Rejections in an non-purpose bred assistance dog population: Reasons, consequences and methods for screening.

Assistance dogs aid people with various impairments on a daily basis. To become an assistance dog, a strict selection procedure and intensive training period must be successfully completed. Consequently, not every dog acquired for this purpose, becomes an assistance dog. The purpose of this study wa...

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Main Authors: Evelien Bogaerts, Christel P H Moons, Filip Van Nieuwerburgh, Luc Peelman, Jimmy H Saunders, Bart J G Broeckx
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218339