Highly Educated Men Establish Strong Emotional Links with Their Dogs: A Study with Monash Dog Owner Relationship Scale (MDORS) in Committed Spanish Dog Owners

Paula Calvo; Jonathan Bowen; Antoni Bulbena; Adolf Tobeña; Jaume Fatjó

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0168748

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Highly Educated Men Establish Strong Emotional Links with Their Dogs: A Study with Monash Dog Owner Relationship Scale (MDORS) in Committed Spanish Dog Owners

Paula Calvo ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Paula Calvo, Jonathan Bowen, Jaume Fatjó

* E-mail: pcalvoetologia@gmail.com

Affiliations Chair Affinity Foundation Animals and Health, Department of Psychiatry and Legal Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Catalunya, Spain, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1013-6521

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Jonathan Bowen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Paula Calvo, Jonathan Bowen, Jaume Fatjó

Affiliations Chair Affinity Foundation Animals and Health, Department of Psychiatry and Legal Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Catalunya, Spain, Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, North Mimms, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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Antoni Bulbena ,

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Chair Affinity Foundation Animals and Health, Department of Psychiatry and Legal Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Catalunya, Spain, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain, INAD (Institut de Neuropsiquiatria i Addiccions), Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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Adolf Tobeña ,

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Chair Affinity Foundation Animals and Health, Department of Psychiatry and Legal Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Catalunya, Spain
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Jaume Fatjó

Contributed equally to this work with: Paula Calvo, Jonathan Bowen, Jaume Fatjó

Affiliations Chair Affinity Foundation Animals and Health, Department of Psychiatry and Legal Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Catalunya, Spain, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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Highly Educated Men Establish Strong Emotional Links with Their Dogs: A Study with Monash Dog Owner Relationship Scale (MDORS) in Committed Spanish Dog Owners

Paula Calvo,
Jonathan Bowen,
Antoni Bulbena,
Adolf Tobeña,
Jaume Fatjó

Published: December 29, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168748

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