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Evaluating Stress in Dogs Involved in Animal-Assisted Interventions

Corsetti, Sara, Ferrara, Miriam, Natoli, Eugenia·2019·Animals
DOI 10.3390/ani9100833PMC PMC6827148
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Animal-assisted interventions (AAIs) are co-therapies in which the animal is an integral and active part of the treatment process. Dogs are widely involved in AAI projects, but little data are available to determine if AAI sessions are a source of stress for the dogs. Understanding the emotional state of animals and highlighting any signal of stress is crucial maintaining the wellness of the animals and in enhancing the probability of success of the AAI. The purpose of this study is to assess if dogs present signs of stress during animal assisted therapies sessions. The sample consisted of nine dogs, belonging to the members of the A.N.U.C.S.S. (the National Association for the Use of Dogs for Social Aims) association. Dogs lived with their owners and their health was checked by a vet once a week. Patients involved in the AAI project had disabilities due to mental disorder and/or psychomotor problems. During the therapeutic sessions, patients had to guide the dog along facilitated agility routes and/or perform the activities of cuddling and brushing the dog. When a dog accomplished a task, the patient gave him/her a reward (throwing a ball or a biscuit). Dogs were observed for a total of 174 h, 47 h before, 81 h during, and 46 h after AAI sessions. Each session of observation lasted 10–30 min. The differences of behavioural patterns in the three contexts were analysed by mean of the non-parametric Friedman test. Dogs never showed aggressive and stereotyped behaviour; the level of anxious behaviour was low and similar in all three kinds of sessions. During therapeutic sessions, attention, affiliative behavioural patterns, and sniffing behaviour increased. The highest level of attention of dogs was directed toward their conductor, rather than to the patient and to the other operator present. The results suggest that the amount of work dogs went through was adequate and that dogs did not show behavioural signs of stress.

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  • In Corsetti et al., sessions were marked by an increase in non-aggressive dominance behavior, attention, sniffing, affiliative and playful behavior.

    “However, the sessions were marked by an increase in non-aggressive dominance behavior, attention, sniffing, affiliative and playful behavior.”

    From Therapy Dog Welfare Revisited: A Review of the Literature (2021) · cites this paper as [17]

  • In Corsetti et al., there was no difference in the occurrence of canine anxiety-related or submissive behavior during AAIs.

    “There was no difference in the occurrence of canine anxiety-related or submissive behavior during AAIs.”

    From Therapy Dog Welfare Revisited: A Review of the Literature (2021) · cites this paper as [17]

  • In Corsetti et al., dogs were more attentive to their handlers compared to recipients or other people present.

    “Dogs were more attentive to their handlers compared to recipients or other people present.”

    From Therapy Dog Welfare Revisited: A Review of the Literature (2021) · cites this paper as [17]

  • Corsetti et al. considered the workload the therapy dogs were exposed to during their investigation as adequate.

    “Accounting for these findings, the authors considered the workload the therapy dogs were exposed to during their investigation as adequate [17].”

    From Therapy Dog Welfare Revisited: A Review of the Literature (2021) · cites this paper as [17]

  • Participation in an AAI session stimulated both synchronous behaviors with the owner and socio-positive behaviors such as attention, sniffing, affiliative and playful behavior.

    “Participation in an AAI session stimulated both synchronous behaviors with the owner [13] and socio-positive behaviors such as attention, sniffing, affiliative and playful behavior [17].”

    From Therapy Dog Welfare Revisited: A Review of the Literature (2021) · cites this paper as [17]

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Authors
Corsetti, S., Ferrara, M., & Natoli, E.
Affiliations
  • School of Animal Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
  • Cooperativa Sociale Le Mille e Una Notte, Rome 00141, Italy
  • Canile Sovrazonale, ASL Roma 3, Rome 00148, Italy
Venue
Animals
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2019-10-19
Volume
9
Issue
10
Pages
833
ISSN
2076-2615
DOI
10.3390/ani9100833
PMC
PMC6827148
Cited by
36
References
4
Language
en
Licence
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (vor)

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