Bake-at-home cookbook for dog owners

A common perception among dog owners is that their pets seem to anticipate the arrival of a member of the household. Surveys in Britain and the US have shown that between 45 and 52% of dog owners have noticed this kind of behaviour. People often ascribe this phenomenon to telepathy or a sixth sense but there may be more conventional explanations. The dog could be hearing or smelling its owner approaching, predicting the owner’s arrival based on a routine schedule or picking up on subtle cues from people at home who know when the absent person is returning. In order to control for these alternative hypotheses, a time-coded video camera will record the dog’s behaviour during the owner’s absence. The data will be analysed by someone who has no foreknowledge if and when the owner is arriving. The data will be divided into the pre-return (control) and return periods. The return period will begin once the owner departs for home. Other people in the house will have no idea what the owner is doing in order to control for subtle cues. To eliminate the possibility of hearing/smelling its owner, the dog should be capable of reacting at least 10 minutes in advance of the owner’s arrival. We will measure whether there is a statistically significant difference in anticipatory behaviour between the pre-return and return periods. If it is higher for the later, this experiment would support the hypothesis that dogs are sensitive to their owners intentions, even over long distances.

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Ingestion of unsuitable material and emesis induction at home — A survey among dog owners

BSAVA Congress Proceedings 2020 ◽

10.22233/9781910443774.49.17 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 390-390

Author(s):

Minna Suokko ◽

Terttu Lamminen

Keyword(s):

Dog Owners ◽

At Home

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Comparing Behavioural Problems in Imported Street Dogs and Domestically Reared Danish Dogs—The Views of Dog Owners and Veterinarians

Animals ◽

10.3390/ani11051436 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 1436

Author(s):

Natascha Munkeboe ◽

Amalie Lohse-Lind ◽

Peter Sandøe ◽

Björn Forkman ◽

Søren Saxmose Nielsen

Keyword(s):

Companion Animals ◽

Small Animal ◽

European Countries ◽

Behavioural Problems ◽

Veterinary Clinic ◽

Dog Owners ◽

At Home

Street dogs are common in southern and eastern parts of Europe. They are often adopted by people living in North European countries, including Denmark. However, these dogs may experience difficulties adjusting to their new life as companion animals, and this may in turn lead to behavioural problems and complications for owners. The objective of this study was therefore to investigate whether former street (FS) dogs display a higher degree of behavioural problems than dogs reared in Denmark (RD). Two questionnaires were developed. One was distributed to Danish dog owners and resulted in 3020 useful answers. FS dogs were found to display 9 of the 45 listed behaviours more often than RD dogs. All of these behaviours were related to fear, aggression and stress. The second questionnaire was distributed to Danish veterinarians working in small animal practices and resulted in 173 useful answers. The most commonly reported behavioural problems were fear of humans, stress and problems when the dog was left at home alone. The extent of the behavioural problems reported by the veterinarians was much greater than that reported by the dog owners which, at least partly, may be due to fear-induced reactions of the dogs when handled at the veterinary clinic.

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Siblings of Children with Mental Retardation Living at Home or in Residential Placement

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry ◽

10.1017/s0021963097002084 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 39 (3) ◽

pp. 355-363 ◽

Cited By ~ 36

Author(s):

Laurie Eisenberg ◽

Bruce L. Baker ◽

Jan Blacher

Keyword(s):

Mental Retardation ◽

Residential Placement ◽

At Home

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Systematic Modification of Parental Input to Train Language Symbols

Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools ◽

10.1044/0161-1461.1201.04 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 4-12 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Barbara Culatta ◽

Donna Horn

Keyword(s):

Language Learning ◽

Meaningful Use ◽

Hearing Impaired ◽

Specific Language ◽

Parental Input ◽

Language Exposure ◽

Therapy Sessions ◽

Impaired Children ◽

Hearing Impaired Children ◽

At Home

This study attempted to maximize environmental language learning for four hearing-impaired children. The children's mothers were systematically trained to present specific language symbols to their children at home. An increase in meaningful use of these words was observed during therapy sessions. In addition, as the mothers began to generalize the language exposure strategies, an increase was observed in the children's use of words not specifically identified by the clinician as targets.

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Iterative Development of a Home Review Program to Promote Preschoolers' Vocabulary Skills: Social Validity and Learning Outcomes

Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools ◽

10.1044/2019_lshss-19-00011 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 51 (2) ◽

pp. 371-389 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Xigrid Soto ◽

Yagmur Seven ◽

Meaghan McKenna ◽

Keri Madsen ◽

Lindsey Peters-Sanders ◽

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Keyword(s):

High Stress ◽

Social Validity ◽

Home Language ◽

Single Subject ◽

Considerable Difficulty ◽

Home Program ◽

Iterative Development ◽

Vocabulary Skills ◽

Validity Measures ◽

At Home

Purpose This article describes the iterative development of a home review program designed to augment vocabulary instruction for young children (ages 4 and 5 years) occurring at school through the use of a home review component. Method A pilot study followed by two experiments used adapted alternating treatment designs to compare the learning of academic words taught at school to words taught at school and reviewed at home. At school, children in small groups were taught academic words embedded in prerecorded storybooks for 6 weeks. Children were given materials such as stickers with review prompts (e.g., “Tell me what brave means”) to take home for half the words. Across iterations of the home intervention, the home review component was enhanced by promoting parent engagement and buy-in through in-person training, video modeling, and daily text message reminders. Visual analyses of single-subject graphs, multilevel modeling, and social validity measures were used to evaluate the additive effects and feasibility of the home review component. Results Social validity results informed each iteration of the home program. The effects of the home program across sites were mixed, with only one site showing consistently strong effects. Superior learning was evident in the school + home review condition for families that reviewed words frequently at home. Although the home review program was effective in improving the vocabulary skills of many children, some families had considerable difficulty practicing vocabulary words. Conclusion These studies highlight the importance of using social validity measures to inform iterative development of home interventions that promote feasible strategies for enhancing the home language environment. Further research is needed to identify strategies that stimulate facilitators and overcome barriers to implementation, especially in high-stress homes, to enrich the home language environments of more families.

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