Veterinarians and Successful Pet Adoptions
| Autor: | Aline H. Kidd, Robert M. Kidd, Carol George |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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| Zdroj: | Psychological Reports. 71:551-557 |
| ISSN: | 1558-691X 0033-2941 |
| DOI: | 10.2466/pr0.1992.71.2.551 |
| Popis: | Because Kidd, Kidd, and George in 1992 reported that owners' ignorance of species-specific animal behaviors, unrealistic expectations for the roles pets play in their children's lives, and expense and time required for ownership and caretaking are major reasons why many cats and dogs are adopted from humane societies and then rejected each year, it is important to assess whether better education of prospective adopters increases retention of pets. Since veterinarians in private practice deal with clients more closely, answering questions, discussing training methods, and helping with problems and difficulties before or after they arise, we hypothesized that veterinarians' clients would reject significantly fewer newly adopted pets and have significantly fewer unreasonable expectations for roles pets would play in their children's lives than would humane society adopters. 18 male and 57 female clients completed a demographic questionnaire and George's 1989 Pet Expectations Inventory, which rates the physical and emotional impact of roles pets are expected to play in their lives, and the 5 fathers and 26 mothers also rated the roles expected to affect their children's lives. At six months, follow-up phone calls ascertained whether clients still had the newly adopted pets and if not, why not. Analysis showed that veterinarians' clients rejected significantly fewer pets and had fewer unreasonable expectations for pets' roles in their own and their children's lives than did humane society adopters. |
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