Pet owner behaviors and attachment to yard versus house dogs.
The majority of research on the human-nonhuman animal bond has considered its advantages for the human. Research investigating the benefits of the bond for the companion animal has focused primarily on the relationship between owner attachment and the relinquishment or abandonment of pets. Shore, Do...
| Publicado en: | Anthrozoös Vol. 19; no. 4; pp. 325 - 335 |
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2006
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