Enrichment for Shelter Dogs - ASPCApro
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Enrichment for Shelter Dogs
Kelley Bollen, MS, CABC Owner and Director Animal Alliances, LLC
What do I mean by Enrichment?
Providing an interesting, complex, challenging, stimulating, and variable environment that encourages the animals to explore, think, learn, engage, and be well ? mentally and physically.
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Shelters should place a priority on programs that reduce stress and promote the physical and psychological well-being of their animals.
Keeping the animals behaviorally, as well as medically, healthy is the humane thing to do
Why is Enrichment Important in the Shelter Environment?
Shelter animals: - live in a stressful environment - are mentally and physically under-stimulated - are confined to a small area (cage or run) where they have little to no control
This can lead to boredom, anxiety and the development of behavior problems including abnormal behavior.
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Enrichment Programs
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Environmental Enrichment
Modifying the environment so that it:
? is more comfortable ? provides more space (larger enclosure, etc.) ? provides more choices (different levels, etc) ? is more stimulating (views, stimulating the senses,
etc.) ? is less stimulating (quieter, not able to see
other animals, etc.)
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Behavioral Enrichment
Stimulating the brain by:
- giving the animal opportunities to perform species-typical behaviors. - giving the animal opportunities to
think and learn.
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`Research in the neurosciences has indicated that the brains of higher animals are constructed to function optimally when receiving a specific amount of stimulation.' `When too much or too little stimulation is presented to the brain, disorganization, instability, disease, and suffering may result.'
McMillan, 2002
Studies consistently indicate that mental stimulation is emotionally rewarding to animals, and there is a strong motivation to seek novel stimuli. Studies also show that many animals prefer to work for their food rather than have it freely available. `Inadequate mental stimulation gives rise to the unpleasant emotional state of boredom, which serves to motivate the individual to seek stimulation.'
McMillan, 2002
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