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Housing compatible shelter dogs together could reduce stress and might help them find homes sooner

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PLOS

Effects of single- or pair-housing on the welfare of shelter dogs: Behavioral and physiological indicators

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One of the pairs of shelter dogs from the study. These dogs chose to cuddle, even though they were offered separate beds.

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Credit: Erica Feuerbacher, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Housing compatible shelter dogs together could reduce stress and might help them find homes sooner

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0301137

Article Title: Effects of single- or pair-housing on the welfare of shelter dogs: Behavioral and physiological indicators

Author Countries: USA

Funding: The current research was funded by a grant to ENF from the Waltham Foundation (grant number) www.waltham.com. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.


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