ArticleScientific reports2022
Development and initial validation of a dog quality of life instrument.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Dietary management of normoalbuminaemic canine chronic enteropathies.The Journal of small animal practice · 2026Review
- A new generic feline quality of life (FelQoL) questionnaire: part 1 - development and validation.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- A new generic feline quality of life (FelQoL) questionnaire: part 2 - initial evaluation of clinical utility.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- PsittaWel: A welfare assessment tool for companion parrots.Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2026Article
- Development and Validation of a Canine Health-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire and a Human-Canine Bond Questionnaire for Use in Veterinary Practice.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Outcome and quality of life after intracranial meningioma surgery in cats.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2023Article
- Long-term daily feeding of cannabidiol is well-tolerated by healthy dogs.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- Preliminary validation of a novel tool to assess dog welfare: The Animal Welfare Assessment Grid.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
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Abstract
The increasing attention for the dog-owner relationship combined with advances in nutrition and veterinary care have made wellbeing a focal point for dog owners, veterinarians, and dog product and service providers. While canine wellbeing can be quantified by survey-based quality of life instruments like those used in human healthcare, there are currently few instruments available that can do this reliably and at scale. Here we report the development and initial validation of a canine quality of life instrument specifically designed to quantify wellbeing in the general dog population. The instrument is based on a simple 32-question survey and includes 5 daytime domains (energetic, mobile, relaxed, happy, sociable) and 3 mealtime domains (relaxed, interested and satisfied). It captures specific health-related aspects as well as more general wellbeing aspects and, in an initial sample of 2813 dogs, already provides useful insights on canine wellbeing. We believe that data collection at scale with this instrument will help bring optimal wellbeing to the dogs we care for.
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