Bland, Emma

Gearhart, Faculty Advisor, Rebecca

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Illinois Wesleyan UniversityDigital Commons @ IWUJohn Wesley Powell Student ResearchConference 2006, 17th Annual JWP ConferenceApr 8th, 2:35 PM - 3:35 PMRelationships Between Dog Owners and theirDogs: Benefits and ConcernsEmma BlandIllinois Wesleyan UniversityRebecca Gearhart, Faculty AdvisorIllinois Wesleyan UniversityFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprcThis Event is brought to you for free and open access by The Ames Library, the Andrew W. Mellon Center for Curricular and FacultyDevelopment, the Office of the Provost and the Office of the President. It has been accepted for inclusion in Digital Commons @ IWU bythe faculty at Illinois Wesleyan University. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@iwu.edu.©Copyright is owned by the author of this document.Emma Bland and Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor, "Relationships Between Dog Owners and their Dogs: Benefits andConcerns" (April 8, 2006). John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference. Paper 36.http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2006/posters2/36THE JOHN WESLEY POWELL STUDENT RESEARCH CONFERENCE - APRIL 2006 Poster Presentation P8 RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DOG OWNERS AND THEIR DOGS: BENEFITS AND CONCERNS Emma Bland and Rebecca Gearhart* Anthropology Department, Illinois Wesleyan University There is archaeological evidence that domesticated dogs existed 14,000 years ago, suggesting that dogs have had relationships with humans since then. Today, about 1 of every 4 people in the U.S. owns a dog, and this poster presentation takes a look at three different relationships between central Illinois dog owners and their dogs. Among the three human subjects who are the focus of the research, one relies on her dog for companionship and security. Another considers her dog to be part of the family, just like her four children are, and the third depends on his dog for help in hunting. While the three human-canine relationships are quite different, this presentation illustrates how all of the dog owners who participated in the research share similar sentiments about the benefits they get from their dogs and the concerns they have about them. 

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