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  • Animal Welfare Science
  • Human-Animal Interaction
  • Veterinary Behavior

Background:

  • Animal-assisted interventions (AAI) are increasingly used in healthcare settings.
  • The evolution of AAI recognizes the importance of animal emotions and well-being, not just basic needs.
  • Challenges exist in monitoring the welfare of animals, particularly dogs, during AAI.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To summarize current understanding of canine well-being in AAI.
  • To identify factors that may cause handlers and therapists to overlook canine stress signals.
  • To provide practical strategies for recognizing and alleviating distress in therapy dogs.

Main Methods:

  • Review of current literature on canine welfare and AAI.
  • Analysis of contextual, human, and intervention factors influencing canine stress recognition.
  • Discussion of deidentified examples illustrating these factors.

Main Results:

  • Human handlers/therapists may miss canine stress signals due to contextual factors (setting, demand), human influences (desire to help), and intervention characteristics (lack of advocate).
  • These factors can inhibit effective advocacy for therapy dogs.
  • Specific examples highlight how these dynamics play out in real-world AAI.

Conclusions:

  • Effective advocacy for therapy dogs requires awareness of potential barriers to recognizing canine distress.
  • Implementing practical animal welfare principles in AAI settings is crucial.
  • Recommendations are provided to improve the timely recognition and amelioration of canine distress during AAI.