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Dear BERGers
I am emailing to ask if you would participate in our survey / share our survey with your
relevant networks. We are exploring the topic of psychological trauma in dogs and the
potential effect that psychological trauma may have on dog behaviour and welfare. This
research will allow us to document the potential impacts that psychological trauma may
have on dogs, which may additionally impact their owners and the community.
This survey is open to dog behaviour/psychology experts. Participants must currently work
in the field of dog behaviour or dog psychology and have a qualification of at least a
Bachelor’s degree in the field of animal behaviour or animal psychology. The survey is
available in three languages, English, Italian or Japanese, and is expected to take around
25 minutes to complete.
This is a collaboration between researchers at The University of Queensland (AUS), the
University of Stirling (UK), the University of Lincoln (UK), and RSPCA Australia (AUS).
This study has ethical approval from the University of Queensland Human Research Ethics
Committee (#2022_HE000131).
We would also very much appreciate if you could share our survey with your professional
network so that we can capture a wide range of views from experts in this field. Your time
and support are appreciated.
The survey is available at this link:
https://tinyurl.com/ProjectElevateSurvey and by
using the QR code in the survey poster.
Best wishes and thanks,
Hannah, on behalf of the research team
University of Queensland: Prof Alan Tilbrook, Dr Tamsin Barnes, Dr Ella Kuskoff, Dr Kris
Descovich
University of Stirling: Prof Hannah Buchanan-Smith
University of Lincoln: Prof Daniel Mills
RSPCA Australia: Dr Sarah Zito
If useful, our social media survey posts can be shared from here:
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/KrisDescovich/status/1517788586061426688
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/kris.descovich/posts/10163730448958125
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6923558416305057792/
Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith
Professor, Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG)
Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling
Stirling, FK9 4LA
Scotland
E-mail: h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk<mailto:h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk>
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