Benchmark study tracks trends in dog behavior
A new Virginia Tech study published in PLOS One establishes a crucial baseline for understanding dog behavior on a large scale.
The research, led by Courtney Sexton, a postdoctoral associate in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, and her colleague Yuhuan Li from the University of Washington, utilized four years of owner-reported data from over 47,000 dogs in the Dog Aging Project, a large-scale initiative involving over 40 institutions.
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