Do disrupted early attachments affect the relationship between guide dogs and blind owners?

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 100, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 241-257

  Fallani, Gaia ^a   Previde, Emanuela Prato ^a   Valsecchi, Paola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attachment; Behaviour; Guide dogs

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CANID; FACTOR ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; TRAINING; VOCALIZATION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33748743531     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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