla qualità del legame emotivo cane-proprietario. In studi precedenti il legame cane-proprietario è stato assimilato all’attaccamento infante-madre. L’attaccamento definisce un legame duraturo con uno specifico individuo, che si manifesta attraverso comportamenti espressi in condizioni di stress. Benché ricerca in ambito umano abbia dimostrato la rilevanza della sfera affettivo-emotiva nella salvaguardia del benessere delle persone anziane, questo aspetto risulta scarsamente investigato nella specie canina. Nel presente studio il legame cane-proprietario è stato studiato mediante lo Strange Situation Test, un protocollo originalmente sviluppato per evidenziare comportamenti di attaccamento nel bambino in età infantile. I risultati mostrano come l’età anziana non alteri le manifestazioni comportamentali di attaccamento ‘sicuro’ (sicurezza in presenza e stress alla separazione dal proprietario). Tuttavia si evidenzia nel cane anziano un’alterazione nell’espressione di altri comportamenti (gioco e comportamento passivo), che potrebbero riflettere una diversa dimensione emotiva dell’attaccamento (insicuro-ambivalente). Poiché parte dei cani inclusi in questo studio avevano preso parte anche ai precedenti studi, quando i dati lo consentivano è stato indagato l’effetto del declino cognitivo e di differenze nelle capacità attentive sull’espressione dell’attaccamento cane-proprietario.

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Funke, Jansson Matilda, i Anna Petersson. "Nospatrullen – hundägares möjlighet att uppmärksamma och förebygga brott : En kvalitativ intervjustudie om NOS-medlemmars inställning till att arbeta brottspreventivt". Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för socialt arbete och kriminologi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-33089.

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Syftet med studien var att generera en förståelse för hur polisens NOS-projekt kan verka brottsförebyggande. Vi undersökte även hundägare som är delaktiga i projektet och deras inställning till att uppmärksamma och förebygga brott. Studien grundar sig i teorin om neighborhood watch, med delar av teorin om social kontroll samt rutinaktivtetsteorin. Utifrån sex semistrukturerade intervjuer med deltagare från Nospatrullen fick vi en förståelse för hur NOS-projektet fungerar brottspreventivt genom hundägares förmåga att uppmärksamma avvikande aktiviteter i sitt lokalområde. Resultatet visade att samtliga intervjupersoner hade en positiv inställning till NOS-projektet vilket vi anser kan ha bidragit till projektets möjlighet till att förebygga brott.
The aim of this study was to form a understanding for how a project by the police, the Nos-project, may work to prevent crime. We also examined dog owners that are involved in the NOS-project and their attitude towards crime prevention. The study is based on the theory of neighborhood watch and features the theory of social control and the theory of routine activity. Through six semi structured interviews we learned how the NOS-project may prevent crime through dog owners’ observations of unusual activity in their district. The results also show how all our participants had a positive attitude towards the NOSproject which we regard likely contributes to the projects ability to prevent crime.

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Wilshaw, Joanne. "Measuring attachments between dogs and their owners". Thesis, University of Exeter, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/14277.

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This thesis details the development and testing of a new scale for measuring human attachment to dogs which allows for the measurement of weaker attachment levels as well as stronger ones (the CDA scale). The correlation between dog-owner’s scores on the CDA scale and their dog’s actual attachment behaviour is assessed and discussed, as well as the dog-owners limited ability to predict the behaviour of their dog in a controlled situation (the Strange Situation Test (SST)) whereby the dogs meet a previously unknown person. The CDA scale was formed by utilising items from pre-existing scales (the Comfort from Companion Animals scale and the Lexington Attachment to Pets scale), trialed on the internet with a large self-selected sample of dog-owners and analysed and reduced using factor analysis. The CDA was completed with the addition of some negative items derived from a small sample of dog-owners who expressed drawbacks to keeping a dog. In addition 100 people living with dogs they did not consider themselves to be the primary carer of, and 100 people with dogs they considered to have behavioural problems also completed the CDA to allow for the assessment of reliability and validity, and for consideration of the possible links between human perceptions of attachment/dog behavioural problems and actual scores on the CDA. Dogs’ attachment behaviour was assessed by cluster analysis of behaviours observed in the SSD: 51 dog-owner pairs took part in the study which revealed a number of secure-base behavioural categories analogous to those typically observed in human mother-infant interactions in Ainsworth’s original (1969) SST. In addition five captive wolves were also observed in a modified version of the SST. Data from these observations is discussed in a case-wise manner and it is clear that captive wolves do not exhibit the suite of attachment behaviours (to their familiar handler) as previously observed in the dog study. However, the wolves’ familiar handler was very adept at predicting the behaviour of his wolves in this situation. These findings are important in furthering our understanding of human-canine attachments in general, but especially given the number of dog-owner pairings which appear to fail due to poor or misunderstood attachments. An effective attachment scale for people, and a valid measure and analysis of attachment behaviour in dogs is a further development in ensuring successful pairings of people with dogs in a variety of contexts such as pet dogs and service dogs.

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Lalanda, Rafaela Bartolomeu Nogueira. "Atropelamentos em canídeos". Bachelor's thesis, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/1008.

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Dissertação de Mestrado Integrado em Medicina Veterinária. 67 p.
Apresenta-se um estudo transversal, que incluiu 80 canídeos vítimas de atropelamento, presentes na Clínica Veterinária Azevet entre Janeiro de 2005 e Janeiro de 2008. Este trabalho teve como objectivo conhecer as circunstâncias que envolvem os atropelamentos de canídeos, nomeadamente quais as potenciais situações de risco. Destes, 48 eram machos e 32 eram fêmeas, com idades compreendidas entre os 2 meses e os 16 anos (média 5,1 anos). A maioria dos cães eram de raça indeterminada (65%) e os restantes pertenciam a 18 raças diferentes (35%). Foi durante o Outono que ocorreram mais atropelamentos (25/80, 31,3%), sendo Março e Novembro os meses com mais acidentes (10 cada um). Registou-se uma maior concentração entre as 19 e as 21 horas (17, 21,3%). A 3ª e a 6ª feira foram os dias com maior número de atropelamentos (15, 18,9% cada um). Quanto à luminosidade, 47/77 (61%) ocorreram durante o dia e 30/77 (39%) durante a noite. A maioria dos acidentes ocorreram na via pública (69/80, 86,3%) e destes 62/69 (89,9%) tiveram lugar junto a casa. Tinham livre acesso à rua 16/80 (20%) animais. Foram atropelados em propriedade privada 11/80 (13,8%) canídeos, tendo em todos estes casos, sido levado a cabo pelos proprietários. Existia história prévia de atropelamento em 4 (5%) animais. A trela nunca era utilizada em 40 (50%) canídeos, 30 só a utilizavam esporadicamente e 10 disseram utilizá-la sempre. Na altura do acidente 42 (52,5%) animais estavam acompanhados pelo proprietário, enquanto que 31 (38,8%) estavam sozinhos. Os restantes 7 (8,8%) estavam acompanhados por outras pessoas que não o dono. Em 30 (37,5%) casos, os proprietários reportaram a fuga dos animais previamente ao acidente. Os principais factores de risco assentam no facto das disposições legais em vigor não serem cumpridas no que diz respeito às medidas de contenção a utilizar nos espaços públicos, nomeadamente o uso de trela, e a proibição de os animais vaguearem sozinhos na rua. Assim sendo, os planos de prevenção devem incluir uma forte vertente de educação dos proprietários, associado a uma acção fiscalizadora e punitiva dos infractores.
ABSTRACT - DOGS HIT BY MOTOR VEHICLES - A cross-sectional study of dogs hit by motor vehicles, presented at veterinary clinic Azevet, between January of 2005 and January of 2008 was conducted with the objective of knowing the characteristics involving this kind of accident, namely the potential risk factors. From the 80 dogs observed, 48 were male and 32 female. Their ages ranged from 2 months to 16 years (mean age, 5,1 years). Most animals were crossbreds (65%) and the rest were purebreds (35%) comprising 18 different breeds. A larger number of cases occurred in the Fall (25/80, 31,3%). March and November (10 each) and Tuesday and Friday (17 each) were the months and days with more accidents. Most accidents took place between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. (21,3%) and during the day (61%). 86,3% of accidents happened in public streets, most of them near home (89.9%). 20% of the dogs had free access to the exterior. The remaining of the animals were ran over by their owners in private property (11/80, 13,8%). Four dogs had a previous history of this kind of accident. 40 of the dogs studied never wore a leash, 30 used it sporadically and only 10 were said to use it always. At the time of the accident 42 (52,5%) animals were accompanied by their owner, 31 (38,8%) were alone, and 7 (8,8%) were with someone other than the owner. Although none of them were wearing a leash at the time of the accident, 13/80 (16,3%) owners reported that their dogs had taken the leash of loose shortly before the accident. The main risk factors identified in this study were the non-compliance with leash laws, and the existence of free-roaming dogs, animals allowed to roam in public unsupervised and unaccompanied by their owners. Therefore any prevention plan should include a strong component of owner education, associated with more efficient control and punishment of noncompliers.

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Taggart, Jill Monica. "Dog owner interaction style : the transmission of working models in human/non-human caregiving relationships". Thesis, University of Southampton, 2011. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/167983/.

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A model of parental sensitivity in caregiving informs later romantic relationships and is transmitted in caregiving behaviours to children. Differences in parental caregiving contribute to individual differences in infant attachment style. The owner/dog bond mirrors this relationship as dog careseeking activates owner caregiving. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the role of individual differences in owner caregiving on dog attachment style. The first study defined dog attachment style in the Strange Situation Test (Ainsworth & Wittig, 1973) in a sample of 52 self-selected owner/dog dyads. Dogs seek proximity, show evidence of distress when separated and use owners as safe havens for exploration. Individual differences in attachment security and insecurity were found. Secure dogs achieve attachment system deactivation through owner contact. Insecure dogs’ attachment systems remains activated with: excessive focus on the owner but otherwise behaviourally passive; excessive owner avoidance focussing on evading the owner; or anxiety, consisting of high distress which could not be pacified by owner. The second and third studies tested the effects of owner behaviour on individual differences in dog attachment style and exploratory system activation in a task-solving experiment. Behaviours assessed were talk and touch durations in the Strange Situation and owner “frightening” behaviours (threatening; owner showing fear; dissociation; disorganised; highly submissive; and sexualised behaviours). Owner behaviours significantly related to dog attachment style: owners of Avoidant dogs petted them less, talked to them more and used frightening behaviours, whereas, owners of Secure dogs used moderation in talk and touch and few frightening behaviours. Secure dogs task-solved longer and their owners were significantly less invasive and controlling (grabbing paws, restraining dogs) than owners of Avoidant dogs. Owner sensitivity is therefore related to dog attachment security which enables exploratory system activation. Self-reports of owner attachment style in the fourth study found a trend towards a dismissive style in adult relationships and dog avoidance. Parent/child studies have linked parental frightening behaviours to subsequent infant disorganisation (due to the secure base or safe haven also being the source of fear), and to parental unresolved loss, trauma or abuse. Using interview protocols, studies five and six found relationships between owners Unresolved in loss, a Dismissive owner working model, invasive owner task solving behaviour, frightening owner behaviours and Avoidant dog attachment, indicating of a web of interaction between working models and behaviour. The results indicate the potential effects of owner behaviour on the human/dog bond. The results could be used in assessing owner dog relationships that may indicate risk of animal/human abuse; assist dog shelters in the successful re-homing of insecure dogs by identifying secure households; and to enable greater owner understanding of dog behaviour and appropriate responding leading to more satisfying human/dog bonds, and thus fewer relinquishments to shelters.

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Akerele, Oluyemisi Adunni. "Demographics of an owned dog population in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa". Diss., University of Pretoria, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46200.

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Rabies can be controlled and human deaths reduced through the mass vaccination of domestic dogs, as recorded in some parts of the world. However, in sub-Saharan Africa rabies infection is on the increase, largely due to the population dynamics that favour disease transmission. The demographics of the dog population in this study area are unknown. This study describes the demography of owned dogs in a rural sub-Saharan African setting. The study took place in Hluvukani, in the Mnisi area of Bushbuckridge Local Municipality, Mpumalanga Province in South Africa. A full census of the dog population in the study area was conducted at two time points. The first census took place from July through October 2011, followed by a second census from May through October 2013. The first census was accompanied by a house-to-house rabies vaccination campaign. The demographic surveillance area covered 10.4 km2 and comprised around 2,000 households, with a mean household size of 4.9, a density of 913 people/km2 and a human:dog ratio of 14:1. Results in the first and second census respectively indicated a dog density of 77 dogs/km2 and 84 dogs/km2, and a sex ratio of 1.32 and 1.47 males per female. Household indicators in the first and second censuses respectively showed the number of households as 1,907 and 1,939; and the number of dogs as 799 and 870. The mean number of dogs per household (standard deviation) was 0.41 (1.08) and 0.44 (1.16) and the number of dog-owning households was 393 (20.6%) and 416 (21.5%). The mean number of dogs per dog owning household (standard deviation) was 2.03 (1.56) and 2.09 (1.71). Vaccination coverage against rabies achieved by the campaign during the first census was 68.2% (545/799). Vaccination coverage at the time of the second census was 59% (513/870).
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Karlsson, Johanna. "Correlation between owner-assessed behaviour characteristics and stress behaviour in dogs". Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Biologi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-120553.

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Stress in dogs can contribute to behavioural problems which may lead to rehoming or euthanasia of the dog. The aim of this study was to investigate how dog characteristics correlated to stress, whether it is possible to detect behavioural problems in order to treat the dogs. Twenty-two dogs were evaluated according to their behavioural problem by a veterinarian and a dog trainer. The dogs participated in a behavioural and physiological test, and the results were compared to characteristics gathered by a Canine Behavioural Assessment and Research Questionnaire (C-BARQ), filled in by the dogs’ owners. The result showed that the total amount of stress related behaviour correlated positively to the C-BARQ score for attachment and attention-seeking behaviour and had a tendency of positive correlation to energy level and owner-directed aggression. Both the veterinarian behavioural problem score and trainer behavioural problem score had a tendency of positive correlation to stranger-directed fear. Dogs that, according to the C-BARQ, were found to be very attached and attention-seeking, showed high energy level or owner-directed aggression were likely to show stress related behaviours during the test in my study. By addressing the stress, the behavioural problems may be eased.

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Fischer, Ida. "Does Lifestyle Affect the Attachment between Dogs, Canis familiaris, and Their Owner?" Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Biologi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-148778.

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The aim of this study was to investigate if the dog’s behaviour and the interactions between the dog and the owner differ depending on lifestyle, breed or sex of the dog. For this we employed the Strange Situation Procedure, a test inspired from Mary Ainsworth´s study, which investigated the attachment of human infants to their mothers. There were two breeds, Border collie and Shetland sheepdog and a total of 58 dogs that participated in this study. The two breeds were divided into two lifestyles, competition dogs and pet dogs. A PCA was used to find correlations between the behavioural variables and the factors were then analysed in a Mann Whitney U test to test the differences between breed, sex and lifestyle. In this study no differences in behaviour between the two lifestyles were shown. However, the results showed that there were some differences between the two breeds and between the two sexes in behavioural expressions. The differences between the breeds were quite expected because there are many different breeds today which are selected for various morphology and behavioural traits which could influence their behaviour. The difference in behaviour between the two sexes can be because of evolutionary heredity. Further studies on this subject should have bigger and more even sample size, longer separation time, a more balanced gender distribution of the owners and to also analyze the cortisol levels.

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Stewart, Dawn. "Investigating the relationship between assistance dogs and their owners with physical disabilities: complex affection or simple attachment? /". Burnaby B.C. : Simon Fraser University, 2006. http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/2643.

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Blouin, David D. "All in the family? understanding the meaning of dogs and cats in the lives of American pet owners /". [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3330815.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Sociology, 2008.
Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Jul 22, 2009). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-10, Section: A, page: 4131. Adviser: Robert V. Robinson.

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Lees, Kristin. "Drug target discovery by transcriptome analysis of the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, synganglion initial characterisation of a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor /". Thesis, Available from the University of Aberdeen Library and Historic Collections Digital Resources, 2008. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&pid=24852.

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Martin, Susanne T. "Is there a correlation between puppy socialization classes and owner-perceived frequency of behaviour problems in dogs?" Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ58357.pdf.

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Canarias, Catarina Alexandra Feiteiro. "Relação entre o incumprimento de normas legais por parte dos proprietários de animais de companhia e a ocorrência de trauma na via pública". Master's thesis, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/3603.

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Dissertação de Mestrado Integrado em Medicina Veterinária
A responsabilidade dos proprietários de animais de companhia é uma preocupação nas áreas do bem-estar animal e da saúde pública. Embora tenham sido realizados estudos sobre trauma em animais de companhia, estes incidem sobre a caracterização do mesmo ou os seus factores de risco, não existindo até à data estudos que relacionem o trauma com o nível de responsabilidade dos proprietários e o incumprimento de normas legais. O objectivo deste estudo baseia-se na motivaão de realizar um trabalho neste tema pouco retratado e incentivar a realização de estudos futuros mais abrangentes. Desta forma será possível promover um melhor conhecimento da população no que respeita à responsabilidade dos proprietários e elaborar planos multidisciplinares de prevenção e educação dos mesmos. Este trabalho consistiu num estudo de casos e controlos, a partir de uma amostra recolhida na clínica Azevet e no Hospital Escolar da Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária de Lisboa, entre Dezembro de 2010 e Abril de 2011, tendo como base questionários anónimos feitos a proprietários de cães e gatos. Os casos dizem respeito a animais que tenham sofrido trauma na via pública. Utilizou-se estatística descritiva e testagem de hipóteses, esta última com um grau de confiança de 95%. Foram analisados neste estudo 102 animais, dos quais 60 canídeos, distribuídos por 37 casos de controlo e 23 casos de trauma. Os restantes 42 animais pertencem à espécie felina, com 22 casos de controlo e 20 de trauma. Adicionalmente foi proposta uma classificação dos níveis de responsabilidade para proprietários de canídeos, tendo em conta os parametros legais exigidos. O mesmo não foi possível efectuar para os proprietários de felídeos devido às diferenças encontradas na legislação, a qual é bastante mais permissiva no que diz respeito a esta espécie. No presente estudo não foram encontrados factores de risco no que respeita à especie felina. Por outro lado, na espécie canina foram encontrados como factores de risco para a ocorrência de trauma um menor nível de escolaridade e um menor nível de responsabilidade por parte dos proprietários, enquanto que uma idade mais jovem dos donos se revela como factor de protecção. Adicionalmente, ter um menor nível de escolaridade surge como factor de risco para uma menor responsabilidade. Os resultados demonstram que um proprietário menos responsável torna o animal de companhia mais predisposto a trauma. Com base na regresão logística verificou-se que a responsabilidade é a variável que permanece significativa, sendo os parametros relativos ao acompanhamento do animal à via pública e à permanencia da contenção no passeio os mais relevantes. Como procedimentos futuros de prevenção sugerem-se a sanção dos infractores mas também a criação de condições que permitam e motivem os proprietários a cumprir a legislação.
ABSTRACT - The relationship between the failure of pet owners to comply with the law and the occurrence of trauma in public areas - The responsibility of pet owners is a welfare and public health issue. Although studies regarding trauma have been conducted, those only focus on trauma characteristics and the risk factors. To the best of our knowledge, there are no studies relating trauma to the owner’s level of responsibility and the failure to comply with the laws. This thesis aims to open a new path to this subject, encouraging further study in this field. Such studies will provide a better understanding about the population in terms of owners’ responsibility and will allow the elaboration of multi-disciplinary strategies of prevention and the education of owners. Moreover, this is a case-control study based on a sample collected in the Azevet practice and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Hospital, from December 2010 to April 2011, using questionnaires directed to cat and dog owners. The cases of this study consisted of animals which had been traumatised in public areas. Descriptive statistic and hypothesis testing were used, with a 95% confidence interval for the latter. These tests were performed in order to verify the existence of any significant difference among the two groups or among the different levels of responsibility. One hundred and two animals were analysed in this study, 60 of which were dogs, consisting of 37 control cases and 23 trauma cases. The remaining 42 animals were cats, composed of 22 control cases and 20 trauma cases. A responsibility level classification is proposed for the dog owners taking into account the imposed legal parameters. The same was not possible for the cat owners due to the fact that laws concerning this species are much more permissive. It this study it was not found any risk factor for the feline species. Otherwise, for the canine species it was found that a lower level of education and a lower level of responsibility of the owners were risk factors for trauma, whereas a younger age of the owner was a protection factor. Furthermore, a lower level of education was found to be a risk factor for lower responsibility among the owners. Finally, the results demonstrate that a less responsible owner predisposes his dog to trauma. The logistic regression analysis showed that the responsibility is the variable that remains signifitcative, with the parameters related to the accompaniment of the animals during the walks and the permanent use of leash being the most important. As future preventive procedures it is suggested the penalty of the offenders as well as the creation of suitable conditions that would motivate owners to abide by the law.

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Shukullari, Enstela [Verfasser]. "Parasites and Vector-borne Diseases in Client-owned Dogs in Albania / Enstela Shukullari". München : Verlag Dr. Hut, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1135988994/34.

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Van, Heerden Esti. "The caring relationship : a qualitative study of the interaction between childless married couples and their dogs". Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2004. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03082006-141754.

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Rice, Jennifer E. "Dogs in the Workplace: The Emotional, Social, and Physical Benefits to Employees". Xavier University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1565807557585623.

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Shukullari, Enstela [Verfasser], i Kurt [Akademischer Betreuer] Pfister. "Parasites and vector-borne diseases in client-owned dogs in Albania / Enstela Shukullari. Betreuer: Kurt Pfister". München : Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1096162628/34.

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Morgado, Gonçalo Mendes. "Parasitoses internas e frequência de desparasitação em cães do concelho de Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal". Master's thesis, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/11918.

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Ao tratar os cães de uma forma empírica, existe a possibilidade de dois cenários indesejáveis acontecerem: os cães que apresentam um alto risco de infeção zoonótica não são corretamente controlados e os cães que apresentam um risco zoonótico praticamente nulo, estão a fazer tratamentos anti-helmínticos desnecessários. Este estudo foi direcionado para determinar a prevalência de parasitas gastrointestinais e pulmonares em cães com proprietário na cidade de Vila Franca de Xira, avaliar a presença de fatores que possam estar ligados a um maior risco de transmissão de doenças parasitárias zoonóticas e que protocolos de prevenção, nomeadamente para endoparasitas, são utilizados nos cães examinados. Através do método de flutuação (Willis), de Baermann e esfregaço fecal (coloração de Ziehl-Neelsen modificada) foram analisadas 80 amostras para pesquisa de endoparasitas gastrointestinais e pulmonares. Foram também preenchidos presencialmente 80 inquéritos pelos respetivos proprietários. A prevalência global de parasitas gastrointestinais e pulmonares foi de 5,0%. Foram observadas amostras positivas a Ancylostoma sp. (1/80); Angiostrongylus vasorum (1/80); Cystoisospora spp. (2/80); Toxocara canis (1/80) e Trichuris vulpis (1/80). Dois animais infetados apresentavam infeções parasitárias mistas, ambos por nemátodes. Relativamente a comportamentos de potencial risco zoonótico, 27,5% (22/80) dos cães exibia algum tipo de picacismo, 17,5% (14/80) ingeria fezes; 83,3% (65/80) lambia a cara do proprietário e 42,3% (33/78) dormia com ele. Dos 80 cães examinados, apenas 3,8% (3/80) dos cães não eram desparasitados internamente, ainda que apenas 51,4% (37/72) seguissem o protocolo de controlo de parasitoses internas, aconselhado pelo médico-veterinário de quatro desparasitações anuais, considerado como o limiar mínimo de eficácia na prevenção de endoparasitoses zoonóticas pela ESCCAP. Atendendo a que muitas pessoas ainda não têm a informação e conhecimento necessários sobre os métodos mais eficazes de controlo de doenças parasitárias, sendo este desconhecimento mais relevante nas zoonóticas, é necessário criar medidas para tornar esta informação mais disponível e acessível ao grande público, quer aumentando a intervenção do Médico Veterinário durante a consulta, quer referenciando mais plataformas com conhecimento idóneo e gratuita, como as da ESCCAP.
ABSTRACT - Internal parasites and deworm frequency of dogs in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal - By deworming dogs empirically, two scenarios can happen: Dogs that are in a high risk state of zoonotic infection are not correctly controlled and dogs that have an almost null zoonotic infection risk, are being unnecessarily treated with anthelmintics. The purpose of this study was to determine parasitic gastrointestinal and pulmonary prevalence in dogs in Vila Franca de Xira city, which factors may be connected to a bigger zoonotic pressure in the transmission of parasitic diseases and what endoparasitic prevention protocols are the dogs following. Using Baermann and a flotation (Willis) method, a fecal smear (modified Ziehl-Neelsen stain), 80 samples were analyzed for gastrointestinal and pulmonary parasites. 80 surveys were filled by the dogs` owners. The global prevalence of gastrointestinal and pulmonary parasites was 5,0%. Positive samples of Ancylostoma sp. (1/80); Angiostrongylus vasorum (1/80); Cystoisospora sp. (2/80); Toxocara canis (1/80) and Trichuris vulpis (1/80) were found. Two infected dogs had endoparasitic co-infections, both by nematodes. Regarding potential high risk zoonotic behaviors, 27,5% (22/80) of dogs had some type of pica; 17,5% (14/80) ate feces; 83,3% (65/80) licked their owners` face and 42,3% (33/78) slept with its owner. Of the eighty dogs examined, only 3,8% (3/80) weren`t dewormed and only 51,4% (37/72) followed the veterinarians advised deworming protocol of four deworms a year, considered by the ESCCAP the minimal acceptable deworming schedule to prevent endoparasitic zoonoses in dogs. Considering that most people lack the knowledge or information needed to be able to control parasitic diseases, and that this lack of awareness is even more relevant on the zoonotic ones, it is necessary to create measures, that increase the availability of information to the public. This can be achieved by veterinarians spending more time educating pet owners during appointments or by referencing more platforms known of correct and free information, as the information provided by ESCCAP.

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Kolo, Francis Babaman. "Mortality rates and survival analysis of a cohort of owned adult dogs and puppies in Hluvukani Bushbuckridge South Africa". Diss., University of Pretoria, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53300.

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Rabies is an acute, fatal, progressive, incurable viral encephalitis affecting all warm-blooded animals, including humans. Dogs are the primary reservoir of rabies virus (RABV) in Africa for both humans and animals. Although rabies can be successfully controlled through vaccination, high rates of dog population turnover through births and deaths make the maintenance of herd immunity through vaccination challenging in populations of free-roaming dogs in low-resource settings. Understanding these demographic processes may help find solutions to create stable, vaccinated populations. The primary aim of this study was to determine the rates and causes of mortality in owned, mostly free-roaming dogs in Hluvukani village of the Mnisi community, in Bushbuckridge Municipality, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga Province. The study enrolled a cohort of adult dogs (one year and older) in May and June, 2014, and followed them for 12 months. Litters of puppies were also enrolled at birth and followed for 120 days each. Outcomes were recorded during frequent follow-up visits, and causes of mortality were determined through owner interview ( verbal autopsy?) and post-mortem examination. A cohort of 367 adult dogs was enrolled in the study (203 males and164 females). Of these, 27 (7.4%) died during the follow-up period, and seven (1.9%) were lost to follow-up. We observed a mortality rate of 77.6 per 1,000 dog-years in the cohort (50.8 per 1,000 dog-years in males and 112.7 per 1,000 dog-years in females). There was very high mortality in female dogs, especially from the age of 5 years and above (305.8 per 1,000 dog-years). Female dogs had a shorter survival time (mean = 341.7 days) compared to the male dogs (mean = 355.8 days); this difference was significant with the log-rank test (p = 0.04) and by Cox regression (p = 0.05). Adult dogs of age 5 years and above had shorter survival time (mean = 338.5) than dogs of ages 3-4 years, which in turn had higher survival times (mean = 358.4) than dogs of ages between 1-2 years old (mean = 348.5). The chi-square test gave a p-value of p = 0.06 and the Cox proportional hazard a p-value of p=0.3. Thus, there is a marginally significant difference in survival between the age categories of adult dogs. Twenty-seven verbal autopsy? results were collated including 15 natural deaths, 7 deliberate deaths, 3 accidental deaths and 2 euthanasia?s. Of the 15 deaths classified as natural?, two were considered to be due to snake envenomation. The remaining 13 were considered to be due to infectious and/or parasitic causes. Of the seven deaths classified as deliberate?, four were considered to have been caused by poisoning and three by trauma. The two accidental, non-anthropogenic deaths were due to animal bite wounds, and the single accidental, anthropogenic death was caused by a motor vehicle accident. Two dogs were euthanized because they were unwanted by the owner. Of the 164 females enrolled in the study, 57(34.8%) had at least one litter of puppies during the study period. The total number of puppies enrolled at birth for the study was 329, comprising 152 (46.8%) males, 148 (44.4%) females, and 29(8.8%) puppies of unknown sex. Of the 329 puppies enrolled, 135 (36.6%) died during the follow-up period, and 126 were lost to follow-up. The mortality rate for puppies was 2,389.3 deaths per 1,000 dog-years. Sex-specific mortality rates were 1,811.5 deaths per 1,000 dog-years for male puppies and 2,172.2 deaths per 1,000 dog-years for female puppies. The survival rates were not significantly different between male and female puppies (p=0.3). One hundred and thirty five verbal autopsy results were collated and analyzed from all dead puppies. Of the 54 puppy deaths classified as natural?, 53 were considered to be due to infectious and/or parasitic causes. Of the 23 deaths classified as deliberate?, six were considered to have been caused by poisoning and 17 by trauma. The 47 accidental, non-anthropogenic deaths were considered to be due to the following causes: eaten by mother (n = 18), starvation (n = 8), laid on by mother (n = 7), animal bite (n = 5), drowning (n = 4), suffocation (n = 3) and crushed by a brick (n = 2). The single accidental, anthropogenic death was caused by a motor vehicle accident. Five puppies were euthanized because they were unwanted. In conclusion, free-roaming dogs in this study were owned, and provided for by their owners without reliance on environmental resources. Mortality rate was low in the adult dog cohort. Birth rate in the female cohort was high and the mortality rate was also high in the puppies before they reached 120 days of life. Natural causes were the highest causes of death in puppies, but accidental and deliberate causes were also frequent. This study recommends future validation studies of methods of verbal autopsy in determining causes of death of dogs in underserved, resource-constrained communities like the Hluvukani village in the Mnisi community area of Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.
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Nilsson, Elin. "”Det var alltid utifrån min hunds förutsättningar” – en kvalitativ intervjustudie om hundägarens erfarenheter av hundens träning på vattenlöpband". Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Fysioterapi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-351852.

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Bakgrund: Inom djurrehabilitering används vattenlöpband, underwater treadmill (UWTM), som en träningsmetod för hundar. Träningsformen möjliggör anpassad träning för hunden efter individens behov. Hittills har kvantitativ forskning studerat träningseffekter av UWTM vid rehabilitering, dock saknas i nuläget kvalitativ forskning kring hur träningsmetoden fungerar avseende träningstillfället. Syfte: Undersöka hundägarnas erfarenheter av hundens träning med UWTM. Metod: Kvalitativ induktiv design. Semistrukturerade intervjuer med fem hundägare vars hundar utövat träningsformen UWTM vid minst två tillfällen de senaste sex månaderna. Databearbetning via kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Resultat: Utifrån frågeställningen identifierades följande tre teman och tio kategorier: 1) Upplevda attityder till UWTM hos hund, med kategorierna koverta beteenden, overta beteenden, motivation vid tillfällena, inlärning. 2) Samspel mellan hund-ägare-fysioterapeut, med kategorierna individanpassad träning, interagerande mellan hund och fysioterapeut, interagerande mellan hund och ägare. 3) Förhållandet mellan annan träning och UWTM i rehabiliterande syfte, med kategorierna UWTM som profylax, mental tränings påverkan på UWTM, inga samband. Konklusion: Hundägarna upplevde att hundarna hade både positiva och negativa attityder till träningstillfällena med UWTM. Hundarnas attityder påverkades av samspelet mellan hund-ägare-fysioterapeut och hundens vardagsträning. Denna studie kan leda till vidareutveckling av individanpassad rehabilitering inom fysioterapi för djur.
Background: Within canine rehabilitation, underwater treadmill (UWTM) is used as an exercise for dogs. The UWTM enables adjustments in the exercise for the canine patient depending on the individual needs. So far, quantitative research has studied the effects of training using an UWTM within animal physiotherapy. However, there is today no qualitative research concerning how trai- ning with UWTM works during the training session. Purpose: Investigate the dog-owners’ experience of UWTM exercise in their dogs. Design: Qualitative inductive design. Semi-structured interviews of five dog-owners with dogs who have trained with an UWTM at least 2 sessions the last 6 months. For data analysis, a qualitative content analysis was conducted. Results: Based on the research question of the study, three themes and ten categories were identified. 1) Experienced attitudes in dogs performing UWTM exercise with the categories covert behaviours, overt behaviours, motivation during the sessions, learning. 2) Interplay between dog- dog owner-physical therapist, with the categories indivudalized exercise, interaction between dog and physical therapist, interaction between dog and owner. 3) The relationship between dog training and UWTM in rehabilitation purpose, with the categories UWTM as prophylaxis, the effect of mental training on UWTM, no connections. Conclusion: The dog owners perceptions were that their dogs had both positive and negative attitudes concerning the exercise with UWTM. The dogs attitudes were affected by the interaction between dog- dog owner- physiotherapist and the dogs everyday training. This study may lead to further development of the individualized rehabilitation in animal physiotherapy.

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Ferrari, R. "APPLICATION OF HYALURONIC ACID IN THE HEALING OF NON-EXPERIMENTAL OPEN WOUNDS: A PILOT STUDY ON 12 WOUNDS IN 10 CLIENT-OWNED DOGS". Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/367097.

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Aim - Veterinarians have frequently to deal with wounds to the skin, subcutis and underlying muscle. The aim was to explore the application of Hyaluronic Acid (HA) -containing dressing on open skin wounds in dogs. The progress of healing was assessed by wound area reduction and two scoring scales applied in human medicine. Materials and Methods - Ten client-owned dogs with 12 cutaneous open wounds healed by second intention were included. All wounds were treated using available in commerce HA-containing wound dressing from admission to complete re-epithelialization. At every clinical examination, wound area and scale scoring assessments were performed. Results - After debridement an increased wound size was obtained while an improvement was determined by both grading systems. The median numbers of return to clinic for bandage change was 5 times. The median time to complete wound healing was 34.5 days. The mean wound area at day 7,14,21 and 28 were respectively 90.4%, 47.7%, 22.4% and 14.8% of the original size (for linear measurement) and 95.5%, 54.4%, 23.10% and 14.8% of the original size (for software measurement). Regarding wound healing assessment tools, the agreement between two operators was considered high for both scales. Conclusions - HA-containing dressing may be a possible wound treatment for cutaneous open wounds in dogs. The assessment of wound quality using scale scoring system could be useful especially in the earlier healing period and to direct clinical decision-making process.

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Duarte, Catarina Sofia Ferreira. "Contribuição para o reconhecimento da dor oncológica em cães : possíveis indicadores de qualidade de vida e bem-estar". Master's thesis, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/12479.

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A avaliação da dor nos animais de companhia é complexa e desafiante, existindo poucos estudos relativos à dor oncológica. O objectivo deste estudo consistiu pois na investigação de possíveis indicadores da qualidade de vida e bem-estar em doentes oncológicos caninos pela avaliação dessa qualidade, da dor e da actividade da PON1 (paraoxonase tipo 1). Neste estudo foram incluídos 28 doentes oncológicos caninos, seguidos ao longo do tempo, durante os tratamentos instituídos. Em cada visita do doente foi solicitado aos cuidadores que avaliassem a qualidade de vida e bem-estar do seu animal essencialmente por parâmetros comportamentais. Ao mesmo tempo foi avaliada a dor oncológica utilizando para a sua classificação a Escala Composta da Dor de Glasgow (ECDG). Foram ainda realizadas colheitas de sangue para a análise da actividade sérica da PON1 por método espectrofotométrico, adaptado dos trabalhos de Tvarijonaviciute et al. (2012). Um mês após o diagnóstico verificaram-se decréscimos na actividade da PON1 em 18 doentes, enquanto nos restantes 10, a actividade desta aumentou, o que revelou uma correlação positiva com a qualidade de vida e bem-estar. Por comparação das pontuações dos blocos temáticos, 2 a 2, verificou-se uma correlação positiva do bloco da mobilidade com o cardiovascular, o respiratório, a higiene, a dor e o estado mental. Este último parâmetro apresentou correlação positiva com o bloco temático da felicidade. Verificou-se ainda uma correlação negativa entre a dor e a qualidade de vida do animal. Apesar da ECDG ser usada, essencialmente, na avaliação da dor aguda, foi aplicada com sucesso na determinação da dor dos doentes oncológicos. Através da curva de sobrevivência de Kaplan-Meier, verificou-se uma tendência para o prognóstico ser pior no grupo com valores de PON1 inferiores comparado com o do grupo com valores de actividade enzimática mais elevados. No estudo existiram limitações, como o período curto em que decorreu o que limitou a dimensão da amostra, assim como a heterogeneidade (tipo de neoplasias) da mesma. De futuro, o ideal seria que se dispusesse de uma amostra maior e mais homogénea, de um tempo maior do estudo e de reavaliações após término do tratamento. Os resultados sugerem que, a avaliação da qualidade de vida, a análise da actividade da PON1 e o uso da ECDG, podem ser parâmetros úteis que facilitam a tomada de decisões durante o tratamento da doença oncológica, pois não requerem exames complementares adicionais.
ABSTRACT - Pain evaluation in companion animals is complex and challenging, with few studies relating to oncologic pain. The objective of this study was to investigate possible indicators of quality of life and welfare in canine oncologic patients by evaluating their quality of life, pain and the activity of PON1 (paraoxonase type 1). In this study, 28 canine oncologic patients were included and followed throughout a period of time time during prescribed treatments. In each visit the owner of the patient was requested to assess the quality of life and welfare of their animal using essentially behaviour parameters. At the same time oncologic pain was assessed using the Glasgow Composite Pain Scale (GCPS). Blood samples were also collected to measure the serum activity of PON1, using a spectrophotometric method adapted from Tvarijonaviciute et al. (2012). One month after the diagnosis, PON1’s activity had decreased, in 18 patients, while in the remaining 10 it increased, showing to have a positive correlation with quality of life and welfare. By comparing scores of paired theme blocks, it was possible to demonstrate a positive correlation between the mobility one and the cardiovascular, respiratory, hygiene, pain and mental state blocks. The latter showed a positive correlation with the happiness one. There was also a negative correlation between pain and the animal's life quality. Despite the GCPS being used mainly for acute pain, it was successfully applied in the assessment of pain in oncologic patients. On a Kaplan-Meier survival curve there was a tendency for a worse prognosis in the group with lower PON1 values when compared to the one with higher enzymatic activity levels. There were several limitations to this study, such as the short period of assessment that limited the sample dimension, as well as the heterogeneity (type of neoplasia) of the sample. In the future, the ideally would be to study a larger, homogenous sample for a longer period of time and perform reassessments after finishing the treatments. However, the results obtained suggest that the evaluation of the quality of life, the analysis of the PON1 activity and the use of the GCPS could be useful parameters to help in decision making during the treatment of oncologic disease, as they don't require additional complementary tests.

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Pedersen, Amélie. "The impact of corruption on the performance of state-owned companies: case of Petrobras Brasil". reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/16507.

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State-owned companies are often considered as crucial components of a country’s economy. They are responsible for the creation of numerous jobs and are often providing essential services that require heavy capital investment. However, in countries with weak institutions where the accountability of politicians is poor and the management of SOEs’ financial resources undergo little control, officials are often inclined towards corruption. Huge amounts of public funds are easily diverted, and money which should have been invested in capital expenditure, in paying back company debt or in increasing shareholder return, are used to increase private patrimony or illegally fund political parties. Company performance suffers from such divestments as parts of the company’s profits are not reinvested in the company and as managers’ incentives are unaligned with shareholder interests. Petrobras, Latin America’s biggest company in terms of assets and annual revenues, suffered in 2014 and 2015 from an immense corruption scandal the economic impact of which is considerable, as investor confidence in Brazil weakened following the event. The scandal exposed an extensive corruption scheme through which contractors were colluding to increase prices of construction contracts, with the approval of Petrobras’ management who required in return either personal gains or funds for the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT). The exposure of the scandal in the Brazilian press has had a great impact on Petrobras’ credibility as a firm: the company’s accounts were hiding immense irregularities as it had been paying too much for construction contracts which weren’t priced at market value. Throughout this paper, we will use the example of Petrobras to illustrate how corruption within State-Owned companies undermines company’s performance and how it impacts the company’s various stakeholders.
As empresas estatais são freqüentemente consideradas como componentes cruciais da economia de um país. Eles são responsáveis pela criação de vários postos de trabalho e proveem serviços essenciais que exigem um grande investimento de capital. Porém, em países com instituições fracas, onde a responsabilidade dos políticos é limitada e a gestão dos recursos financeiros das empresas estatais sofre pouco controle, os funcionários são muitas vezes tentados pela corrupção. Enormes quantidades de fundos públicos são facilmente desviados, e dinheiro que deveria ter sido investido nas despesas de capital, no pagamento de dívida da empresa ou no aumento do retorno para os acionistas, é usado para aumentar a riqueza privada de indivíduos ou para financiar ilegalmente partidos políticos. O desempenho da empresa sofre com essas alienações visto que parte dos lucros da empresa não são reinvestidos na empresa e dado que incentivos dos gestores estão desalinhados com os interesses dos acionistas. Petrobras, a maior empresa da América Latina em termos de ativos e receitas anuais, sofreu em 2014 e 2015 um escândalo de corrupção imenso, cujo impacto económico foi considerável, levando ao enfraquecimento da confiança de muitos investidores no Brasil após o evento. O escândalo expôs um extenso esquema de corrupção através do qual os contratantes foram conspirando para aumentar os preços de contratos de construção, com a aprovação da administração da Petrobras que pediu em troca ganhos pessoais ou fundos para o Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT). A exposição do escândalo na imprensa brasileira teve um grande impacto sobre a credibilidade da Petrobras: as contas da empresa estavam escondendo imensas irregularidades dado que a empresa tinha pago demais para os contratos de construção que não foram precificados no valor do mercado. Ao longo deste estudo, usamos o exemplo da Petrobras para ilustrar como a corrupção dentro empresas estatais prejudica o desempenho da empresa e como ela afeta as várias partes interessadas da empresa.

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Peterson, Denis Desmond. "An analysis of financial literacy in the target market of a state–owned bank / Peterson D.D". Thesis, North-West University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/8167.

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The South African Postbank Limited has been tasked by Government with a social mandate to provide basic financial services to people receiving low income and people living in rural areas. Personal financial literacy is an essential element which affects financial inclusion in the target market of a state–owned bank. To achieve the bank?s social mandate and its objective, it would be vital to determine whether people in low income and rural demographics are financially literate. Financial literacy is defined as the ability to manage your money on a day–to–day basis, do future financial planning, choose sound financial products and have appropriate financial knowledge and understanding. Various factors influence the level of financial literacy of a person and in order to improve the financial literacy of a person, cognisance should be taken of that person?s age, gender, living conditions, income–level and socio–economic elements. It will be beneficial for a state–owned bank, in order to reach its social mandate, to implement financial educational programmes to increase financial literacy. The latter will increase the amount of potential customers and thus promote financial inclusion in the long run. The sample in low income and rural areas has been found to be the most wanting in financial literacy and therefore it is crucial to address this shortcoming in the target market of the state–owned bank in order to reach the social mandate of financial inclusion.
Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012.

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Junior, Luiz Adalberto Philippsen. "O trabalho do dirigente da pequena empresa: estudo do setor da construção civil no contexto de obras públicas". Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18157/tde-28042016-093036/.

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O objetivo desta pesquisa é analisar o trabalho do dirigente da pequena empresa a partir da teoria das abordagens dos papéis proposta por Mintzberg e sua possibilidade de descrever o trabalho do dirigente, tendo como unidade de análise o setor da construção civil e o contexto de obras públicas. A pequena empresa é vital para a economia dos países. Da mesma forma, a indústria da construção civil contribui com significativo percentual do Produto Interno Bruto (PIB) do Brasil e de diversos países, sejam desenvolvidos ou em desenvolvimento. Embora apresentem-se como relevantes áreas de estudo - a pequena empresa e a indústria da construção civil - carecem de uma melhor análise integrada de suas inter-relações. Na primeira etapa da pesquisa foi realizado um mapeamento sistemático (MS), em uma base de dados de periódicos indexados, para levantar o estado da arte do tema da pesquisa: o dirigente da pequena empresa. Para explorar a questão da pesquisa foi desenvolvido questionário estruturado dividido em duas partes fundamentais. A primeira para obter dados qualitativos (nominais e ordinais) e quantitativos (discretos e contínuos). A segunda parte para identificar a incidência de cada um dos dez papéis propostos por Mintzberg, utilizando modelo categórico de resposta - escala Likert de cinco pontos. A amostra da pesquisa é composta por 39 dirigentes (n = 39) de empresas que entre 2013 e 2015 executaram obras civis - subsetor edificações - para empresa pública da esfera Federal via licitação pública. A análise dos dados foi realizada por meio das médias de frequência obtidas e testes de análise de variância (ANOVA) entre as variáveis (primeira parte do questionários e papéis desempenhados pelo dirigente - segunda parte). Como resultado constata-se que dirigentes de empresas de construção civil inseridos no contexto de obras públicas desempenham atividades fundamentalmente relacionadas aos níveis de atuação interpessoal e decisório. Os papéis de líder e contato, ao nível interpessoal, e os papéis de alocador de recursos e negociador, ao nível decisório, são desempenhados com maior frequência pelo dirigente da amostra, representando grande parte do seu dia a dia de atuação. Das variáveis analisadas, a idade do dirigente (para os papéis de contato e disseminador), a estrutura organizacional da empresa (para o papel de disseminador), o percentual de contratos firmados com a Administração Pública em relação ao total de contratos firmados no período de um ano (para o papel de porta-voz) e a capacidade financeira da empresa (para o papel de porta-voz) apresentaram significância estatística, indicando a associação com a variável resposta da pesquisa - o papel desempenhado pelo dirigente da pequena empresa de construção civil. Comprova-se que a abordagem dos papéis de Mintzberg é capaz de explicar o trabalho do dirigente da pequena empresa de construção civil, constatado pelas médias de frequência apresentadas nos três níveis de atuação e dos papéis desempenhados, além das significâncias estatísticas apontadas pela ANOVA. As inferências realizadas contribuem para uma melhor compreensão integrada do trabalho do dirigente da pequena empresa de construção civil inserido no contexto de obras públicas e melhoria de sua gestão.
This study\'s aim is to analyze the small business owner-manager\'s work regarding the public civil construction sector grounded on Mintzberg\'s managerial roles and its possibility to describe the owner-manager\'s work. Small businesses are vital to a country\'s economy. Likewise, the civil construction industry contributes to a high GDP percentage in Brazil and other countries as well, whether developed or not. Although these two topics are relevant areas of study - civil construction industry and small business - its integration is not very much understood. A sistematic mapping was conducted in the first phase. The used database, in which the articles are indexed, established the state of art for the research theme: small business owner-manager. To analyze the research question, a structured questionnaire was created. It was divided in two fundamental parts. The first one to obtain qualitative data (nominal and ordinal) and quantitative (discrete and continuous). The second one to indentify the incidence of one of each Mintzberg\'s ten managerial work roles using a categorical response model, the five point Likert scale. The sample consists in 39 (n=39) small business owner-managers who worked in public civil construction in a Federal bureau between the years of 2013 and 2015 by bidding. The data analysis was performed by the mean and frequencies obteined and by comparison between variables - first part of the questionnaire and the owner-managers roles - using an analysis variance (ANOVA). Findings reveal that the small business owner-managers perform roles grounded on interpersonal and decision making levels. The leader and leaison roles, at the interpersonal level, and the resource allocator and negociator roles, at the decision making level, are the ones the owner-managers spend more time performing. The owner-manager\'s age (for leaison and disseminator roles), the organizational configuration (for the disseminator role), the percentage of the signed contratcs within the Public Administration with the total of the signed contracts between a year period (for the spokesperson role) and the business financial capacity (for the spokesperson role) are statistically significant, showing direct relationship with the response variable - the owner-mager\'s work. The results also support that Mintzberg\'s managerial rolles is able to explain the small business owner-manager\'s work, verified by means and frequencies and the ANOVA comparison. This study contibutes to a deeper and integrated understanding about the small business owner-manager in the public civil construction sector.

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Mitkiewicz, Mônica Coelho. "Sistematização de atributos de gestão participativa a partir de pesquisa empírica em empresa brasileira de economia mista". Universidade Federal Fluminense, 2017. https://app.uff.br/riuff/handle/1/5678.

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A participação dos trabalhadores nas decisões das corporações tem sido evidenciada na literatura acadêmica como solução para uma democratização das relações de trabalho e para que o processo decisório leve em consideração os interesses dos trabalhadores. O objetivo deste estudo é refletir sobre as práticas participativas cotejando a literatura com a percepção dos empregados egressos no PDV de uma empresa brasileira de economia mista. Em termos metodológicos, a pesquisa se fundamentou em extenso levantamento bibliográfico de modo a apoiar a construção de um instrumento de um roteiro de entrevistas para aplicação junto a 32 empregados egressos, sem condições de aposentadoria, de uma empresa brasileira de economia mista. Como principais resultados, foi evidenciado que quanto maior o nível hierárquico da decisão, mais limitada era a participação dos trabalhadores; as práticas participativas da empresa não proporcionavam mudanças sistêmicas; as limitações na participação influenciaram a saída e provocaram impactos deletérios sobre o egressos; foram observados indícios de discriminação na participação dos trabalhadores, principalmente por gênero; os impactos da participação observados na literatura convergiram com impressão dos entrevistados; as condições para participação verificadas na literatura eram insuficientes na empresa; foram apontados como principais pontos de melhoria a maior efetividade dos mecanismos de consulta e melhor preparo dos empregados e gestores, sendo que uma parte almejava o gerenciamento conjunto das decisões. Complementarmente, foram identificados 39 subatributos inéditos da gestão participativa no estudo empírico, além dos 34 observados na literatura.
The participation of workers in corporate decisions has been evidenced in the academic literature as a solution for a democratization of labor relations and for the decision-making process to take workers' interests into account. The objective of this study is to reflect on the participative practices comparing the literature with the perception of the egress employees of a brazilian state-owned company. In methodological terms, the research was based on an extensive bibliographical survey in order to support the elaboration of an interview questionnaire for application to 32 employees who left the company without retirement conditions, of a brazilian state-owned company. As main results, it was evidenced that the higher the hierarchical level of the decision, the more limited was the participation of the workers; the participative practices of the company did not provide systemic changes; the limitations in participation influenced the exit and caused deleterious impacts on the egress; evidence of discrimination in the participation of workers was observed, mainly by gender; the impacts of participation observed in the literature converged with the interviewees' impression; the conditions for participation verified in the literature were insufficient in the company; the main effectiveness points of the consultation mechanisms and the better preparation of employees and managers were pointed out as main points of improvement, and one part aimed at joint management of decisions. In addition, 39 unpublished sub-attributes of participatory management in the empirical study were identified, in addition to the 34 observed in the literature.

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Ramirez, Michael Eddie. "Identity work among dog owners". 2001. http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga%5Fetd/ramirez%5Fmichael%5Fe%5F200108%5Fma.

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Lee, Shang-Ju, i 李尚儒. "Effect of Dog Ownership and Environmental Factors on Physical Activity of Dog Owners". Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/52992319452010432044.

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碩士
國立體育大學
運動科學研究所
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PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of dog ownership and environmental factors on physical activity (PA) of dog owners. METHODS: Subjects were over the age of 18 living around Great Taipei Area. The experimental group consisted of 32 novice dog owners, while the control group was formed using a sex- and age- matched sample of 32 non-owners. The Questionnaire of Physical Activity and Environmental Factor for Dog Owners and Non-owners was formed which consisted of three subscales including first, the Perceived Environmental Factors for Walking (PEFW); second, the Neighborhood Physical Activity Questionnaire (NPAQ ), and lastly the Dog and Physical Activity questionnaire (DAPA). The PEFW was developed by a panel of experts using Delphi Method and pilot tested by 188 dog owner and non-owners, while the NPAQ and DAPA were translated and evaluated their relevance by a group expert after authorized by the authors of NPAQ and DAPA. Subjects were completed the aforementioned questionnaire at baseline and after 2 months of dog adoption for dog owners. RESULTS: At baseline, there were no significant differences between dog owners and non-owners across all categories of PA in neighborhood and non- neighborhood, transportation and leisure time, walking and biking, as well as PA in moderate and vigorous intensity. However, Dog owners had significant greater time in leisure-time walking, total walking time, and moderate and vigorous intensity PA than non-owners. Dog owners had a significant more time in leisure-time walking and total walking time after intervention. Environmental comfortableness held the highest score to influence walking among dog owners. Perceived environmental factor as a whole significantly impact dog owners in reaching the 150 min/week recommendation. Among all environmental factors, traffic safety was the most influential factors of all in reaching that recommendation.

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Kennedy, Katelyn. "An exploratory study of dog owners’ experiences in nature". Thesis, 2018. https://dspace.library.uvic.ca//handle/1828/9397.

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The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the experiences of individuals who spend time in nature with their dogs. The study was guided by three key research questions: what is the essence of the experience; how does time in nature with a dog differ from time in nature without a dog; and what are the outcomes of spending time in nature with a dog? Eight participants who spent at least six hours a week in nature with their dog were interviewed. Transcripts were analyzed and coded. Three overall themes (heightened experience, negotiating constraints, and outcomes) emerged, which informed the three research questions. This study connected two related research areas, adding to existing literature on dog ownership and nature experiences.
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Lee, I.-Ying, i 李怡穎. "A Study on Consuming Behavior of Pet Dog Owners". Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/19191872857555664374.

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康寧大學
休閒管理研究所
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This study is to understand the pet dog commodity consumer behavior. Discusses the pet owner motive and cognition. Then influence decision making. Raising dog's pet owner for main object of study. By questionnaire survey way. Understands the pet owner to the pet commodity commodity consumer behavior condition. The method of analysis is SPSS12.0 version of statistic software to proceed data analysis, including Independent samples T test, One-Way ANOVA. The result is as followed: 1.Rasing pet dogs most of women,the ages are 20-30 years old, education is collage ,not married,income are 20001-30000,job is industry. 2.Raising pet dogs motive is「health」、「social」、「achievement」. 3.Pet dogs commodity on price part are「801-1500」；the beauty part are 「no spend」；medical treatment part are 「under 1500 dollar」。The cost commodity part are 「under three frequency」；the beauty part are 「under two frequency」；medical treatment part are「under two frequency」；Information from friends。

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Gomez, Baquero David. "Exploring the acceptability and perception by dog owners towards the appearance of dry dog food". Thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/38926.

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Master of Science
Department of Food, Nutrition, Dietetics and Health
Edgar Chambers IV
Sensory analysis techniques play a key role in the pet food industry to ensure the final product meets both the pets’ and pet owners’ demands and expectations. To date, the study of the pet owners’ perception towards pet foods is still an emerging field of study and a few number of publications have been released on the topic. In particular, little research has been conducted on exploring the pet owners’ perception regarding the appearance of pet foods. The objective of this work is to study the effect of the visual characteristics of dry dog food on the acceptability and perception by consumer segments of dog owners in the US and in Poland and to explore whether differences exist within countries and across the two countries. For this purpose, dog owners in both locations evaluated the appearance of thirty dry dog food samples with varying visual properties. The participants rated their degree of acceptability towards the appearance of the samples with four different attributes using 9-point hedonic scales. Also, the consumers were asked to associate each one of the samples with a list of positive and negative beliefs on a check-all-that-apply question. Cluster Analysis, ANOVA, and Correspondence Analysis were used to analyze the consumer feedback. The results demonstrate that the acceptability of the appearance of dry dog food is affected by the number of different kibbles present, color(s), shape(s), and size(s) in the product. Similarities were found both within countries and across countries and consumer segments. Consumers overall showed a preference for single-kibble samples of medium brown colors, medium kibble sizes, low-dimensional contrast kibbles and traditional kibble shapes. Furthermore, extra-small or extra-large sized kibble sizes and kibble shapes with a high-dimensional contrast were rejected by the consumers overall. In addition, differences across consumer segments within countries and across countries were identified from the results. The findings indicate that this topic have possibly been overlooked and opportunities for further research on this field are identified. Dry dog food manufacturers should take special consideration with the appearance of their products to enhance the acceptability by dog owners. The outcome of this work can help to drive dry dog food companies meet consumers’ needs and demands in a constantly changing pet food market, with benefits anticipated to the pet food industry and the wellbeing of dog owners.

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Ying, Kwek Ai, i 郭艾瑩. "The Influences of Personal Traits of Dog Owners and Relationship between Dog and Human on Purchase Intention". Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/79837701685406325346.

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朝陽科技大學
應用英語系
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This thesis is to investigate the influences of personal traits of dog owners and the relationship between dog and human on purchase intention. The pet industry market in the whole world is developing in these recent years. According to the statistics data provided by World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), the most rapid growth in this industry would be the pet products market. Apparently, the economy of Taiwan is growing rapidly, and the society is developing continuously. Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan estimated that the growth of the industry would be increasing to 7.9billion Taiwan Dollars and 9.3billion Taiwan Dollars in 2015. Both qualitative and quantitative research methods were applied in this research. To be more specific, interview with dog owners were conducted and online questionnaires were distributed to dog owners from Taiwan and Malaysia respectively. A total of 200 copies of online questionnaires were distributed. Results suggested that there are significant differences for the products purchased by the owners from two different countries. Thus, various factors such as distinct culture and environment between two countries should be taken into consideration, as these could be the impact on the behavior of dog owners. Keywords: Personal Traits, Dog Owners, Attachment, Purchase Intention

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Liu, Yi-Jo, i 劉苡柔. "A World of \"Toy Dog\"–The Relationship between Owners and Pets". Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6xq44g.

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國立臺灣師範大學
美術學系
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Nowadays, People love their pets as much as loving their kids. With the fast change in the industry, population structure and the growth of the Internet makes people become more and more unfamiliar with each other. The increasing loneliness leading people to keep a pet with watery eyes and one-hand body. It’s the best placebo in this strange society. Looking back at the histories of dogs, People chose a healthy, active and strong dog for supporting humans activities like hunting, guarding, transporting and grazing...etc. As nobles in Middle Ages indulged in hunting, the social status of hounds soon skyrocketed. On the other hand, tiny, cute puppies were also found in old paintings as a decoration and a company for the upper class. Such situations keep continuing to nowadays, people keep dogs with cute faces, watery eyes and tiny bodies instead of strong and active dogs. What they really need in this city jungle is a spiritual commitment; a puppy can release their tense during work, a puppy can make them smile. Dogs can be seen in many art works. For example, As you can see from the paintings in ancient and modern, there’s always a dog accompanying people by their side or the main character of the work. For example, the painting of Madame de Pompadour and her black curly hair puppy by Francois Boucher. The hound staring and accompanying the host in Thomas Gainsboroug’s work Mr. and Mrs. Andrews. There’s even a dog room full of the portraits of the dog in Lobkowicz Palace, Prague. Starting from the 19th centry, people are affected with the trend of purebred and dog competitions. Mix were abandoned due to their “appearance condition.” What if the purebred didn’t have the superior appearance condition ? Will people still love them? It’s just sign of social class and another kind of vision of this world. The thesis include 6 chapters. Chapter 1 : by describing the emotional attachment of people and dogs to bring out the research motivation and purpose - conditions of humans to raise dogs. Chapter 2 : from the close relationship between humans and dogs to trace back trends as well as humans desire and expectation toward pure breed. And discuss the dogs in the artworks. Chapter 3 : elaborate the concept of works. The strong attraction of dog’s appearance led to people’s favor of pure breed and Mix. And extend to humans’ strong desire and intervention toward dog’s appearance. Chapter 4 : Media, techniques and features. Chapter 5 : Work description Chapter 6 : Conclusion

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XU, HAN-QING, i 許涵晴. "Investigation on Winnlingess Using Pet Self-Bething by Lifestyle and Pet-owner Relationships : A Case of Dog Owners". Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/70689667021246253523.

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德明財經科技大學
流通管理系
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The status of pet in human life has been changed because of the era changing. Today, pet becomes an important role in modern family. Many pet lovers regard pet as a family member and the best friend, they even regard themselves as parent of the pet instead of pet owners. Thus, they usually pay their attention on the pet care: they notice their pet’s health status, wash them and prepare their food. As a result, the owner’s demand of pet care has been increased during past years containing the quality of pet care. Among pet cares, pet grooming becomes an important market. However, there exists a large gap of pet grooming quality, many per owners worry about the injury of their pets. Besides, pet’s personality differs individually, and the outcome is that pet self-washing becomes a substitute and the concept of pet self-washing is similar to that of car self-washing and self-laundry, pet owners can washing their pet personally via pet washing machine. In this study, the focus is on the willingness using pet self-washing for dog owners. The methodology is the questionnaires via random sampling and the total amount of valid questionnaire is 220. The results are achieved via spss 18.0 software and shows that the dominant pet owners are single female with age between 16 and 30. Next, the dependence of the willingness using pet self-washing on lifestyle is strong: the stronger relationship between pet and owner, the higher willingness using per self-washing. Also, perception risk interfere their willingness.

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Wang, Ting-Yuan, i 汪庭緣. "Study of Relationship between Physical Activity and Well-being among Dog Owners". Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/92421831041709418997.

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臺北巿立體育學院
休閒運動管理學系碩士班
101
This research examined the relationship between physical activity and well-being among dog owners, as well as the differences of dog owners’ seven-day physical activity, dog walking activity and well-being in terms of various backgrounds. Questionnaires were administrated on 161 dog owners who did dog walking activity. Forty six of 161 were men and one hundred fifteen of 161 were women, age ranged from 17 to 70. The data collected were analyzed with descriptive statistics, t-test, pearson’s product-moment correlation, one-way ANOVA and one-way MANOVA. The findings of this study were as follows: First, dog owners’ physical activity was significantly positive relate to seven-day physical activity recall; dog owners’ dog walking activity and seven-day physical had no relationship with well-being. Second, the amount of dog owners’ dog walking activity differentiated from the size of dogs; the amount of dog owners’ dog walking activity was significantly positive relate to the number of dogs and years of ownership, but the amount of dog owners’ physical activity was no difference in gender of dog owners. Third, seven- day physical activity was no difference between the size of dogs and the gender of dog owners; seven- day physical activity recall was positively related between the number of dogs and years of ownership. Forth, well-being was no difference between the size of dogs and the gender of dog owners; well-being is not positive related to the number of dogs and years of ownership. The conclusions of this study were as follow, first, the higher of the amount of dog owners’ physical activity was, the higher of the amount of physical activity every week was, whereas the amount of physical activity and the amount of physical activity every week was no relation to well-being. Second, the physical activity of the dog owners who own the middle -size dogs was higher than those of the dog owners who own the small -size dogs. The more dogs they have, as well as the more years they own dogs cause the higher of the amount of dog owners’ physical activity. No difference between gender and amount of physical activity. Third, The more dogs they have, as well as the more years they own dogs cause the higher of the amount of dog owners’ physical activity every week. No difference between the dog owners who own the different size dog, dog owners’ gender and amount of physical activity every week. Forth, well-being was no difference between the size of dogs and the gender of dog owners; well-being was not related to the number of dogs and years of ownership. This study indicated that owing dogs increase the effect of owners’ amount of physics and recommended that dog owners should enhance the times of walking dogs, which can achieve the standard of the update guidelines of national healthy exercises. This research can be further discussed for the comparison between dog owners who walk dogs and those who do not do.

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TING, HSIEH YA, i 謝亞庭. "A Study of the Pet Dog Owners Attachment relationship and Travel Accommodation Demand". Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/7h92nf.

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景文科技大學
觀光與餐旅管理研究所
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This study aimed to investigate the relationship between attachment pet dog owners and tourism accommodation needs. This article based on Wang Pei-Wen (2010) study concluded that the most frequently encountered problems keeping pets for the destruction of the environment, travel unattended, affecting peace and do not have time to take care of, and some owners even hope to be able to travel together with the pet dog, using facilities such as literature and proposed hypothesis. In Taipei area pet owners of dogs as the research object, using a structured questionnaire to collect information snowball method, a total of 302 questionnaires were effective recovery of 286, the effective rate was 94.47%. Data analysis included descriptive statistics, reliability analysis, validity analysis, ANOVA analysis, independent samples t-test and Pearson correlation coefficient analysis. Study sample pet dog owners are female and young, unmarried populations most pet dog owners "attachment" to the high degree; Experiential B pet dog owners of tourist accommodation highest demand in the "Travel accommodation needs" moderate level; "attachment "vs." tourist accommodation demand "has a positive impact. Hypothesis testing results are as follows:（一）A different background variables on dependency relationship are significantly different.（二）different background variables on tourism accommodation needs are significantly different；（三）the attachment demand for tourist accommodation have a significant impact.

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Chao, Yi-Ting, i 趙怡婷. "A Study of Life Stress and Quality of Life for Pet Dog Owners". Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/38739416407644810102.

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中國文化大學
生活應用科學系碩士在職專班
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This study aims to explore the quality of life and life stress of pet dog owners, emphasizing on the explanatory power of how the individual background influences the quality of life and life stress of pet dog owners. Also, the relationship between life stress and the quality of life of pet dog owners is also another focus. This study applies questionnaire method to collect data by purposive sampling, choosing 420 pet dog owners in Taipei and New Taipei City as respondents, with 390 of them as effective samples. The effective response rate is 92.8%. The research tools used include “Personal Profile,” “Life Stress Scale,” and “Quality of Life Scale.” The responses are processed and analyzed in the SPSS for Windows 19.0. The results are analyzed in descriptive statistics, one sample t-test, independent samples t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffe Method, Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient, and multiple regression analysis. The main purpose of this study is to explore the quality of life and life stress of pet dog owners. The results are as follows: A. The present state of the “quality of life” and “life stress” of pet dog owners 1. The life stress of pet dog owners is inclined to mid to low, among them the environmental life stress the highest and the family life stress the lowest. 2. The quality of life of pet dog owners is inclined to mid to high, among them the social quality of life the best and the psychological quality of life the poorest. B. The influence of pet dog owners’ individual background over life stress 1. Male pet dog owners’ overall life stress is higher than female owners. 2. Pet dog owners’ life stress is apparent only in family and environmental levels. It means the older the people are, the higher their life stress in family and environmental dimensions. 3. Pet dog owners’ overall life stress is affected by their education. The individual and work dimensions of life stress of PhDs are higher than those with a senior high school diploma. 4. Pet dog owners’ overall life stress is affected by their marital status. The individual, work, and family dimensions of life stress of single people are higher than married or cohabitated ones. 5. As a whole, there is low and positive correlation between the Pet dog owners’ “higher average income” and “life stress”. It means people with higher average income have more life stress. 6. Pet dog owners’ overall life stress is affected by their relationship with the pet dog. It means people who treat their pets as friends have more life stress than those who treat their pets as family. C. The influence of pet dog owners’ individual background over their quality of life 1. Male pet dog owners have better quality of life than female owners. 2. Older pet dog owners have better quality of life. 3. PhD pet dog owners enjoy better life of quality than those of senior high or college graduates. 4. Married pet dog owners’ life of quality is better than single owners. 5. As a whole, there is low and positive correlation between the Pet dog owners’ “higher average income” and “quality of life”. It means people with higher average income have better quality of life. 6. Pet dog owners’ overall life stress is affected by their relationship with the pet dog. It means people who treat their pets as family have better quality of life than those who treat their pets as friends. 7. As a whole, there is low and positive correlation between the Pet dog owners’ “overall quality of life” and “the time they spend on and interact with their pet dog”. It means the longer they interact with their pet dogs, the better their quality of life is. 8. There is low and positive correlation between the Pet dog owners’ “monthly spending on pet dogs” and only “psychological and social dimensions of quality of life”. It means the more monthly spending on pet dogs have over their owners, the better the owners’ quality of life is. 9. There is low and positive correlation between the Pet dog owners’ “ pet dog’s influence over the pet dog owner” and only “psychological dimensions of quality of life”. It means the more influence pet dogs have over their owners, the better the owners’ quality of life is. D. The relationship between pet dog owners’ overall life stress and overall quality of life. As a whole, there is low, positive and significant correlation between the Pet dog owners’ “overall life stress” and “overall quality of life”. It means the higher the Pet dog owners’ overall life stress is, the lower the overall quality of their life is. E. The explanatory power of pet dog owners’ individual background and life stress Single or cohabitated male pet dog owners have higher life stress if they hold a doctoral degree, have children, have high salary, and treat their pets as friends. These six factors can be used to predict 35% variability of overall life stress of the samples. F. The explanatory power of pet dog owners’ individual background and quality of life Pet dog owners have better quality of life if they hold a doctoral degree, are married, have no children, have high salary, treat their pets as family, and spend a lot time interacting with their pets. These nine factors can be used to predict 18% variability of overall quality of life of the samples. G. The explanatory power of pet dog owners’ individual background and life stress to their life of quality Pet dog owners have better quality of life if they are married male, hold a doctoral degree, have no children, have high salary, treat their pets as family, spend longer time interacting with their pets, and lower overall life stress. These nine factors can be used to predict 30% variability of overall quality of life of the samples. According to the discovery and conclusions in this study, pet dog owners need to create a healthy financial planning to better their personal value added, enhance their competitiveness in order to cope with the changing world. Positive attitude is suggested to deal with the negative emotional impacts. A healthy daily routine is also recommended. Paying attention to health, time management, working habits, and making it a habit to walk with pets are all good to our overall welfare. Furthermore, pet dog owners can make use of pet restaurants, BNBs to create more memories with their pet and create more interaction with other people as a way to release their physical and psychological stress. It is a good way to make themselves to be adapted to the society and gain social support. Pet dog shops should provide diversified services to satisfy the basic needs as well as educating and recreational needs of pet dogs. In addition to that, public authorities should build a cooperative relationship with Dr. Dog associations and animal shelters to promote knowledge about therapy dogs. This can not only decrease the number of street dogs but also can promote the attitude of respecting life.

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Chen, Wei-Ling, i 陳葦凌. "An investigation of the Relationship between Pet Owners’ Dog Walking and Physical Activities". Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/22550589845825408638.

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國立屏東科技大學
休閒運動健康系所
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Physical activity and individuals’ health are closely related. Although there are many ways of increasing the amount of physical activity, dog walking is one of the most pragmatic approaches. The main purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between companion dog owners’ dog walking and the amount of physical activity. A questionnaire was conducted of companion dog owners from Pingtung and the surrounding townships. The total number of valid questionnaires received was 193. Of the respondents, 70 were male and 123 were female. The data received was analyzed using SPSS 18.0 for windows and was tested using methods including descriptive statistics, independent-samples t-test, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson’s product-moment correlation, Spearman’s rank correlation, and multiple regression analysis for the verification of hypotheses. Results showed that dog walking is the main form of physical activity for dog owners. They walk their dogs less than two times per day and more than 20 minutes each time. The time that older owners spend walking their dogs is significantly longer than younger owners. Based on the results, it can be inferred that dog walking is indeed one of the main forms of physical activity of companion dog owners, and this is more evident in the middle and older age groups. According to the results, the researcher proposed relevant suggestions to provide a reference for health promotion organizations and future researchers.

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