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Nutrition for the pregnant dog: Croney Research Group
Dogs have additional nutritional needs during gestation. Learn more in this infographic you can also download to share or print. EXPERT REVIEWER Anna Kate Shoveller, PhD Professor and Champion Petfoods Chair in Canine and Feline Nutrition, Physiology and Metabolism...
How Dogs Communicate With Their Body Language – CRONEY RESEARCH GROUP
This article describes why it is important to recognize body language cues in dogs both for safety and welfare. How dogs communicate with their body language. Purina Pro Club. Croney, C. Shreyer, T. The Stanton Foundation
Management and behavioral factors associated with rehoming outcomes of dogs retired from commercial breeding kennels
Short graphical summary of the Croney Research Group study on outcomes of retired/rehomed commercial breeding...
Refining Canine Welfare Assessment in Kennels: Evaluating the Reliability of Field Instantaneous Dog Observation (FIDO) Scoring – CRONEY RESEARCH GROUP
Accurate assessments of behavior and welfare are needed to evaluate the state of domestic dogs maintained in commercial breeding (CB) and other types of kennels. Field assessments of dogs’ states of being must be valid, reliable, and efficient. However, concerns about observer subjectivity and situational variation in dogs’ responses pose a challenge to incorporating behavioral metrics into welfare assessment tools. The Field Instantaneous Dog Observation (FIDO) tool, designed to capture the immediately observable physical and behavioral status of dogs in kennels, was thus examined. The Stanton Foundation
