Factors Influencing Off-leash Dog Walking in Public Places

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.11118/actaun201765051761" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.11118/actaun201765051761</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.11118/actaun201765051761" target="_blank" >10.11118/actaun201765051761</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Factors Influencing Off-leash Dog Walking in Public Places

Original language description

Little is known about factors that influence owners&apos; decisions walking their dogs on or off a leash in public places. We examined the effect of the type of public place, dog&apos;s age, sex and size, and human gender on off-leash dog walking. Observations of 1850 dogs and their owners were made in streets and parks in Brno (Czech Republic). Multiple logistic regression analysis showed no significant effect of human gender on the frequency of unleashed dogs in streets and parks. Off-leash dog walking was 2.8 times more likely in parks than in streets. Adult dogs were unleashed 1.9 times more likely than puppies in streets and parks. Larger dogs were unleashed 3.4 times less likely than smaller dogs in streets and 2.8 times more likely in parks. Male dogs were unleashed 1.7 times less likely than female dogs in streets. The dog&apos;s sex had no effect on off-leash dog walking in parks. The age and sex of dogs walked by men and women in public places were not significantly different. Larger dogs were walked by men 1.9 times more likely than by women. Results indicate that off-leash dog walking is affected by the type of public place and dog&apos;s age, sex and size.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40201 - Animal and dairy science; (Animal biotechnology to be 4.4)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis

ISSN

1211-8516

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

65

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

1761-1766

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85042882595