Are you able to assist Era Pup get to 10,000 puppies?

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Era Pup is a longitudinal research, run by Canine Belief, began in 2016. In 2023 the research recruited its 7,five hundredth pet onto the venture. Nevertheless, though the research has been an ideal success, we nonetheless require extra puppies and their house owners to participate to ensure that us to succeed in our 10,000-puppy goal. Are you able to assist?

The info gathered from this work might be elementary in understanding the event of well being and behavior issues in canine over their lifetime. That is achieved by all our voluntary pet house owners who usually full on-line surveys about all points of their canine’s well being, welfare and administration. 

There are additionally further contributions which devoted house owners can determine to supply to the research, together with the submission of hair, faecal, urine and buccal swabs from their canine. This additionally builds a novel database of canine samples which is able to assist in the understanding of canine well being and welfare. 

If you want to know extra please see our methodology analysis paper right here: ‘Era Pup’ – protocol for a longitudinal research of canine behaviour and well being. You too can hold updated with our most up-to-date outcomes right here: Outcomes | Era Pup

How do I get entangled within the Era Pup research? There are three standards you’ll want to meet to be eligible to participate which embrace:

1. You need to at the moment dwell in both England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Eire or the Republic of Eire. 
2. It is advisable be 16 years of age or older. 
3. It is advisable personal a pet (any breed, crossbreed or blended breed) beneath 16 weeks of age (or 21 weeks if they’ve gone by way of quarantine) 

If you happen to meet all the above standards, you’ll be able to signal as much as era pup by visiting the Era Pup web site. 

In case you are not eligible, please be happy to share our social media content material (see under) and assist us attain our goal!

Do you will have a web site or social media? Observe our social media pages:

Do you will have a query or need extra data? Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions you might have concerning the research. You possibly can e-mail us at generationpup@dogstrust.org.uk or name us on 07434 843460. 

We even have a FAQs part on our web site: FAQ for house owners | Era Pup

James Oxley is a Analysis Officer at Canine Belief.