Introduction to Dog School

Project Lead: Dr Lauren Harris

31st October 2019

Project objectives

To identify barriers experienced by people with low socioeconomic status which may prevent them from attending face-to-face dog training classes
To investigate whether providing an online dog training course may help people overcome these barriers by allowing them to complete training modules in their own time.
To investigate the effect of different delivery formats on uptake and completion of programmes, knowledge transfer and customer satisfaction.
This information will help Dogs Trust determine the best way to deliver training and behaviour advice that is accessible to people with varied socio-economic backgrounds.

Publications

Paper to evaluate the impact of Socio-Economic Status on Accessibility of Dog Training Classes.

This paper was published in the journal "Animals" in October 2019.

Impact of Socio-Economic Status on Accessibility of Dog Training Classes PDF 369 KB
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