Munkeboe Natascha, Lohse-Lind Amalie, Sandøe Peter, Forkman Björn, Nielsen Søren Saxmose
Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
Animals (Basel). 2021 May 17;11(5):1436. doi: 10.3390/ani11051436.
Street dogs are common in southern and eastern parts of Europe. They are often adopted by people living in North European countries, including Denmark. However, these dogs may experience difficulties adjusting to their new life as companion animals, and this may in turn lead to behavioural problems and complications for owners. The objective of this study was therefore to investigate whether former street (FS) dogs display a higher degree of behavioural problems than dogs reared in Denmark (RD). Two questionnaires were developed. One was distributed to Danish dog owners and resulted in 3020 useful answers. FS dogs were found to display 9 of the 45 listed behaviours more often than RD dogs. All of these behaviours were related to fear, aggression and stress. The second questionnaire was distributed to Danish veterinarians working in small animal practices and resulted in 173 useful answers. The most commonly reported behavioural problems were fear of humans, stress and problems when the dog was left at home alone. The extent of the behavioural problems reported by the veterinarians was much greater than that reported by the dog owners which, at least partly, may be due to fear-induced reactions of the dogs when handled at the veterinary clinic.
流浪狗在欧洲南部和东部很常见。它们经常被包括丹麦在内的北欧国家的人们收养。然而，这些狗在适应作为伴侣动物的新生活时可能会遇到困难，这反过来可能会给主人带来行为问题和麻烦。因此，本研究的目的是调查曾经的流浪狗（FS）是否比在丹麦饲养的狗（RD）表现出更高程度的行为问题。开发了两份问卷。一份分发给丹麦的狗主人，得到了3020份有效答案。发现FS狗比RD狗更频繁地表现出45种列出行为中的9种。所有这些行为都与恐惧、攻击性和压力有关。第二份问卷分发给在小动物诊所工作的丹麦兽医，得到了173份有效答案。最常报告的行为问题是害怕人类、压力以及狗独自在家时出现的问题。兽医报告的行为问题程度比狗主人报告的要严重得多，这至少部分可能是由于狗在兽医诊所接受检查时因恐惧引起的反应。
