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Returning a recently adopted companion animal: adopters' reasons for and reactions to the failed adoption experience.
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Changing expectations about the development of new pet–family relationships and the provision of postadoption services might help adopters tolerate the adjustment period and handle problems without resorting to returning the animal.Abstract:
The return of a recently adopted companion animal places the nonhuman animal in jeopardy and may be painful and frustrating to the humans involved. However, if returners learn from the failed adoption experience, future adoptions may be more satisfactory for all concerned. In this study, 78 people who had adopted and returned dogs or cats to an animal shelter in a U.S. Midwestern city were interviewed regarding their reasons for return, reactions to the experience, and plans for future adoptions. Although some returners adjusted their pet ownership plans in potentially beneficial ways, most reacted by counseling greater forethought and planning before adopting. The last, although sound advice, had little to do with reasons for return, which primarily were problems that arose postadoption: pet behavior such as not getting along with other pets or children. Changing expectations about the development of new pet-family relationships and the provision of postadoption services might help adopters tolerate the adjustment period and handle problems without resorting to returning the animal.read more
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The relationship between training methods and the occurrence of behavior problems, as reported by owners, in a population of domestic dogs
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Risk factors for relinquishment of dogs to an animal shelter.
TL;DR: Potentially modifiable risk factors with the highest population attributable risk for relinquishment were owners having specific expectations about the cat's role in the household, allowing the cat outdoors, owning a sexually intact cat, and inappropriate care expectations.
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Behavioral Reasons for Relinquishment of Dogs and Cats to 12 Shelters
Mo Salman,Jennifer M. Hutchison,Rebecca Ruch-Gallie,Lori R. Kogan,John C. New,Phillip H. Kass,Janet M. Scarlett +6 more
TL;DR: The National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy (NCPPSP) as mentioned in this paper found that behavioral problems, including aggression toward people or nonhuman animals, were the most frequently given reasons for canine relinquishment and the second most frequent reason for feline relinquishment, and no association was found between category of relinquishment (behavioral, mixed, nonbehavioral) and gender, number of times mated (males), number of litters (females), purebred status, declaw status, and number of visits to the veterinarian within the past year, for
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Human and Animal Factors Related to Relinquishment of Dogs and Cats in 12 Selected Animal Shelters in the United States
TL;DR: Since the 1940s, perceived companion animal overpopulation in the United States has been an important issue to the animal welfare community, but the nature and scope of this problem have been notoriously difficult to characterize.
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Reasons for Relinquishment of Companion Animals in U.S. Animal Shelters: Selected Health and Personal Issues
TL;DR: Analysis of health and personal issues suggests that education and counseling before and after acquisition of a pet, as well as the availability of temporary accommodations for pets during times of personal crisis, may reduce relinquishments.