Teaching Undergraduate Psychology Majors about Dog Training Opens Doors for their Future

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic brought significant changes to the world both for humans and pets. The uncertainty and social isolation led twenty percent of American households to adopt a pet, and the ASPCA [1] has released new data suggesting that 90 percent of the dogs adopted during that time are still in their homes. As the crisis improved, the impact of the isolation and subsequent return to work resulted in dogs whose limited socialization experiences and inexperience with being left alone became apparent, and more owners began reporting behavioral problems, especially separation anxiety [2