Development of the Monash Dog Owner Relationship Scale (MDORS)

Anthrozoos

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 243-256

  Dwyer, Fleur ^a   Bennett, Pauleen C ^a   Coleman, Grahame J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canine; Companion animal; Dog; Human animal interaction; Human animal relationship; pet bonding scale

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33845502320     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/089279306785415592     Document Type: Article

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