教育应用程序和狗的行为问题预防:齐格扎格狗训练应用程序和行为问题之间的关联
Tom Rowland1, Luciana de Assis1, Carolyn Menteith2,3
1Animal Behaviour, Cognition and Welfare Research Group, School of Natural Sciences, University of Lincoln, Lincoln LN6 7DL, UK.
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
|February 26, 2025
概括
使用狗狗训练应用程序可能会减少狗狗常见行为问题的严重程度. 增加应用程序的使用与较低的问题行为严重程度相关,这表明对狗的福利和主人与狗的关系有潜在的好处.
科学领域:
- 兽医医学 兽医医学 兽医医学
- 动物行为 动物行为
- 狗的福利 狗的福利
背景情况:
- 狗的行为问题显著影响狗的福利和主人关系,往往导致放弃或安乐死.
- 早期干预对于最大限度地降低狗发育过程中的有问题的行为风险和严重程度至关重要.
- 需要可访问,广泛可用的干预措施,智能手机应用程序提供了潜在的解决方案.
研究的目的:
- 调查Zigzag狗训练应用程序的使用与有问题的狗行为发展或严重程度之间的关联.
- 评估应用程序的使用是否与正式培训独立,与减少的行为问题相关.
主要方法:
- 在一组狗主人 (n=367) 上进行了一项横截面观测研究.
- 参与者被分为"没有培训" (n=194) 或"仅使用应用程序" (n=173) 的用户.
- 比例概率顺序逻辑回归分析了应用程序完成率和行为问题严重程度之间的关系,控制共变量.
主要成果:
- 在21个概率比率估计中,有19个偏好较低的严重程度与增加的Zigzag应用程序完成.
- 没有证据表明该应用程序增加了任何行为问题的严重程度.
- 合理的证据表明,该应用程序可能会减少侵略的严重性,房子污染,,吠叫,逃跑和噪音恐惧.
结论:
- 虽然无法确定因果关系,但这项研究表明,Zigzag应用程序的使用与常见狗行为问题的严重程度降低之间存在有利的联系.
- 这些发现支持教育应用程序的潜力,作为改进犬类行为和福利的可访问工具.
- 需要进一步的研究来探索这些关联和潜在的因果关系.
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