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Name Kazumi Kikuchi
Belonging department Department of Occupational Therapy,Faculty of Health and Medical Science
Occupation name Professor
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The Effects of Dog Walking for Building Social Relationships in the Community : 2000 dog owners' survey in Japan

					

					

						

							

								

									
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2000 dog owners (988 males and 1012 females, included 284 elderly) throughout Japan answered. 60% of them walked their dog daily in the community (pathway 80.6%, park 34.6%). Dog owners thought that "Dog walking" created the opportunity to see friends, and build relationships with a variety of people, and they felt they had a better chance to know their own community of their own.  

					

					

						

							

								

									
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Journal of Teikyo Heisei University  

					

					

						

							

								

									
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201503