Relinquishing dog owners' ability to predict behavioural problems in shelter dogs post adoption

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 88-99

  Stephen, Jacqueline ^a   Ledger, Rebecca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour problems; Dog; Reliability; Rescue shelters

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; CANID; DOMESTIC SPECIES; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SHELTER;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34548385782     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.09.012     Document Type: Article

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