Perceptions of Students, Faculty, and Staff Concerning Visitation Dogs on College Campuses

Abstract

The main purpose of this descriptive study was to describe how students, faculty, and staff are perceiving the use of visitation and therapy dogs on college campuses. This study found that visitation and therapy dogs are being positively received by the campus community and West Virginia University. This study investigated respondent's general perceptions of dogs, perceived knowledge of the terms visitation dog, therapy dog, and service dog, perceptions of the use of visitation and therapy dogs on college campuses and perceptions of interactions of visitation and therapy dogs on college campuses. v