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breelmerritt.bsky.social @breelmerritt.bsky.social · Jun 26

Did you find your dog a new owner through a UK selling site in 2023 or 2024?

I’m a PhD student and would love to hear about it an anonymised, judgement-free online interview.

For details and to register your interest 🔗 www.surveymonkey.com/r/pre-owned-interviewbm

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breelmerritt.bsky.social @breelmerritt.bsky.social · Mar 12

Would anyone (UK) like to talk to me about rehoming their dog through an online advert in the last two years? Please get in touch through the link, or share to help me connect to people who have.

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breelmerritt.bsky.social @breelmerritt.bsky.social · Feb 27

If you are interested in being interviewed about rehoming your dog through online classifieds in the UK the full details and form to register your interest are here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/pre-owned-interviewbm

Pre-owned Dogs Project

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breelmerritt.bsky.social @breelmerritt.bsky.social · Feb 27

Can you please help me find interviewees for my PhD research?

I’d love to chat to UK residents (18+) who bought, sold or rehomed a dog in 2023 or 2024, using an online selling site (so something like Pets4Homes or Gumtree, rather than social media).

Thank you!

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breelmerritt.bsky.social @breelmerritt.bsky.social · Feb 12

What better for my first Blue Sky post than my first first author paper?

Dr Claire Brand @clbrand.bsky.social · Feb 12

What’s making life tough for owners of pandemic puppies? It’s not things that happened in 2020, but the dog’s unwanted behaviour that’s increasing the burden of dog ownership. New research from the wonderful Bree Merritt, part of the Pandemic Puppy team at RVC:
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Lasting lockdown love? Problem behaviour and pandemic and non-pandemic related risk factors influencing the owner-dog relationship in a UK cohort of dogs reaching early adulthood

The owner-dog relationship is a critical component of sustained dog ownership. Increased understanding of risk factors for weak owner-dog relationships can identify owner-dog dyads at higher risk of p...

journals.plos.org

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