Silver, Z. A., Furlong, E. E., Singer, R. A. 2024. Beyond “far” transfer and “happy” therapy dogs: Comparative psychology gets the facts right. Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews 19, 15–19.

Comparative researchers seek to understand nonhuman minds but must also consider how our research supports animal welfare. We propose two distinct pathways to accomplish this: (a) correcting misconceptions about dog training by making our work accessible to the general public and (b) developing new research questions directly exploring the impacts of engagement in animal-assisted intervention programs on canine welfare.

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