行政院國家科學委員會補助專題研究計畫成果報告:「幼犬社交教室」於台灣之實用性研究
Date Issued
2000
Date
2000
Author(s)
陳光陽
DOI
892412H002006
Abstract
Five periods of development are
recognized in dogs: the neonatal, the
transitional, the socialization, the juvenile,
and the adult. The socialization period
which occurs at about 3 to 12 or 16 weeks is
probably the one that has received the most
attention in the early literature on the
development of canine behavior. It is
possibly the most important, because during
this time, social attachments to people are
made. This period has often been referred
to as the “critical period” for the formation of
social relationships. Even a small amount
of experience (or a total lack of experience)
during this time appears to have long-lasting
effects on the dog’s behavior. The puppies
that were isolated from all human contact
until 16 weeks of age failed to interact with
humans when they were first taken out of
isolation. With continues contact most of
these puppies still showed less social contact
with humans and could not become a good
companion animal in human families.
There are many culture differences between
Taiwan society and Western countries such
as dog owners in Taiwan like to raise toy
breed dogs and most of them do not like to
exercise with their pets outside. According
to our study last year, 81% of pet dogs in
Taipei area were hyperactive, 49% had the
problem of over-barking, 46% got fear
problems and 28% of them suffered with
separation anxiety. Puppy socialization
classes, which typically involve basic
obedience training as well as allowing
socialization with other puppies and people,
have become increasingly popular in recent
years. Based upon the suggestion that
adequate socialization is necessary for
appropriate adult behavior, these programs
are designed to ensure that sufficient social
interaction occurs to produce well socialized
animals. The purpose of this study is that
we want to set up a proper course of puppy
socialization classes for Taiwan owners.
According to our study, the method owners
always choose to praise their dogs with good
behavior were ‘orally praise’, ‘touch him’
and ‘hold him’, whereas the owners did not
like to use physically punishment to dear
with dog’s bad manner. In the part of
owner’s recognition about canine behavior
problems, Taipei owners were less aware
about ‘sensitive behavior problems’ and
‘over-active behavior problems’. We also
survey the basic dog knowledge of puppy
owners in Taipei area, most of the owners got
medium to high level of scores. But most
of them did not know the preventive
medicine and physical development of
puppies. In the survey of teaching altitude
of dog owners, most of them were
‘confident’, ‘authority’ and ‘nurture
believing’ owners.
Subjects
puppy socialization classes
puppy behavior development
behavior problems
SDGs
Publisher
臺北市：國立臺灣大學獸醫學系暨研究所
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report
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