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Expectations for dog ownership: Perceived physical, mental and psychosocial health consequences among prospective adopters

Dog ownership is popular worldwide, with most human-dog dyads forming successful attachment bonds. However, millions of dogs are surrendered to animal shelters annually, possibly due to mismatches between owner expectations and the realities of dog ownership. The aim of the current study was to expl...

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Autores principales: Powell, Lauren, Chia, Debbie, McGreevy, Paul, Podberscek, Anthony L., Edwards, Kate M., Neilly, Brendon, Guastella, Adam J., Lee, Vanessa, Stamatakis, Emmanuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6034856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29979749
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200276