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Psychological Correlates of Attitudes toward Pet Relinquishment and of Actual Pet Relinquishment: The Role of Pragmatism and Obligation (2019)
Journal Article
Jacobetty, R., Lopes, D., Fatjó, J., Bowen, J., & Rodrigues, D. L. (2019). Psychological Correlates of Attitudes toward Pet Relinquishment and of Actual Pet Relinquishment: The Role of Pragmatism and Obligation. Animals, 10(1), 63. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10010063

Understanding pet relinquishment is essential to inform interventions and assess their impact. In a cross-sectional study, we explored how attitudes of lack of obligation and pragmatism toward pet relinquishment correlated with, and differed accordin... Read More about Psychological Correlates of Attitudes toward Pet Relinquishment and of Actual Pet Relinquishment: The Role of Pragmatism and Obligation.

First evidence for an association between joint hypermobility and excitability in a non-human species, the domestic dog (2019)
Journal Article
Bowen, J., Fatjó, J., Serpell, J. A., Bulbena-Cabré, A., Leighton, E., & Bulbena, A. (2019). First evidence for an association between joint hypermobility and excitability in a non-human species, the domestic dog. Scientific Reports (Nature), 9(8629). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45096-0

There is a well-established relationship between joint hypermobility and anxiety in humans, that has not previously been investigated in other species. A population of 5575 assistance dogs were scored for both hip hypermobility and 13 behaviour chara... Read More about First evidence for an association between joint hypermobility and excitability in a non-human species, the domestic dog.