Abstract:Little is known about factors that influence owners' decisions walking their dogs on or off a leash in public places. We examined the effect of the type of public place, dog's age, sex and size, and human gender on off-leash dog walking. Observations of 1850 dogs and their owners were made in streets and parks in Brno (Czech Republic). Multiple logistic regression analysis showed no significant effect of human gender on the frequency of unleashed dogs in streets and parks. Off-leash dog walking was 2.8 times m… Show more
“…Owners can walk dogs on a leash or unleashed. This parameter is affected by the type of public place and the dog's age, sex and size ( Sediva et al, 2017 ), and also by dog behaviour and on-leash legislation.…”
“…Owners can walk dogs on a leash or unleashed. This parameter is affected by the type of public place and the dog's age, sex and size ( Sediva et al, 2017 ), and also by dog behaviour and on-leash legislation.…”
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.