Questionnaire Response - #3

Today I received my third response for my questionnaire. Please see below.

Q1: What is your occupation?

animal welfare student

Q2: How do you believe current dog shelter designs affect dog behaviour - Positively / Negatively / No affect?Please state your reason for your choice.

negatively but it is difficult for them to have a positive effect, a shelter suitable for a dog needs to be a replica of what a real home would look and feel like which I dont think is given in dog shelters

Q3: Do you believe that if given the right environment to rehabilitate, more dogs would be less 'aggressive' in shelters, and have the chance of becoming more adoptable?

definietly although the key problem is obviously their owners and life before their time in a shelter. The negative impact causes a dogs instinct to set in and it wont know any better

Q4: How would you describe an 'ideal' environment for dog rehabilitation? What key elements would it have?

someone that cared for the dog in a way that they would for their own, comfort, so no hard bed or chains, warmth, ultimately what is seen and expected of in households raising kids

Q5: What do you believe are the best methods for dog rehabilitation?

I dont know much about it but slow transferral to the new home, dog training, extra time in general spent with them, one person who is a constant for them throughout the whole rehabilitation

Q6: Alongside rehabilitation methods, to what extent do you believe architecture has a role in rehabilitation?

• Quite Important

Q7: There are numerous examples of calming architecture, designed to calm people dealing with emotional trauma. Elements of this include panoramic views with lots of natural light, sound absorption and the integration of nature / outdoors.Based on your experiences, could this concept of calming architecture have a similar outcome for troubled dogs?

well yes to a certain extent, but this would have to be on the back of extensive research into what sort of architecture is calming for dogs rather than what we know about how it affects humans

Q8: Are you aware of any Rehabilitation Centres that allow traumatised shelter dogs to recover?

• No

Q9: If selected 'Yes' on previous question, please state the name of the Rehabilitation Centre and any additional information regarding their methods. Otherwise, please state 'N/A'.

Respondent skipped this question

Q10: Do you believe there needs to be more Rehabilitation Centres of this nature?

Yes, there can always be more

(SurveyMonkey, 1999-2014. SurveyMonkey [online]. Available at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/ [Accessed on 9th November 2014]. Published questionnaire available at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7PYBVBF [Created on 9th November 2014].)

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