Author Regina Lizik Posted on December 21, 2022December 21, 2022Categories News
A new genetics study reveals more about the canine division of labor in ancient times, but not about your dog’s individual personality.
A new genetics study reveals more about the canine division of labor in ancient times, but not about your dog’s individual personality.
Author Regina Lizik Posted on August 11, 2022November 30, 2022Categories News
The Darwin’s Ark study on dog behavior and genetics might reset how we all think about and talk about dog behavior.
The Darwin’s Ark study on dog behavior and genetics might reset how we all think about and talk about dog behavior.
Author Janis Bradley Posted on November 22, 2021November 22, 2021Categories News, Research & Publications Leave a comment on Building Social Competence: The real deal in dog safety training
In 2013 the most comprehensive study to date asked whether the dogs (fewer than 1 dog in 2 million) involved in dog bite-related fatalities (DBRF) had anything in common with one another. The collaboration of a veterinary epidemiologist, a public health expert, an animal behaviorist and dog behavior researchers examined the available evidence regarding every DBRF in the US over a 10 year period, a total of 256. They found 7 situations that were often missing in the lives of … Continue reading “Building Social Competence: The real deal in dog safety training”
Author Janis Bradley Posted on July 7, 2021May 31, 2022Categories News, Research & Publications Leave a comment on Canine public policies shouldn’t be created from media reports
Dr. Gary Patronek and his colleagues, the authors of a ten-year study of dog bite-related fatalities (DBRF) did something not attempted before or since—they gathered their data from massive accumulations of reports and interviews done by officials, from investigating officers to coroners and pathologists. Previous work on the subject had always been based on collections of reports in the popular media. One of Patronek et al’s discoveries was that the dog (or dogs) involved usually simply lived on the owner’s … Continue reading “Canine public policies shouldn’t be created from media reports”
Author Janis Bradley Posted on June 17, 2021December 17, 2021Categories News, Research & Publications Leave a comment on The QAnon of Canine Behavior Science
A story on NPR reports that the most popular facebook post on the brief suspension of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine in April was not CNN or NYT or ABC News or Fox News. They were all in the top five, but number one was a conspiracy theorist called An0maly who describes himself as a “news analyst and hip hop artist.” This kind of reliance on wildly unreliable information sources is not limited to high profile public issues. One of the … Continue reading “The QAnon of Canine Behavior Science”
Author National Canine Research Council Posted on August 7, 2019December 17, 2021Categories News, Research & Publications Leave a comment on “What kind of dog is that?” Asking the wrong question and answering it badly
Our review has revealed no findings of breed based behavioral differences that successfully overcome all the difficulties presented by this question.
Our review has revealed no findings of breed based behavioral differences that successfully overcome all the difficulties presented by this question.
Author National Canine Research Council Posted on March 22, 2019May 26, 2022Categories News, Research & Publications Leave a comment on Unvalidated, unreliable, and unnecessary: Evidence for the case against formal behavior evaluations for shelter dogs
A 2019 article demonstrates that no canine behavior evaluation used for shelter dogs meets accepted scientific criteria that would justify routine use in shelters.
A 2019 article demonstrates that no canine behavior evaluation used for shelter dogs meets accepted scientific criteria that would justify routine use in shelters.
Author National Canine Research Council Posted on June 19, 2018May 31, 2022Categories News Leave a comment on Welcome Back to SPARCS + 2018 Conference
Author National Canine Research Council Posted on April 9, 2018March 18, 2021Categories News, Research & Publications Leave a comment on There’s No Place Like Home
A stay in a foster home before adoption and even adoptions that end in the return of a dog to the shelter enhance the chances of rehoming for dogs who find themselves between owners.
A stay in a foster home before adoption and even adoptions that end in the return of a dog to the shelter enhance the chances of rehoming for dogs who find themselves between owners.
Author National Canine Research Council Posted on November 6, 2017May 31, 2022Categories News, Research & Publications Leave a comment on When Doctors Stray Outside of Expertise
Study finds that the literature on dog bites written by human health care professionals is rife with distortions and errors, and laden with rhetorical devices that mischaracterize dog behavior and grossly overstate the actual risk of dog bite injuries.
Study finds that the literature on dog bites written by human health care professionals is rife with distortions and errors, and laden with rhetorical devices that mischaracterize dog behavior and grossly overstate the actual risk of dog bite injuries.
