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Journal articles on the topic "Dog-human relationships"
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González-Ramírez, Mónica Teresa, and René Landero-Hernández. "Pet–Human Relationships: Dogs versus Cats." Animals 11, no. 9 (2021): 2745. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11092745.
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The study of human–animal interactions has increased, focusing on the dog–owner relationship, leaving a lag in research on the cat–owner relationship and practically a total absence of studies that compare the dog–owner relationship with the cat-owner relationship. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to make this comparison based on the perception of people living with both dogs and cats, considering interaction, emotional closeness, and perceived cost of the relationship. A total of 132 residents in Mexico participated. To evaluate the pet–human relationship, the dog and cat versions of the Monash dog owner relationship scale were used, thus obtaining comparable scores for the relationship with dogs and cats. Based on what the owners reported, significant differences were found. Relationships with cats were better than relationships with dogs, a finding that was confirmed when comparing male dogs and cats and when comparing female dogs and cats. It was concluded that relationships with cats are better because the perceived cost of such a relationship is lower. However, emotional closeness is greater with dogs than with cats.
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Oftedal, Line Kollerup, and Jes Lynning Harfeld. "The Relevance of Shame in Dog-Human Relationships." Journal of Applied Animal Ethics Research 2, no. 1 (2019): 101–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/25889567-12340019.
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Abstract The general claim behind the use of psychiatric service dogs is that the dogs, given their individual training, can provide a bigger sense of independency and safety for people struggling with mental health issues such as PTSD. Struggling with these types of mental health issues is thought to be associated with a self-undermining feeling of shame that, in turn, reinforces the mental health issue in question. This particular experience is, we believe, not present, or present in only a limited sense, in a positive emotional relationship with a dog. Thus, understanding the phenomenon of shame and its influence on the dog-human relationship may help us understand why such a relationship can be beneficiary to people struggling with PTSD and possibly a variety of other mental health issues. The concept of shame is most suitably thought of as a social and relational phenomenon. That is, as an emotion elicited by others and related to certain societal and cultural standards, ideals and norms. Shame is experienced as a painful emotion that negatively affects our self-perception and includes the risk of producing a self-undermining shame that can lead to social withdrawal and a continuous vicious circle of shame. In this article we address these psychological phenomena from within a philosophical framework, and we argue that a positive relationship between a dog and a human can provide a valuable social space in which shame becomes less present. Such a social space necessitates the presence of a connection between relational beings—i.e., beings with advanced mental and emotional capacities. Thus, we argue that the understanding of any dog-human relationship must include an approach beyond the somewhat still existing confines of objective natural science and its implied skepticism and agnosticism towards animal mind. We introduce an approach to dog life and dog-human relationships inspired by phenomenology. This approach enables an understanding of the dog as a bodily being, who lives in and experiences the world around her in co-existence with relevant similar others, including humans. We argue that such an approach is a sound way of trying to understand dog-human relationships and provides a key to a better understanding of the concept of shame in connection with such relationships.
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Wedl, Manuela, Iris Schöberl, Barbara Bauer, Jon Day, and Kurt Kotrschal. "Relational factors affecting dog social attraction to human partners." Interaction Studies 11, no. 3 (2010): 482–503. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/is.11.3.09wed.
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We previously showed (Kotrschal et al., 2009) that owner personality and human–dog relationship predicted the performance of a human–dog dyad in a practical task. Based on the same data set we presently investigate the effects of individual and social factors on the social attraction of dogs to their owners. Twenty-two male and female owners and their intact male dogs were observed during a “picture viewing” test, where we diverted the owner’s attention away from their dog whilst it was permitted to move freely around the room. Owner personality axis “neuroticism” and dog personality axis “vocal and aggressive” were, respectively, positively and negatively related to the time the dog stayed in proximity to the owner. Quality of relationship and attachment also had significant effects on this proximity. We conclude that personality and the nature of the human–dog relationship may all influence dogs’ social attraction to their owners. Keywords: companion animals; dog–human attachment; dyadic relationships; human-animal interactions; human–dog attachment; human–dog relationship; human–dog social interactions; personality; pets
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d’Angelo, Danila, Andrea Chirico, Luigi Sacchettino, et al. "Human-Dog Relationship during the First COVID-19 Lockdown in Italy." Animals 11, no. 8 (2021): 2335. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11082335.
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The SARS-CoV2 pandemic forced an abrupt interruption of social contacts and interpersonal affective relationships all over the world, according to national directives. Many considerable inconveniences occurred with important repercussions also on the emotional state of people and their pets. We carried out a national survey to evaluate the human-dog relationship in a social isolation context using an adapted version of Monash Dog Owner Relationship Scale, the perception of the dogs’ discomfort by their human owners, and the resilience of the dog through the quantification of symptoms, in time of the first lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic. The results highlighted that the human-dog interaction was similar during quarantine; however, there was lower owner’s perception of a dog’s cost during the quarantine than before it.
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Csonka, Berta. "Akutyalipszis most: a Covid-19 és a kutyizmus." Kultúratudományi Szemle 3, no. 3 (2022): 81–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.15170/ksz.2021.03.03.09.
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Doglypse now: the relationships between Covid-19 and dogismBerta CsonkaThis essay investigates the changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic with regard to the human-dog relationship and outlines a possible apocalyptic view, where relationship between human and dog is considered to be more acceptable than the relationship between humans. Such a phenomenon would support the theory of Dogism, created and researched by the author.
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Butler, J. R. A., and J. Bingham. "Demography and dog-human relationships of the dog population in Zimbabwean communal lands." Veterinary Record 147, no. 16 (2000): 442–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/vr.147.16.442.
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Lockyer, Jannine M., and Jessica L. Oliva. "Better to Have Loved and Lost? Human Avoidant Attachment Style Towards Dogs Predicts Group Membership as ‘Forever Owner’ or ‘Foster Carer’." Animals 10, no. 9 (2020): 1679. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani10091679.
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Important physiological, performance, and relationship differences have been reported between companion and working dogs. This study aimed to investigate how human attachment styles manifest towards dogs, depending on the dog’s role. Seeing Eye Dog (SED) carer (n = 25) and Companion Dog Owner (CDO) (n = 78) avoidant and anxious attachment scores towards the dog in their care were compared. Feelings and motivations about being a SED carer or CDO were also investigated qualitatively. Significant differences were observed between pet avoidance, with avoidance scores significantly predicting SED carer group membership. Qualitative insights revealed more human prosocial motivations for becoming a SED carer, and more dog-related motivations for becoming a CDO, with CDOs more likely to consider their dog a ‘significant other’. This study corroborates findings supporting differences in human–dog relationships for working versus companion dogs. The potential impacts of human–dog attachment should be considered for SED success.
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Greenebaum, Jessica. "It's a Dog's Life: Elevating Status from Pet to "Fur Baby" at Yappy Hour." Society & Animals 12, no. 2 (2004): 117–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568530041446544.
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AbstractNonhuman animals always have played a significant role in people's lives. Lately, the technological and market economy has anthropomorphized dogs to human-like behavior, particularly to status of family member or child. This qualitative study expands upon the current studies on consumption and animals and society by exploring how human-canine relationships are anthropomorphized at the family excursion to "Yappy Hour" at Fido's Barkery. The type of person who attends Yappy Hour on a weekly basis has a unique and special type of connection with their dog that goes beyond most people's relationships with dogs. Most of the dog lovers interviewed do not perceive their dogs as dogs; they are family members, best friends, and "fur babies." These dog lovers also do not perceive themselves as dog owners; they see themselves as mothers and fathers. The social and market environment of Fido's Barkery not only reinforces their relationship with their dog, it shapes community, friendships, and personal identity.
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Jeffreys, Elaine. "Beijing Dog Politics: Governing Human–Canine Relationships in China." Anthrozoös 33, no. 4 (2020): 511–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2020.1771057.
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Sipple, Nicole, Lauren Thielke, Arden Smith, Kristyn R. Vitale, and Monique A. R. Udell. "Intraspecific and Interspecific Attachment between Cohabitant Dogs and Human Caregivers." Integrative and Comparative Biology 61, no. 1 (2021): 132–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icb/icab054.
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Synopsis In recent years there has been growing interest in uncovering evolutionary and lifetime factors that may contribute to the domestic dog’s (Canis lupus familiaris) success in anthropogenic environments. The readiness with which dogs form social attachments, their hyper-social focus, and social flexibility have all been areas of investigation. Prior research has demonstrated that many pet dogs form infant-caregiver type attachments toward human caretakers, even into adulthood. However, it is unknown if adult dogs form similar attachment bonds to other species, including cohabitant dogs, or if the dog–human relationship is unique in this respect. In the current study we used the Secure Base Test to evaluate behavioral indicators of stress reduction, proximity seeking and exploration, classifying dog–human and dog–dog dyads into attachment style categories. As in prior studies, we found that the majority of our dog–human dyads met the traditional criteria for infant–caregiver type attachment. However, the majority of dogs did not display this form of attachment toward cohabitant dog partners. Instead, behaviors observed in dog–dog relationships better matched attachment classifications described in human sibling attachment research. Overall, companion dogs were significantly less likely than human caretakers to elicit behaviors associated with attachment security in a focal dog. Dog–human attachment may play a distinct and important role in the success and resilience of adult dogs living in at least some anthropogenic environments. Bonds formed with other adult dogs, while important, likely serve a different function.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Dog-human relationships"
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Rooney, Nicola Jane. "Play behaviour of the domestic dog Canis familiaris, and its effect upon the dog-human relationship." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.298116.
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Holm, Robyn Janet. "The influence of the human-companionate dog bond on psychological well-being." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020978.
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Many individuals across the world own dogs for a variety of reasons. For some individuals, dogs can be viewed as providing the most important relationship in their lives. Others may own dogs for protection, companionship, and even health benefits. Some families across the world view their dogs as family members and a vital aspect of the family unit. This study explored the perceived bond between a human and a dog and how this bond influenced the human‟s psychological well-being. Although studies have been conducted on the human-companionate dog bond, empirical research on the perceptions of the bond between a dog and a human and the influence it has on an individual‟s psychological well-being, falls short. Studies on the human-companionate bond have been on the rise internationally, yet studies in this field in the South African context are scarce. This study contributes to psychology‟s broad body of knowledge regarding the human-companionate dog bond and identifies the important influences the bond has on human psychological well-being. The researcher utilized a qualitative research approach. A non-probability purposive sample was employed and semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven participants. Two participants were male and five were female. All participants had developed a bond with their dog and were able to speak English fluently. Interviews were conducted until data saturation was reached. Results demonstrate that having a human-companionate dog bond can enhance an individual's psychological well-being. Themes identified demonstrate that a human-companionate dog bond can enhance physical health, relational well-being, and mental health. This bond also fulfils specific individual needs which enhance psychological well-being. Limitations of the study and recommendations for further research are identified.
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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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Payne, Elyssa Marie. "Characterising Dogmanship." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/15170.
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The dog-human dyad is the first human-animal relationship believed to exist and is still highly relevant in society. Despite the ancient nature of this partnership, dysfunctional relationships and their negative consequences (such as poor obedience and eventual relinquishment) continue to occur. Human behaviour has been shown to be highly influential on dogs’ behaviour and emotional state, and hence is pivotal to the success or failure of any dog-human dyad. Consequently, this work aims to characterise the human attributes that influence dog behaviour and identify an optimal way of interacting with dogs, or good dogmanship. Additionally, this work seeks to examine the psychological underpinnings that are likely to contribute to how humans interact with dogs, or their dogmanship. Chapter 1 introduces and discusses the concepts that will be explored in this work. It also explains the relevance of dogmanship to dog-human relationship outcomes and how human training behaviours, relational factors and psychological attributes influence these outcomes. Chapter 2 presents a published article on the human attributes that contribute to dogmanship and horsemanship, according to the literature. By focusing on the influence of certain human behaviours on arousal and affective state, I compiled a list of human attributes that are likely to be of use to any veterinary practitioner interacting with canine or equine patients. This chapter also presents human attributes that are unique to dogmanship and horsemanship, respectively. The approach highlighted in this chapter encourages a welfare-centric view of animals and, as such, is likely to be of use to parties outside of veterinary medicine. Chapter 3 features a published article that summarises the influence of certain human attributes (such as behaviour, personality and attitude) on dog-human relationships. It discusses the various ways of measuring dog-human relationships or elements within them and offers suggestions on how to improve the accuracy and scope of these measures. This chapter also highlights how relationship success and canine obedience may not always coincide. Chapter 4 consists of a published article reporting on results of the Farm Dog Survey. It presents an analysis of how the personality dimensions of Australian stock dog handlers (n=806) may influence their particular dogmanship. Ordinal logistic regressions for each of the personality dimensions of agreeableness, conscientiousness, extraversion, neuroticism and openness to experience were performed. Results revealed that conscientiousness was positively associated with handlers recognising the training principles involved in herding dog work but that handlers high in conscientiousness may engage in somewhat counterintuitive training practices. These and other results are discussed in the light of extant literature on personality and dog training. Overall, this chapter highlights the value of and need for education in dogmanship, or similar principles for individuals who work with dogs. Chapter 5 presents a published article on dog-human and horse-human attachment bonds. It examines the similarities of these bonds to the traditional child-caregiver attachment model and discusses the reasons why these relationships may differ. It postulates how the different evolutionary pathways and uses of dogs and horses may have shaped the nature of the bonds that these animals develop with their human caregivers. This chapter also explores the human attributes that may facilitate the formation of attachment or attachment-like bonds and introduces the concept of emotional intelligence (EI) in human-animal relationships. Chapter 6 features an article that has been submitted to the Journal of Veterinary Behavior- Clinical Applications and Research. It assesses video of basic obedience training interactions retrieved from the YouTube website (n=43). This study aimed to assess whether certain human behaviours influenced the attention and incidence of prosocial behaviours of dogs (voluntary behaviours that attempt to instigate social interaction, including gaze and attentiveness as discussed in Bentosela et al 2016), and how dog behaviour may conversely affect the behaviour of its trainer. Lag sequential analysis of these videos showed that the timing of certain key behaviours (such as reward delivery and non-speech vocalisations) were important to attract dog attention. This analysis supports the use of lag sequential analysis in future studies of dog-human interactions. Chapter 7 presents an article submitted to PLOS ONE reporting on the results of our online Dogmanship Survey. This online questionnaire was designed to investigate how human experience with dogs, personality and EI may influence the perception of canine arousal and affective state. Ordinal logistic regression of the responses (n=851) revealed that EI was positively associated with ratings of positive affect in a dog displaying behavioural indicators of positive affect and negative affect in a dog displaying indications of negative affect. This analysis also showed that the personality dimensions of agreeableness and neuroticism may bias an individual’s ratings of dog arousal and affective state, respectively. This highlights a potential cause for misattribution of signals and miscommunication in dog-human dyads. The final chapter in summarises all the information and research presented in this work and suggests avenues of future research in areas of dogmanship and measuring dog-human relationship success. The dispersal of the information presented in this thesis should assist in reducing the incidence of miscommunication in dog-human dyads and may promote animal welfare on a large scale.
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Teixeira, Rute Saraiva Canejo dos Santos Rodrigues. "Human-canine dyads : identifying dysfunctional relationships, a portuguese case." Doctoral thesis, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/18208.
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Tese de Doutoramento em Ciências Veterinárias na Especialidade de Clínica<br>The human-dog dyad is thought to be the oldest existing domestic partnership and is generally
mutually beneficial for both members of the partnership. Dysfunction in the human-dog dyad,
however, produces serious consequences for each member of the partnership and also for
society at large. Research into these relationships has addressed only the consequences of
dysfunction, making prevention difficult. This project set out to evaluate the possibility of
pre-emptively identifying dysfunction in such dyads by using dog health histories easily
available in clinical contexts. To that end, the researcher developed a simple, one-page
questionnaire that was disseminated in the greater metropolitan areas of Lisbon, Portugal, and
was made available online. By identifying a dog’s biting history, trauma, or involvement in a
vehicular accident, the researcher was able to suggest the possibility of the dog’s involvement
in a dysfunctional dyad. To classify the canine behaviour traits essential for establishing the
general characteristics of dysfunctional dyads, the researcher developed the European
Portuguese Canine Behaviour Assessment and Research Questionnaire (C-BARQ). The
psychometric properties were evaluated, and the instrument showed excellent to respectable
consistency. The result was a canine behavioural questionnaire that established 13 different
personality traits. A more extensive questionnaire was then administered to the same
population in Lisbon, Portugal, aimed at identifying husbandry and noting dog and human
characteristics within dysfunctional dyads. The results suggest that dogs housed on verandas
or on plots of land, dogs that were fed diets purchased at agricultural cooperatives, dogs with
C-BARQ scores showing high owner-directed aggression (ODA), dog-directed
agressoion/fear (DAF) and dog rivalry (DR) were more likely to be part of dysfunctional
dyads. Similarly, owners with high neuroticism scores and low lie/social desirability scores on
the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ-R) were also more likely to be part of these
partnerships. These characteristics were then used to develop two predicative models – the
Predicted Dysfunction with Dog and Owner Characteristics (PDDOC) and the Predicted
Dysfunction with Dog Characteristics (PDDC) – that successfully predicted dysfunction in
79.7% and 80.1% of cases respectively. These findings reveal the feasibility of pre-emptively
identifying dysfunctional human-dog dyads. As a result, this pre-emptive identification can be
used to take preventative action – specifically the development of educational programs, the
improvement of human-dog pairings, and the equipping of veterinarians to better prevent
and/or correct dysfunction.<br>RESUMO - A díade homem-cão é considerada a mais antiga parceria doméstica, sendo tida como
mutualmente benéfica para ambos os membros. Quando estas díades se tornam disfuncionais
pode haver sérias consequências, não apenas para os membros da díade, mas para a sociedade
no seu todo. A disfuncionalidade de díades tem sido abordada em diversos estudos, contudo
somente após se terem sentido as suas consequências nefastas, o que dificulta o processo de
implementação de medidas preventivas. Este projecto teve como objetivo a sua identificação
precoce, usando para isso, o historial de saúde do animal disponibilizado em contexto clínico.
Foi desenvolvido um questionário sucinto de uma página, o qual foi distribuído a
proprietários em Centros de Atendimento Médico-Veterinário (CAMV) na Área
Metropolitana de Lisboa e também em formato online. A identificação de ocorrência de
mordedura, trauma ou atropelamento foi associado a díade disfuncional. Foi desenvolvido o
European Portuguese Canine Behaviour Assessment and Research Questionnaire – C-BARQ
(Questionário de Investigação e Avaliação de Comportamento Canino) com o intuito de
estabelecer bases gerais que permitissem classificar alguns aspetos do comportamento canino.
Avaliaram-se as propriedades psicométricas e o instrumento mostrou um intervalo de
consistência do respeitável ao excelente. O resultado final foi um questionário de
comportamento canino que estabeleceu 13 traços de personalidade diferentes. Administrou-se
seguidamente um questionário mais extenso à mesma população, mas agora com a finalidade
de identificar características tanto do homem como do cão nestas díades disfuncionais.
Observou-se que cães alojados em varandas ou em terrenos, alimentados com rações
compradas em cooperativas agrícolas ou que apresentaram valores elevados nos scores de
ODA, DAF e DR no C-BARQ, têm uma maior tendência de fazer parte de uma díade
disfuncional. Proprietários que no questionário de personalidade humana, EPQ-R
apresentaram um valor elevado em neuroticismo e baixo em mentira/desejabilidade social
também partilham esta tendência. Estas características foram então usadas no
desenvolvimento de dois modelos preditivos (PDDOC e PDDC), cujos resultados previram
disfunções em 79,7% e 80,1% dos casos, respetivamente. Estes resultados, possibilitarão o
desenvolvimento de programas educacionais, escolha mais informada na adoção de animais
em abrigos, bem como dar aos médicos veterinários ferramentas para identificar e
eventualmente prevenir e/ou corrigir algumas destas disfunções.<br>N/A
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Yeung, Chui Wa. "An investigation of the sentiments of having a dog : inspirations for the design of a toy dog /." access full-text access abstract and table of contents, 2005. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/ezdb/thesis.pl?mphil-meem-b19887607a.pdf.
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Thesis (M.Phil.)--City University of Hong Kong, 2005.<br>"Submitted to Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy" Includes bibliographical references (leaves 238-243)
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Silvestrini, Nicole. "Its a Dog's Life: Contemplating the Human-Animal Relationship through Dog Adoption Narratives." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/22301.
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Dog adoption is a popular way for people to find pets in the United States. With dog adoption comes dog adoption narratives, ideologically about the dog, told by humans for humans. Dog adoption narratives, a genre of personal experience narrative, enact a series of formalized conventions that reveal societal binaries, tensions, and anxieties in the interspecies relationship. Using an interdisciplinary theoretical framework, I highlight the way these narratives are performed, organized, and interpreted. By comparing the adoption narratives of two different groups, people who regularly visit dog parks and people who do dog rehabilitation work, I argue that these narratives yield insight about the way humans perceive dogs in the United States within the context of how humans themselves want to be perceived by other humans. Dogs become a form of cultural capital and dog adoption narratives a reflection of cultural attitudes towards, and informed interactions with, the human-dog relationship.
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Trajbar, Kim Anastasia. "Pet relationships: human versus animal attachment." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2010. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/1510.
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This item is only available in print in the UCF Libraries. If this is your Honors Thesis, you can help us make it available online for use by researchers around the world by following the instructions on the distribution consent form at http://library.ucf.edu/Systems/DigitalInitiatives/DigitalCollections/InternetDistributionConsentAgreementForm.pdf You may also contact the project coordinator, Kerri Bottorff, at kerri.bottorff@ucf.edu for more information.<br>Bachelors<br>Sciences<br>Psychology
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Gadenne, Donelle. "A canine-centric critique of selected dog narratives." Thesis, University of Canterbury. English, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/10768.
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In this thesis I perform a canine-centric reading, within the theoretical frame of Critical Animal Studies, of nine ‘dog narratives’ from the last three decades – that is, novels in which dogs and human-canine relationships are central to the story. While the novels differ from each other in numerous and substantial ways, they share a common trait: a conduciveness to the examination of tensions, paradoxes and contradictions inherent to the human-canine bond as it exists in Western culture. Each chapter centres on a key motif present in various groupings of four of the selected novels: human and canine interspecies communication; the socio-cultural categorisation of dogs; and the dual role of the domesticated dog as a device in life and literature. Just as Western cultural attitudes, overt and implicit, arise in these dog narratives in turn, these dog narratives provide valuable insight into our contradictory perceptions and subsequent treatment of dogs bred to serve as companions. Dog narratives present us with an opportunity to examine and critique some of the assumptions made about dogs – assumptions that result in their paradoxical status in Western culture. While some dog narratives reinforce the belief that human language privileges the human species, others undermine this claim by privileging canine forms of language and through depicting human language as problematic or as overrated as a means of communication. Authors of dog narratives utilise conflict stemming from opposing views of dogs’ subject/object categorisation in Western culture to challenge the deleterious object status of dogs. Most, if not all, dogs depicted in dog narratives are devices to facilitate the conveyance of stories primarily concerned with human experiences; nevertheless, authors of dog narratives can and do find efficient ways to challenge and question reductive representations of dogs. By utilising techniques such as point of view, characterisation and the itinerancy trope, and by creatively and effectively imagining their way into the canine mind, many authors of dog narratives bestow a canine identity upon the dogs they depict, which challenges our ability to view and treat dogs with detached objectivity and, in doing so, they offer more positive representations of the literary canine companion.
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Hoffmann, Willem Abraham. "The determination of plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone during the treatment of women experiencing dog phobia." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2009. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11162006-093620/.
Full textBooks on the topic "Dog-human relationships"
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Our debt to the dog: How the domestic dog helped shape human societies. Carolina Academic Press, 2012.
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Goode, David. Playing with my dog Katie: An ethnomethodological study of dog-human interaction. Purdue University Press, 2007.
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Wendt, Lloyd M. Dogs: A historical journey : the human/dog connection through the centuries. Howell Book House, 1996.
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Woloy, Eleanora M. The symbol of the dog in the human psyche: A study of the human-dog bond. Chiron Publications, 1990.
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1941-, Korman Mary Ellen, ed. Living with dogs: Tales of love, commitment, and enduring friendship. Wildcat Canyon Press, 1997.
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Ophorst, Susan, and Bernice Bovenkerk. "The Decisions of Wannabe Dog Keepers in the Netherlands." In The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63523-7_14.
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AbstractDogs have for long been humans’ best friend, but the human–dog relationship can be problematic. A mismatch between dogs and their keepers can lead to welfare problems for both; for example: breeding for a specific look can result in health and welfare problems and importing dogs from other countries can lead to zoonoses. In our view, many of these problems could be avoided if wannabe dog keepers reflected better before deciding to obtain a specific dog. Attempting to influence this decision, however, assumes that we know what the right choice is. In this chapter, we discuss three cases: pups with pedigrees, pups without pedigrees, and adult dogs from (foreign) shelters. We show that, in each case, certain moral assumptions are made whose legitimacy can be problematised. We conclude that the decision about what dog to obtain is not a straightforward one and that it is often difficult to establish what is actually the right choice. However, we also pinpoint certain improvements that can be made to the current system and make a number of suggestions that make the right choice the easier choice. As Anthropocene conditions may lead to the domestication of an increasing number of wild species in the future, this analysis may support reflection on the ethical implications of domestication.
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Charles, Nickie, Rebekah Fox, Mara Miele, and Harriet Smith. "Dogs at Work." In The Oxford Handbook of Animal Organization Studies. Oxford University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192848185.013.29.
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Abstract This chapter draws on research into the way dog training constructs the relationship between dog and human to explore how different organizational cultures shape dog-human working relationships. Using a gendered lens, it addresses the idea of partnership and how it develops through training in two contrasting organizational contexts in the UK: the police and an assistance dog charity. Both organizations recognize the importance of the dog-human partnership for dogs’ ability to work effectively and, in the police, for both dog and handler to be able to carry out their often dangerous work. Even though the work dogs do is highly valued in both organizations, partnerships are provisional; they only persist if the dog is working well and are often dependent on the formation of an emotional connection between dog and handler. While work is done to minimize the emotional costs of a partnership that fails, organizational priorities take precedence over the interspecies affective ties on which the partnership depends and which are shaped through the training programme. Partnerships are therefore controlled by the organization, interspecies affective ties are instrumentalized to meet organizational goals, and dog-human relationships only persist insofar as they contribute to those goals. This chapter asks whether the differences in the way the organizations construct this relationship and the work they do in cases of partnership failure can be understood in terms of their gendered cultures and the gendered work the dogs are trained to do.
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Boggs, Colleen Glenney. "Love Triangle with Dog: Whym Chow, the “Michael Fields,” and the Poetic Potential of Human-Animal Bonds." In Animalities. Edinburgh University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474400022.003.0010.
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Boggs focuses on a volume of poetry titled Whym Chow: Flame of Love, which was published pseudonymously by Michael Field in 1914. While Victorian and queer studies have focused on other works produced by this author, who was actually two women—Katherine Bradley and her niece Edith Cooper, both friends with Robert Browning—less attention has been paid to their later privately-published volume that commemorates their dog who had passed away several years before, a Chow named Whym. Boggs finds great potential in the poems for complicating theoretical explorations of “dog love”, and for rethinking subjectivity and kinship, particularly in terms of the queer potential of human-animal relationships. Rather than reading the poems as examples of anthropomorphism and a privileging of the human over the animal, Boggs sees them as deconstructing these distinctions, with the dog Whym as an “equal partner”.
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Pierotti, Raymond, and Brandy R. Fogg. "The Spaniels of San Marcos." In The First Domestication. Yale University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300226164.003.0002.
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This chapter discusses the interpretations of the meanings of the concepts of “wolf,” “dog,” and “wolf-dog” from an evolutionary perspective. Much literature on dogs shows similar simplistic, often mistaken, assumptions concerning the processes by which dogs evolved from wolves. Most people expect that there is some clear line that exists between the taxonomic categories “wolf” and “dog,” a problem that began when Linnaeus classified domestic dogs and gray wolves as distinct species in the eighteenth century. The chapter then shows that each human cultural tradition developed with specific images of the canid that was able to share their particular way of life. This is why it is so hard to define the term dog—different cultural traditions, and even individuals within these traditions, have very different images of what type of canid is best suited for relationships with humans.
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Spikins, Penny. "In the Company of Wolves: compensatory attachments and the human-dog bond." In Hidden Depths: The Origins of Human Connection. White Rose University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.22599/hiddendepths.h.
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Why are we able to form such an intense emotional bond with other animals, such as dogs, despite them being so different from ourselves in so many ways? In this chapter, we consider the human emotional vulnerabilities that drove our close relationships with canids. We explore how an understanding of compensatory attachments can provide a new perspective on the inclusion of wolves into human societies, and the significance of their dog descendants to our emotional wellbeing today. We first explore the roles of dogs in present hunting and gathering societies, and the potential significance of bringing wolf companions into our emotional lives. We find that, whilst there are considerable cultural differences, dogs and people have a capacity to form remarkably strong bonds, and dogs can take up a sometimes-uncomfortable position as almost human. We then ask whether the domestication of wolves may have been more influenced by human emotional needs than we may have currently assumed. Whilst we tend to view the domestication of wolves as a process engineered by humans, and indicative of our particular elevated capabilities or intelligence, our emotional vulnerability and capacity to make compensatory attachment may have had a key role to play. A closer consideration of our shared evolutionary history reveals that wolves and humans share a deep past of becoming incrementally closer to each other in terms of social emotional motivations. As we have seen in Part 1, selection pressures over the last 2 million years moved human emotional motivations closer to those of highly collaborative social carnivores such as wolves, whilst, as we have seen in Chapters 4 and 5, the period 300,000 to 30,000 years ago brought new capacities to make novel relationships, and new emotional vulnerabilities. During this period, the emotional motivations of wolves seem to have moved closer to those of humans through living in close proximity. Wolf domestication is, perhaps, best seen as a two-way process in which each species moved to fill an emotional gap in each other’s lives.
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Bethke, Brandi, and Amanda Burtt. "Introduction." In Dogs. University Press of Florida, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5744/florida/9780813066363.003.0001.
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This introductory chapter situates the succeeding chapters in the current study of human-canine relationships. The authors discuss the fundamental ideas about relationships between humans and dogs through an archaeological lens. The volume editors recognize that assessing the physical ways humans have altered domestic dogs may be straightforward, but it takes several theoretical and methodological avenues to understand the connection between the ever-present dog and human communities’ needs, belief systems, and environments. This chapter overviews an extensive exploration into the way these discussions add to our understanding of how the human-canine bond shaped and was shaped by the practical and ontological realities of human caregivers.
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Kikon, Dolly, and Duncan McDuie-Ra. "Huntingscape." In Ceasefire City. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190129736.003.0005.
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This chapter explores the recasting of Naga hunting traditions in the city. Dimapur is an enclave of tribal territory surrounded by Assam on three sides. Hunting expeditions bring hunters from the city into Assam’s territory, where they come into contact with different security forces, other hunters, insurgents, and otherworldly spirits. And while intergenerational change and urbanization have reduced the desire to hunt, for many urban residents hunting is a way to maintain their connections to the village, blurring urban and rural boundaries. Meanwhile in the city, the debate on selling dog meat has reconfigured human–animal relationships in a different way. The pressure to ban the sale of dog meat and make Dimapur more city-like has been met with both opposition and approval. The dog meat debate demonstrates that the fringes (where hunters live) and the centre (of trade and market) are both founded on tribal authority and identity, with the urban landscape taking form around these.
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Masson-MacLean, Edouard, Ellen McManus-Fry, and Kate Britton. "The Archaeology of Dogs at the Precontact Site of Nunalleq, Western Alaska." In Dogs. University Press of Florida, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5744/florida/9780813066363.003.0004.
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Historically and ethnographically dogs have played a prominent role in the lifeways and lifeworlds of many Arctic and sub-Arctic peoples, and are considered to be a vital aspect of adaptation to living in these regions. Excavations at the precontact site of Nunalleq in the Yukon-Kuskokwim (Y-K) Delta in coastal Western Alaska have uncovered a significant proportion of dog bones among the faunal assemblage. The presence of discontinuous permafrost at the site has resulted in the excellent preservation, not only of bone, but also of dog fur and even dog lice in deposits at the site, along with vast organic and inorganic material culture assemblages. Here we present a multi-stranded, cross-disciplinary study of the bioarchaeology and zooarchaeology of dogs at Nunalleq, combining their remains, with the study of material culture, soils and other bodies of evidence, and the ethno-historic record. We go “beyond domestication” and examine the utilitarian role of dogs at Nunalleq, the role in foodways, and in social and symbolic space at the site, providing new insights into this vital aspect of Precontact animal-human relationships in the Y-K Delta.
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McBRIDE, ANNE. "The Human—Dog Relationship." In The Waltham Book of Human–Animal Interaction. Elsevier, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-042284-8.50014-1.
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Pierotti, Raymond, and Brandy R. Fogg. "Wolves, Archaeologists, and the Origin of Dogs." In The First Domestication. Yale University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300226164.003.0005.
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This chapter focuses on archaeological research and its role in explaining the transformation from wolf to dog, addressing why this topic is controversial: the tendency to identify wolf remains found in archaeological sites as evidence of either interlopers or human killing overshadows the alternate possibility of social bonding between humans and wolves. This probably has prevented appreciation of considerable early evidence of relationships between humans and wolves before the latter became sufficiently phenotypically distinct (“doglike”) to be recognized as domestic animals shaped by humans. Some archaeologists do not acknowledge the possibility that humans interacted with and coevolved with wolves for thousands of years without generating significant phenotypic change in either species, and thus early wolves living with or cooperatively hunting with humans probably go unrecognized by scholars looking only at obvious physical changes.