Ci stiamo adoperando per raccogliere alcuni premi da sorteggiare tra chi ha partecipato al sondaggio.
Per ora Craig Koshyk, dal Canada, della Dog Willing Publications ci ha donato uno dei suoi libri books (Pointing Dogs, Volume 1, The Continentals). Valore di mercato 99 dollari.
Josh Wiggins, dal Texas ci ha donato un guinzaglio con collare incorporato Texas Leash and Collar
Luca Zaninoni, di Sanguemiele Design, offre un buono per una maglietta a scelta tra quelle presenti sul suo sito.
Io offro un portafischietto intrecciato a mano, colori a vostra scelta (massimo due), del valore di circa 15 euro e un servizio fotografico gratuito.
Vogliamo aggiungere altri regali per ringraziare quelli che hanno contribuito alla“scienza”, quindi se volete offrirci qualcosa (beni o servizi) non esitate a contattarci!
Prizes
For those filling out the survey. We are working on collecting a few items which will be drawn among all those who filled out the survey.
So far Craig Koshyk, from Canada, of Dog Willing Publications kindly donated one of his books (Pointing Dogs, Volume 1, The Continentals) worth 99 dollars
Luca Zaninoni, from Italy, is donating a coupon for a T-shirt with the design of your choice among those available on is website Sanguemiele Design
and I am going to braid a lanyard in the colours of your choice and I offer a free photographic session.
We are looking forward adding more goodies for those who kindly devoted their time to “science” so… if you want to donate anything (a item or a service), don’t hesitate to contact us!
The Gundog Research Project is a scientific research focusing on gundogs actively used for hunting and field trials. The project has been tailored on pointing dogs, but we are accepting contributions from spaniels and retrievers owners as well. The project stems from two elements: my love for gundogs and, on a more practical side, the need to write a research dissertation to graduate in Veterinary Medicine. Writing a dissertation is mandatory in Italy and, as it might require months of research, I opted to devote them to something I like, and from which animals and humans could benefit . Dogs have always played a huge role in my life, and certainly helped me to grow into a better person, this is how I am trying to give them something back.
Animal behaviour is intimately linked with animal welfare which, on its turn, is affected by animal management. Most of the animal welfare studies carried on so far, focus on farm animals. Furthermore, working dogs such as hunting and field trials dogs, cannot even be considered “pets”. They are canine athletes, they have their own peculiar needs and they are among the few dogs that can truly be considered working animals. As far as my tutors and I are aware, there is no scientific literature available on hunting and field trial dogs management and welfare: the studies we could find are centered on military, police and shelter dogs and on dogs for the blind. Feel free to e-mail us if you want to know more about the project scientific design and about the scientific literature behind it.
If you are interested in supporting this project and help giving it more visibility (through magazines, websites or your club’s activities), please do so or contact us. We appreciate and need your help!
