91. Animals & social support | anthrozoology.org
between children and their dogs drawn from videotaped interactions in the home indicate that children took the initiative in communication more often and sought body contact more often than the dog in dog-child interactions. Age of child, family
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92. Animal Assisted Activities (AAA) | anthrozoology.org
bond with that formed by pet dogs with their owners. One hundred and nine dog-owner pairs were tested using a modified version of the Strange Situation Test: custody dogs-puppy walkers (n=34), apprentice dogs-trainers (n=26), guide dogs-blind
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93. Cruelty & Animal Welfare | anthrozoology.org
the amount of time that dogs spent looking towards the humans. Female dogs showed a greater decrease in the amount of time they spent looking towards the humans over the course of the testing than male dogs. Human gender had an effect on both
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94. Animals & social support | anthrozoology.org
when a service dog is present than when not. This study examined whether disabled children in wheelchairs with service dogs receive more frequent social acknowledgment than when no dog is present. Behaviors of passersby in response to
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95. Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) | anthrozoology.org
lower for the small dog. Highest mean engagement duration was found for the puppy video, followed by the real dog and lowest was for the dog-coloringactivity. Positive attitudes were found toward the real dogs, robotic dog, the puppy
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96. Animal Assisted Activities (AAA) | anthrozoology.org
non-clinical sample of adult dog-owners interacting with their own or an unfamiliar therapy dog under similar conditions. Participants were therapy-dog owners (TDO group; <i>n</i>=5) interacting with their own dogs and dog owners
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97. Animals & social support | anthrozoology.org
In Study 1, a highly trained dog was used to ensure that the dog itself did not solicit attention from passers-by, and data were collected across a range of normal daily activities in which a dog could be included, not confined to conventional dog
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98. Pet owner behaviors and attachment to yard versus house dogs. | anthrozoolog...
higher for owners of house dogs as compared with those of owners of yard dogs. Although the majority of both house and yard dogs received basic care, fewer yard dogs received as high levels of attention to some of their physical and safety needs.
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99. How dogs influence the evaluation of psychotherapists. | anthrozoology.org
effect of the presence of a dog on the way in which people perceive psychotherapists. The study utilized an experimental design in which participants viewed a videotape of one of two therapists who were either with or without a dog. It was
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100. Interrelationships of dogs (Canis familiaris) and cats (Felis catus) living ...
completed by owners of both dog(s) and cat(s), which provided a broad database of the animals' behaviours; and (2) observations carried out in participants' homes on their dog-cat interactions. Two separate ethograms for dogs and cats
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