Stress, needs, and behaviour: understanding chronic stress in pet domestic dogs
Stress, needs, and behaviour: understanding chronic stress in pet domestic dogs
- 저자: Tananaeva Alisa; Udell Monique A R
- 출처: Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 2026
- DOI/링크: 10.1002/brv.70179
- 분야 태그: #반려동물 #동물행동
- 정리일: 2026-07-11
TL;DR
Although the factors discussed here are not the only determinants of stress and well-being in dogs, this review emphasizes how understanding and meeting a dog’s needs may help us understand and reduce chronic stress and related behavioural and health outcomes
1. 연구 배경 및 동기
- 다루는 문제: Research suggests that domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) living as pets within urban environments may experience challenges such as sensory overstimulation, limited agency, and hyper-dependence on humans
- 기존의 공백 / 왜 필요한가: Such factors have been associated with the development of chronic stress within this population. While stress can be an adaptive response to internal or external challenges, chronic stress can have a negative impact on a dog’s health, well-being and strain the human-animal bond
2. 관련 연구
- 기존 연구 흐름: Recent research indicates that behavioural issues remain among the most common reasons for relinquishment
- 이 논문의 위치: Animal Behavior 분야 내 기존 문헌 검토
| 구분 | 기존 연구 | 이 논문 |
|---|---|---|
| 주제 | 일반적 접근 | Stress 중심 |
3. 핵심 기여
- Finally, we outline key directions for future research, including possible approaches for developing validated diagnostic and screening methods to measure chronic stress in pet dogs, systematic evaluation of individual needs, and the development of interventions to mitigate chronic stress in companion dogs
- This review does not aim to introduce a new animal welfare framework
- Although the factors discussed here are not the only determinants of stress and well-being in dogs, this review emphasizes how understanding and meeting a dog’s needs may help us understand and reduce chronic stress and related behavioural and health outcomes.
4. 제안 방법론
- 전체 접근 논리: Numerous studies identify chronic stress as an important yet often overlooked contributor to the development of problematic behaviours
- 단계: Given the broad health and behavioural consequences of chronic stress, we argue that frameworks helping caregivers and communities recognize causes of stress and opportunities for mitigation are critically important. Moreover, sharing human environments exposes dogs to many of the same urban stressors, making dogs a particularly informative model for exploring mechanisms, detection, and mitigation of chronic stress relevant to both canine and human well-being
5. 실험 설정
| 항목 | 내용 |
|---|---|
| 대상/재료 | Moreover, sharing human environments exposes |
| 처리 조건 | Given the broad health and behavioural consequences of chronic stress, we argue that frameworks helping caregivers and communities recognize causes of stress and opportunities for mitigation are critically important |
| 대조군 | - |
| 측정 방법 | We consider existing evidence for the hypothesis that a sustained inability to satisfy species-specific, breed-specific, and individual needs across physiological, safety, social, and cognitive domains may be a major cause of chronic stress in dogs living in urban environments |
6. 실험 결과 분석
| 지표 | 변화(Δ) | 조건 · 유의성 |
|---|---|---|
| - | - | Finally, we outline key directions for future research, including possible approaches for developing validated diagnostic and screening methods to measure chronic stress in pet dogs, systematic evaluation of individual needs, and the development of interventions to mitigate chronic stress in companion dogs |
제안 기전(인과 사슬): Finally, we outline key directions for future research, including possible approaches for developing validated diagnostic and screening methods to measure chronic stress in pet dogs, systematic evaluation of individual needs, and the development of interventions to mitigate chronic stress in companion dogs. This review does not aim to introduce a new animal welfare framework. Rather, it serves as a complementary perspective to existing ones, evaluating evidence for a link between a dog’s ability to meet their needs and the development of chronic stress
7. 비판적 평가
강점
- Although the factors discussed here are not the only determinants of stress and well-being in dogs, this review emphasizes how understanding and meeting a dog’s needs may help us understand and reduce chronic stress and related behavioural and health outcomes.
한계 · 의문
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8. 향후 연구 방향
- Although the factors discussed here are not the only determinants of stress and well-being in dogs, this review emphasizes how understanding and meeting a dog’s needs may help us understand and reduce chronic stress and related behavioural and health outcomes.
9. 결론
Research suggests that domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) living as pets within urban environments may experience challenges such as sensory overstimulation, limited agency, and hyper-dependence on humans 연구에서 numerous studies identify chronic stress as an important yet often overlooked contributor to the development of problematic behaviours을 통해 finally, we outline key directions for future research, including possible approaches for developing validated diagnostic and screening methods to measure chronic stress in pet dogs, systematic evaluation of individual needs, and the development of interventions to mitigate chronic stress in companion dogs. Although the factors discussed here are not the only determinants of stress and well-being in dogs, this review emphasizes how understanding and meeting a dog’s needs may help us understand and reduce chronic stress and related behavioural and health outcomes
Keywords
Stress, needs, behaviour, understanding, chronic, stress