11. Preschoolers make fewer errors on an object categorization task in the prese...
in the presence of a real dog, a stuffed dog, or a human. The real dog involved in this study was a Miniature Poodle. The children (<i>n</i>=12) were asked to complete a match-to-sample task in which they had to choose a picture of
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12. 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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13. Preschoolers Make Fewer Errors on an Object Categorization Task in the Prese...
in the presence of a real dog, a stuffed dog, or a human. The real dog involved in this study was a Miniature Poodle. The children (n = 12) were asked to complete a match-to-sample task in which they had to choose a picture of an object that
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14. Physical activity, weight status, and neighborhood characteristics of dog wa...
had but did not walk their dog (33%) and to non-dog owners (46%). There were significantly fewer obese dog walkers (17%) when compared to both owners who did not walk their dogs (28%) and non-owners (22%). dog owners who walked their dogs were
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15. Pets & exercise in humans | anthrozoology.org
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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16. Dogkeeping practices as reported by readers of an Australian Dog enthusiast ...
Australian domestic dogkeeping practices relevant to canine health and welfare. Procedure: A quantitative questionnaire was distributed nationally through dog's Life magazine. Data on management practices, household and dog
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17. Demography of the pet dog and cat population on the island of Ireland and hu...
age and source of each pet dog and/or cat. The survey was administered by a commercial company, using computer-assisted telephone interview techniques to 1250 households selected using random digit dialling and quota controls. In this study, a
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18. Factors associated with dog ownership and contact with dogs in a UK | anthro...
of age), more likely to own dogs. We also found that dog owning households were more likely to be multi-dog households than single-dog if they also owned a cat or a bird, or if the household contained a person of 20-29 years old. dog
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19. Preschool Children Require Fewer Instructional Prompts to Perform a Memory T...
of a well-behaved real dog, a stuffed dog, and a human confederate. The children were shown 10 objects in each condition. At test, the children were shown each original object along with a distracter and asked to select the one they had seen
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20. Dog ownership, health and physical activity: A critical review of the litera...
support that encourages dog owners to walk, there is limited evidence on the physical environmental and policy-related factors that affect dog owners walking with their dog. With the high level of dog ownership in many industrialized
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