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Satisfaction and satisfaction affecting problem behavior in different types of adopted dogs

Many dogs are relinquished worldwide, so it is important to enhance adoptions’ success. We aimed at investigating factors associated with owners’ satisfaction with adopted dogs, both in general and focusing on galgos. Data on 392 dogs (191 galgos) were gathered using an online survey, investigating...

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Autores principales: NORMANDO, Simona, BERTOMORO, Francesca, BONETTI, Omar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8111348/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33627543
http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.20-0394
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author NORMANDO, Simona
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description Many dogs are relinquished worldwide, so it is important to enhance adoptions’ success. We aimed at investigating factors associated with owners’ satisfaction with adopted dogs, both in general and focusing on galgos. Data on 392 dogs (191 galgos) were gathered using an online survey, investigating dogs’ and owners’ demographics, satisfaction with the adopted dog and post-adoption behavior. Satisfaction was affected by different variables in galgos’ owners as compared to non-sighthound non-podenco dogs’ ones, with only the presence of disobedience on walks negatively affecting satisfaction in both samples. Depending on dogs’ type, the presence of some behavioral problems was associated with decreased satisfaction with the dog (e.g., destructiveness for galgos, or separation problems for non-sighthound non-podenco dogs), whereas that of others increased it (e.g., not being interested in social interactions with dogs for galgos, and shadowing for non-sighthound non-podenco dogs). The variables most often being predictors of the behaviors influencing satisfaction were dog type, with being a galgo as a negative predictor, and dog’s age, with being older as a negative predictor. Further studies on dog adopters’ satisfaction are needed.
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spelling pubmed-81113482021-05-13 Satisfaction and satisfaction affecting problem behavior in different types of adopted dogs NORMANDO, Simona BERTOMORO, Francesca BONETTI, Omar J Vet Med Sci Ethology Many dogs are relinquished worldwide, so it is important to enhance adoptions’ success. We aimed at investigating factors associated with owners’ satisfaction with adopted dogs, both in general and focusing on galgos. Data on 392 dogs (191 galgos) were gathered using an online survey, investigating dogs’ and owners’ demographics, satisfaction with the adopted dog and post-adoption behavior. Satisfaction was affected by different variables in galgos’ owners as compared to non-sighthound non-podenco dogs’ ones, with only the presence of disobedience on walks negatively affecting satisfaction in both samples. Depending on dogs’ type, the presence of some behavioral problems was associated with decreased satisfaction with the dog (e.g., destructiveness for galgos, or separation problems for non-sighthound non-podenco dogs), whereas that of others increased it (e.g., not being interested in social interactions with dogs for galgos, and shadowing for non-sighthound non-podenco dogs). The variables most often being predictors of the behaviors influencing satisfaction were dog type, with being a galgo as a negative predictor, and dog’s age, with being older as a negative predictor. Further studies on dog adopters’ satisfaction are needed. The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2021-02-23 2021-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8111348/ /pubmed/33627543 http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.20-0394 Text en ©2021 The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License. (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
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Satisfaction and satisfaction affecting problem behavior in different types of adopted dogs
title Satisfaction and satisfaction affecting problem behavior in different types of adopted dogs
title_full Satisfaction and satisfaction affecting problem behavior in different types of adopted dogs
title_fullStr Satisfaction and satisfaction affecting problem behavior in different types of adopted dogs
title_full_unstemmed Satisfaction and satisfaction affecting problem behavior in different types of adopted dogs
title_short Satisfaction and satisfaction affecting problem behavior in different types of adopted dogs
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topic Ethology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8111348/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33627543
http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.20-0394
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