Chin target with dogs – A Useful Exercise in Animal-Assisted Interventions Chin target is a simple, useful, and effective exercise that...

PADA is a personality assessment developed by Dyrebar Omsorg and ICofA, in collaboration with researchers in Hungary, including Ádám...

The therapy dog Alma helped young Nora through debilitating illness Irén Sagvolden and therapy dog Alma helped Nora through a difficult...

Dogs, like us, are born with genes that provide the foundation for how they interact with the world around them. How they react to loud...

Why use Do As I Do when working with school dogs and therapy dogs? Do As I Do (DAID) is a method for teaching dogs various behaviors,...

We humans use social learning all the time. When we learn something new, we often learn by observing others do something and then try...

We often think of stress as something negative and 'stressful,' but stress can also be positive and provide us with increased motivation...

By Leonard Cecil, April 11, 2016, Lupsingen, Switzerland

As part of the Wallis Annenberg PetSpace Leadership Institute initiative, funding for this publication was provided by Wallis Annenberg...

Learn how your dog can: * Ring the bell when the food is ready * Dancing around the Christmas tree * Bow to the food * Distribute...

Humans are learning more and more these days about the health benefits of dogs. As a result, public interest in therapy dogs has been...

Several certified teams from different countries have been invited to participate in one of the summer's biggest events in...

Everyone here knows that animals and humans have a strong relationship that is beneficial for all of us. That was proven a lot of times...

Entering the facility is part of AAI work. All teams need to enter the main entrance before starting AAI session. Sometimes the journey ...

What does your dog do while you are away? Now we have a scientific-based answer! Researchers from Family Dog Project analyzed videos from...

Read a very interesting study from the Lincoln University team about the strength of the human-dog relationship. Researchers were ...

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

During the past decade, the field of human–animal interaction(s) research has been characterized by a significant increase in scientific...

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

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