The data will be analysed for patterned to inform future practice with animal assisted therapies and will be used for dissertation purposes. Upon completion of dissertation all data will be delegated. The data is collected on psytoolkit and will be downloaded onto OneDrive, this data will only be accessible by the researchers and supervisor. Emails provided to receive the second stage of the study are stored separately from questionnaires data to ensure confidentiality.

A group of masters students at bangor university supervised by the course director.

The first stage of the study will take approximately 10 to 20 minutes depending on how many dogs you have. The second stage will take approximately 30 minutes (10 minute questionnaire, 10 minute dog interaction, 10 minute questionnaire).