Fear-Motivated Aggression in Dogs: Patient Characteristics, Diagnosis and Therapy
The aim of the study was to characterize dogs in which fear-motivated aggression was diagnosed, to describe the therapy used, and to evaluate the effectiveness of this therapy using a retrospective descriptive study. During the research period 284 dogs were referred for problem behaviour. Pear-motivated aggression was diagnosed in 73 (26%) dogs: intact males (35), […]
Therapy dogs’ salivary cortisol levels vary during animal-assisted interventions
Beneficial effects of human-animal contact on human health have contributed to the wide distribution of animal-assisted interventions (AAIs). While considerable effort has been devoted to the study of human welfare during AAIs, potential effects on therapy animals have been addressed less frequently. The aim of this study was to determine baseline and work-related levels of […]