Identifying environmental and management factors that may be associated with the quality of life of kennelled dogs (Canis familiaris)

Kiddie, Jenna; Collins, Lisa

doi:10.1016/j.applanim.2015.03.007

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“…Only one animal (D9) had a negative LQ score at the final assessment, thus, between the two assessments performed by A1, the negative LQ scores decreased by 25%. The mean score (0.477) obtained by Kiddie and Collins (2015) in England for dogs sheltered for a long time, subjected to a socialization programme during six days is higher than the mean score obtained in our study by A1 after performing the socialization programme. Yet, the same authors (Kiddie and Collins, 2014) suggest that the LQ score was developed as an indicator meant to monitor the life quality of the animals over time.…”

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The Effect of a Social Enrichment Programme on the Behaviour of Dogs from a Private Shelter

Popescu¹,

Borda²,

Mahdy³

et al. 2018

BUASVMCN-VM

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The aim of this study was the behavior assessment of dogs housed in a private shelter, before and after implementing an intensive social enrichment programme. Using an assessment protocol of provoked and unprovoked behavior, a range of behavioral indicators was recorded in 20 dogs housed for more than two years in the shelter. The data collected was used for computing a quality of life score (QL). After the implementation of the social enrichment programme, 75% of the studied dogs received higher QL scores compared with the initial assessment. At that stage, also a slight increasing in the proportion of the dogs’ positive indicators was seen. No significant difference was recorded when compared the results obtained by the two assessors. The higher QL scores obtained after the enrichment programme prove that such a programme has positive effects on the behavior and on the life quality of shelter dogs.

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confidence: 83%

The Effect of a Social Enrichment Programme on the Behaviour of Dogs from a Private Shelter

Popescu¹,

Borda²,

Mahdy³

et al. 2018

BUASVMCN-VM

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“…Gender differences in learning ability vary among species 25 , 41 – 43 , but females tend to show superior learning abilities over males 44 – 47 . Females dogs respond more obviously than males do to human emotions 48 , 49 . In this study, however, we did not find a significant difference in the ability to discriminate human facial expressions between female and male giant pandas.…”

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Giant pandas can discriminate the emotions of human facial pictures

Dai

Hou

et al. 2017

Sci Rep

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Previous studies have shown that giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) can discriminate face-like shapes, but little is known about their cognitive ability with respect to the emotional expressions of humans. We tested whether adult giant pandas can discriminate expressions from pictures of half of a face and found that pandas can learn to discriminate between angry and happy expressions based on global information from the whole face. Young adult pandas (5–7 years old) learned to discriminate expressions more quickly than older individuals (8–16 years old), but no significant differences were found between females and males. These results suggest that young adult giant pandas are better at discriminating emotional expressions of humans. We showed for the first time that the giant panda, can discriminate the facial expressions of humans. Our results can also be valuable for the daily care and management of captive giant pandas.

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“…This study was able to identify a number of management practices (i.e. provision of bunk beds, 30+ minutes of staff interaction, daily training, quiet environments) that significantly increased the quality of life scores of the dogs, showing that the tool can be valuable when determining which factors are important for the wellbeing of dogs in kennels (Kiddie and Collins, 2015).…”

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“…They used this system to assess the quality of life of 202 dogs across 13 rehoming centres and found good inter-rater reliability and evidence of content validity (the assessment measured what it was designed to measure), response process validity (those conducting the assessments understood the construct in the same way), and convergent validity (similar constructs hypothesised to agree were shown to agree). In a later study, the authors used the tool to monitor the quality of life of kennelled dogs over time, as well as to assess the impact of different handling and husbandry changes (Kiddie and Collins, 2015). This study was able to identify a number of management practices (i.e.…”

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Assessing the welfare of kennelled dogs—A review of animal-based measures

Polgár

Blackwell

Rooney

2019

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

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Hundreds of thousands of dogs are housed in kennels worldwide, yet there are no standard protocols for assessing the welfare of dogs in these environments. Animal science is focusing increasingly on the importance of animal-based measures for determining welfare states, and those measures that have been used with kennelled dogs are reviewed in this paper with particular focus on their validity and practicality. From a physiological standpoint, studies using cortisol, heart rate and heart rate variability, temperature changes, and immune function are discussed. Behavioural measures are also of great relevance when addressing canine welfare, thus studies on fear and anxiety behaviours, abnormal behaviours like stereotypies, as well as responses to strangers and novel objects are reviewed. Finally, a limited number of studies attempting to use cognitive bias and learning ability are also mentioned as cognitive measures. The literature to date provides a strong background for which measures may be useful in determining the welfare of kennelled canines, however more research is needed to further assess the value of using these methods, particularly in regard to the large degree of individual differences that exist between dogs.

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Identifying environmental and management factors that may be associated with the quality of life of kennelled dogs (Canis familiaris)

Cited by 38 publications

References 41 publications

The Effect of a Social Enrichment Programme on the Behaviour of Dogs from a Private Shelter

The Effect of a Social Enrichment Programme on the Behaviour of Dogs from a Private Shelter

Giant pandas can discriminate the emotions of human facial pictures

Assessing the welfare of kennelled dogs—A review of animal-based measures

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