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Can dogs understand us?
Magdalena Nawarecka November 3, 2021 Wow! Recently a fascinating study about dogs’ cognitive skills was published, have you seen it? For...

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Therapy Dog Welfare Revisited: A Review of the Literature
During the past decade, the field of human–animal interaction(s) research has been characterized by a significant increase in scientific...

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Retriving in AAI
Magdalena Nawarecka October 8, 2021 Retrieving is one of the most powerful exercises that you can use in AAI! It opens so many...

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Dog assisted intervention at psychiatric ward
Magdalena Nawarecka September 27, 2021 Dog-assisted intervention on a psychiatric ward is a very needed and efficient method. In Poland,...

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Greeting a patient: practical video
Magdalena Nawarecka September 13, 2021 Watch the video with a very nice and experienced therapy dog – Enzo – greeting his new group of...

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Recent paper on the “New Era of Canine Science: Reshaping Our Relationships with Dogs”
Alina Simona Rusu August 20, 2021 A recent study published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science by Evan L. MacLean, Aubrey Fine, Harold...

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The successful therapy dog: an insight through a Delphi consultation survey among Italian experts
Alina Simona Rusu August 20, 2021 A recent study investigating the perceptions of the optimal features of therapy dogs by AAI...

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AAI for youth in the detention facility
Amy July 12, 2021 Youth in the detention facility often display hostile and aggressive behavior in their programming – towards other...

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Greetings as an important part of AAI
Magdalena Nawarecka June 22, 2021 Greetings are a very important part of every intervention with a dog. Sadly, it’s also a moment during...

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Can Animal Abusers Be Taught Empathy?
Nancy Parish-Plass June 6, 2021 I care deeply for animals and I care deeply for people. We know that among the many ways that the fate of...

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Recent study on Dog-Assisted Therapy in Neurohabilitation of Children with Severe Neurological Impai
Alina Simona Rusu June 2, 2021 A recent study on the effects of Dog-Assisted Therapy (DAT) in neurorehabilitation of children with severe...

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