Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Lincoln Research Investment Fund scholarship
Article History
Received: 25 August 2020
Revised: 22 December 2020
Accepted: 2 January 2021
First Online: 28 January 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: All authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: This study was approved by the School of Psychology Research Ethics Committee and follows the codes of ethics and guidelines for working with humans and animals by the British Psychological Society. All human participants and dog owners signed consent forms and received debriefing information after session completion.
: All data needed to evaluate the conclusions in the paper are present in the paper and/or the Electronic Supplementary Information. Additional data related to this paper may be requested from the corresponding author.