Preliminary evaluation of a quality-of-life screening programme for pet dogs

To evaluate a potential screening programme that would raise awareness of welfare consideration of pet dogs visiting a veterinary practice. The questionnaire asked owners to provide biographical information about their dog, assess the resources they provided their dog (comfort, exercise, diet, menta...

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Published in:Journal of small animal practice 2007-06, Vol.48 (6), p.314-322
Main Authors: Mullan, S, Main, D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal Husbandry - standards
animal stress
Animal Welfare
Animals
Awareness
Behavior, Animal
diet
dogs
Dogs - physiology
Dogs - psychology
Female
human-animal relations
Humans
Male
pets
physical activity
Physical Conditioning, Animal - standards
Quality of Life
questionnaires
screening
small animal practice
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Summary:To evaluate a potential screening programme that would raise awareness of welfare consideration of pet dogs visiting a veterinary practice. The questionnaire asked owners to provide biographical information about their dog, assess the resources they provided their dog (comfort, exercise, diet, mental stimulation and companionship) from the perspective of their dog's wellbeing and choice, score a range of behavioural and medical signs on visual analogue scale, rate how willing they would be to take on the life of their dog on a visual analogue scale and suggest changes that would improve the quality of life of their dog. Twenty-seven owners completed the questionnaire on consecutive days. There was good correlation for all the parameters between the two days (P
ISSN:0022-4510
1748-5827
DOI:10.1111/j.1748-5827.2007.00322.x