不需要召回:与新领养者相关的主题和因素 拒绝自由狗行为 支持支持
Lauren Samet1, Kassandra Giragosian1, Carys Williams1
1Research Team, Dogs Trust, London, UK.
Journal of applied animal welfare science : JAAWS
|October 18, 2025
概括
许多养狗的人拒绝免费的行为支持,特别是在养狗后的两周. 原因包括管理行为,感知缺乏需求或对原因的信念.
科学领域:
- 动物行为和动物福利
- 兽医公共卫生 兽医公共卫生
- 人与动物的互动
背景情况:
- 收养后的支持对于解决狗的行为问题至关重要.
- 很大一部分养狗者拒绝提供支持,影响了福利.
- 了解支持下降的原因是提高收养成功的关键.
研究的目的:
- 调查影响养狗者拒绝收养后行为支持的决定的因素和主题.
- 根据行为类型和采用后的时间,分析支持下降的模式.
主要方法:
- 混合方法方法结合了支持呼吁的定量分析和采用者响应的定性主题分析.
- 统计分析 (一般化线性混合效应建模,Tukey后期测试) 对来自3,782个采用者的6,317个支持呼叫进行了分析.
- 对支持下降的原因进行感应性主题分析.
主要成果:
- 68.8%的提供行为支持被狗收养者拒绝.
- 收养后2周和2天后,支持率下降的可能性更大.
- 特定的行为组合 (例如,潜在的攻击性行为或与分离相关的行为) 影响了支持下降的可能性.
结论:
- 收养者的态度对狗的行为,感知到的支持需求,以及管理层的信念都会影响拒绝支持的决定.
- 调查结果强调了报告的令人担忧的行为和利用可用资源之间的差距.
- 需要进一步的研究,以了解支持下降对采用结果和替代支持利用的影响.
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