Owner attitudes and dog behaviour problems

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 205-213

  O'Farrell, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Dog; Owner attitude; Psychoanalysis; Repertory grid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031005597     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01123-9     Document Type: Article

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