Sulkama, Sini
Puurunen, Jenni
Salonen, Milla https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9901-7923
Mikkola, Salla https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0333-6207
Hakanen, Emma https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8790-0225
Araujo, César
Lohi, Hannes https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1087-5532
Funding for this research was provided by:
Academy of Finland (308887)
Jane ja Aatos Erkon Säätiö
Article History
Received: 3 March 2021
Accepted: 15 September 2021
First Online: 1 October 2021
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The data were collected according to the Finnish legislation () before the onset of the GDPR. A specific ethical approval was not needed at that time for academic research studies as this study focused on dogs and not humans or dog owners. Only names and addresses of dog owners were collected for contacting them in subsequent studies and for calculating the urban environment score. We informed the dog owners that participated in the study is entirely voluntary and confidential. We emphasised that the data will be used only for scientific purposes. We received informed consent from all participants.