Human and Animal Welfare Assessment During Animal Assisted Interventions (AAI): A Pilot Project in Progress

Ponzio, Patrizia; Matteo, A. Di; Macchi, Elisabetta; Traverso, Telemaco; Carluccio, Augusto; Stefano, Marco Berardo Di

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-05921-7_36

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“…This underlines the importance of thinking about therapy dog welfare within a context that encompasses all of the variables that can affect it. Furthermore, handlers’ answers emphasized the importance to integrate the concept of one welfare in the considerations and studies about AAI [ 96 , 97 , 98 ]. Developing upon these thoughts, it is important to note that there may be a bias in the handlers’ representations related to the fact that they want their dog to enjoy working with them.…”

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Handlers’ Representations on Therapy Dogs’ Welfare

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Luca

Servais

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While research on the benefits of animal-assisted interventions is beginning to build a significant body of work, studies on the well-being of therapy dogs are still in their infancy. Since handlers are the people responsible for their therapy dog’s welfare, we interviewed 111 French handlers through an online questionnaire. Our results underlined that (i) therapy dogs’ welfare is multidimensional when physical and psychological welfare, a balance between work and dog life and the settings and interactions of sessions are all taken into consideration. (ii) The response of our handlers emphasized that considering therapy dog welfare is important for the quality and safety of AAI. (iii) Three categories of risks factors were highlighted: the spatio-temporal framework (planning and environment), the interactions with beneficiaries and the handler themselves. It is particularly important that handlers talk about the negative impact of interactions with beneficiaries since they are at the heart of AAI, however there are few studies focusing on interactions as a stressor for dogs in this practice. Moreover, since there is a potential for positive bias in the handlers’ representations, it is important that they be trained to identify and manage the stress in their dogs. Future research is particularly needed on the impact of interactions during sessions on therapy dog welfare.

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Handlers’ Representations on Therapy Dogs’ Welfare

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Luca

Servais

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Social Farming: A Systematic Literature Review of the Definition and Context

Jarábková

Chreneková

Varecha

2022

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The definition and understanding of the social farming (social agriculture) concept varies from country to country, depending on the specific conditions for its development. The contribution provides a systematic literature review of its definition and context. Scientific publications (134), which deal with the topic of social agriculture in different contexts within different geographical areas, and with different intensity over time, have been analysed. Special attention was paid to case studies. Most of the case studies dealt with Italy, The Netherlands, The United Kingdom and Norway. More than a third of the outputs address the issue of health effects of social farming. Social benefits are the second most frequent topic. Moreover, educational, environmental and economic effects of social agriculture are discussed in the analysed publications with a similar intensity. Green care (social agriculture) farms are significant players in rural development, and work and social inclusion, and can instantly and innovatively react to the local needs.

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Human and Animal Welfare Assessment During Animal Assisted Interventions (AAI): A Pilot Project in Progress

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Handlers’ Representations on Therapy Dogs’ Welfare

Handlers’ Representations on Therapy Dogs’ Welfare

Social Farming: A Systematic Literature Review of the Definition and Context

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