1. Pet ownership & attachment | anthrozoology.org
distributed through Dog's Life magazine. Data on 690 Australian Dogs in 485 self-selected respondent households showed that Dogs acquired from friends or family had a higher probability of exhibiting low SRD scores than Dogs acquired
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2. Pets & children | anthrozoology.org
more with AIBO than with the dog. For example, AIBO was touched more often than the dog and there was also less laughter with the dog than with AIBO, but these differences were not significant. In contrast, the dog was stroked significantly more
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3. Comparison of Children's Behavior toward Sony's Robotic Dog AIBO a...
more with AIBO than with the dog. For example, AIBO was touched more often than the dog and there was also less laughter with the dog than with AIBO, but these differences were not significant. In contrast, the dog was stroked significantly more
http://www.anthrozoology.org/comparison_of_childrens_behavior_toward_sonys_robotic_dog_aibo_and_a_real_dog_a_pilot_study - 7.9kb
4. Owning a dog and working: a telephone survey of dog owners and employers in ...
show that leaving the dog at home was the most common solution (73%), followed by bringing the dog to work (16%) and using some form of dog day care (11%). Although dogs were rarely left alone at home for longer than 6 hours, 53% of dog
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5. Owning a Dog and Working: A Telephone Survey of Dog Owners and Employers in ...
show that leaving the dog at home was the most common solution (73%), followed by bringing the dog to work (16%) and using some form of dog day care (11%). Although dogs were rarely left alone at home for longer than 6 hours, 53% of dog
http://www.anthrozoology.org/owning_a_dog_and_working_a_telephone_survey_of_dog_owners_and_employers_in_sweden - 6.9kb
6. Encouraging physical activity through dog walking: Why don't some owner...
included items about the dog, dog-owner relationship, dog walking and intrapersonal and environmental factors associated with dog walking. Physical activity data were also collected using NPAQ.
Results.
Overall, 23% of dog owners did not
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7. Does getting a dog increase recreational walking? | anthrozoology.org
n = 681) and 'New dog owners' (i.e., non-owners who acquired a dog by follow-up; n = 92).
Results
Overall, 12% of baseline non-owners had acquired a dog at follow-up. dog acquisition was associated with working and having
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8. An investigation into the prevalence of dog bites to primary school children...
of dangerous breeds of dog and a high stray dog population combined with a dearth of information on the risk of dog attacks to children in Trinidad, a semi-structured interview process was used to determine risk factors associated with dog
http://www.anthrozoology.org/an_investigation_into_the_prevalence_of_dog_bites_to_primary_school_children_in_trinidad - 27.6kb
9. Preschoolers' adherence to instructions as a function of presence of a ...
with a human, with a real dog, and with a stuffed dog that was similar in size and appearance to the live dog. Two independent raters rated each child's adherence to instructions (interrater reliability=0.99) on a 7-point scale. A
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10. An Examination of Changes in Oxytocin Levels in Men and Women Before and Aft...
interaction with their own dog after being separated from the dog while at work all day. This condition was compared with a reading control condition, without the presence of the dog. Because the workplace is a common stressor, participants were
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