More evidence that cute often does not equal good dog welfare from Canine Science Forum. Today’s English bulldogs are a prime example - they have many systemic health and welfare issues, such problems with their skin, breathing, and eyes. Possibly widely known but worth repeating!

Starting the final day of the Canine Science Forum with fascinating research on free-ranging dogs in India. Love this research with such an interesting canine population!

Love this research presented today Canine Science Forum from Peter Sandøe and colleagues investing relationships between owner ethical orientation and the dog training method they choose. This provides further insight into why people opt to use one method over another.

There’s a slight possibility that I might steal Tamas Farago (tamsa)’s dog after the Canine Science Forum ends today! 🤣

More I learned from Peter Sandøe at @canineforum...Denmark has a very different problem to the US and the UK... ~2,000 dogs enter shelters annually and there’s a demand of 60k dogs per year.

I had the pleasure of meeting Dr Rubina Mondal at this year’s Canine Science Forum, and learned about her brillant research. I’m now mildly obsessed with collaborating with her!

Where will the Canine Science Forum be in 2025?! In the meantime, get ready for Canine Science Conference in Seattle in July 2024! I’ve just gotten word of somebody else who will be giving a plenary talk and I’m VERY much looking forward to that!

Very excited to have this paper published! This study's purpose was to develop a theoretical model of dogs' needs. We'll be using it to assess dogs' QoL pre- and post-adoption, but it is intended to be applicable to many dog populations. Please share! doi.org/10.3390/ani131…

Dog owners are still needed to participate in our study investigating potential genetic differences in the sociability of dogs who have remained in a home long-term versus those who are residing in an animal shelter! Click here to to sign up: forms.gle/kPLuGEHEfFmpbW… Please share!

I’ve spent a lot of time this week speaking about how science can improve dog rehoming at the Animal Shelter Professionals of Ontario conference. I’m always excited to bring the findings of research to organizations to practically apply it, with the goal of improving dog welfare!

Shelters/rehoming orgs are still needed for a study I'm working on investigating potential genetic differences in sociability, which are expected to help to increase the likelihood of successful rehoming and improve dog welfare! To sign up: forms.gle/66yG21r2t76xfp… Please share!

Check out this webinar if you need help with an unhappy multi-dog household! Tickets are by donation and help The Dog Rehoming Project achieve its mission. Please share!

Check out this upcoming talk I’m giving on a very important topic for dog welfare! It will be packed with info for anybody who has a dog and kids, and anybody who works at a shelter/rescue org. Go to link below for tickets and please share!

Me: I’ll just do a quick thematic analysis of this data. Three days and exactly 1,833 Excel cells later: Okay, done.

A case study of mine has just been published on a shelter I worked with to overhaul their rehoming practices so that they’re based on scientific evidence. Immediate positive effects included increases in animal adoptions and decreases in staff workload! cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/ab…

Hurry! There’s still time to register! See you in Seattle for 🐶🧬🔬

Participants needed for a very cool study being conducted by an architecture student on how shelter design can be improved upon to benefit everybody! If you work in a shelter, your participation is very much appreciated. Also, please share!

Check this out! There will be loads of important info for shelters/rehoming orgs. Please share widely!