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Human-Dog Relationship during the First COVID-19 Lockdown in Italy
| Content Provider | MDPI |
|---|---|
| Author | D’Angelo, Danila Chirico, Andrea Sacchettino, Luigi Manunta, Federica Martucci, Maurizio Cestaro, Anna Avallone, Luigi Giordano, Antonio Ciani, Francesca |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | The SARS-CoV2 pandemic forced an abrupt interruption of social contacts and interpersonal affective relationships all over the world, according to national directives. Many considerable inconveniences occurred with important repercussions also on the emotional state of people and their pets. We carried out a national survey to evaluate the human-dog relationship in a social isolation context using an adapted version of Monash Dog Owner Relationship Scale, the perception of the dogs’ discomfort by their human owners, and the resilience of the dog through the quantification of symptoms, in time of the first lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic. The results highlighted that the human-dog interaction was similar during quarantine; however, there was lower owner’s perception of a dog’s cost during the quarantine than before it. |
| Starting Page | 2335 |
| e-ISSN | 20762615 |
| DOI | 10.3390/ani11082335 |
| Journal | Animals |
| Issue Number | 8 |
| Volume Number | 11 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2021-08-07 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Animals Dog Dog-human Relationship Owner Perception Dog Behavioral Symptoms Sars-cov2 Covid-19 Welfare Wellbeing Validation Monash Scale Italy Lockdown Pandemic |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
