The Impact of Excluding Food Guarding from a Standardized Behavioral Canine Assessment in Animal Shelters
Many shelters euthanize or restrict adoptions for dogs that exhibit food guarding while in the animal shelter. However, previous research showed that only half the dogs exhibiting food guarding during an assessment food guard in the home. So, dogs are often misidentified as future food guarders duri...
Main Authors: | Heather Mohan-Gibbons, Emily D. Dolan, Pamela Reid, Margaret R. Slater, Hugh Mulligan, Emily Weiss |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-02-01
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Series: | Animals |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/8/2/27 |
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