Odgoj i školovanje pasa pomagača i terapijskih pasa

master's thesis

• Title (english): Raising and Training of Assistance and Therapy Dogs
• Author: Eleonora Žnidarić
• Mentor: Sven Menčik (mentor)
• Mentor: Anamaria Ekert Kabalin (mentor)
• Committee member: Ivan Vlahek (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Sven Menčik (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Velimir Sušić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2024-07-02, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE; Veterinary Medicine; Animal Production and Biotechnology

Abstract

Odgoj i školovanje pasa pomagača i terapijskih pasa omogućuje osobama s posebnim
potrebama lakše obavljanje svakodnevnih životnih zadataka, kao i veći socijalni i društveni
kontakt uz pomoć školovanog i odgojenog psa. Najčešće korištene pasmine su labrador retriver i
zlatni retriver, no danas sve veći značaj imaju i pudl te njemački ovčar. Psi koji se koriste sa svrhom
pomagača ili terapijskih pasa posebno su odgojeni i obučeni psi koji nakon dugotrajnog razdoblja
socijalizacije i školovanja odlaze korisniku te im pomažu u svakodnevnim aktivnostima. Korisnici
terapijskih pasa su najčešće slijepe osobe (psi vodiči), djeca s teškoćama u razvoju (terapijski psi)
ili nepokretne osobe (rehabilitacijski psi). Sigurnost koju pas pomagač ili terapijskih pas može
pružiti čovjeku vrlo je bitan čimbenik u svakodnevnom životu korisnika.
Cilj diplomskog rada bio je ukratko prikazati prikazati porijeklo i povijesni razvoj pasa,
sistematizaciju i podjelu pasa prema načinu uzgoja i namjeni, potom opisati uzgoj i školovanje te
socijalizaciju pasa pomagača i pasa korištenih u terapijske svrhe. Prikazan je značaj rada pojedinih
udruga u Republici Hrvatskoj koji se bave odgojem i školovanjem pasa pomagača. Također
opisane su pozitivne interakcije pasa pomagača i terapijskih pasa s osobama-korisnicima u
društvenim aktivnostima te njihovo sudjelovanje u poboljšanju svih funkcionalnih i psiholoških
ishoda terapija kod osoba s poteškoćama u motoričkim kretnjama ili ravnoteži, zdravstvenim
problemima poput dijabetesa, epilepsije ili drugih nefizioloških poremećaja i reakcija (osobe s
psihijatrijskim poremećajima i autizmom).
Iz prikazanog diplomskog rada mogli bismo zaključiti da su pas pomagač i terapijski pas
sve značajniji u suvremenom društvu zbog mogućnosti njihova uključivanja u mnogobrojne oblike
terapije i/ili rehabilitacijske procese, čime korisnicima i njihovim bližnjima podižu kvalitetu
života.

Abstract (english)

Raising and training assistance and therapy dogs enable people with special needs to
facilitate significant everyday life tasks and social contact with the help of a trained and wellbehaved dog. The most commonly used breeds are Labrador Retriever and Golden Retriever, but
today the Poodle and the German Shepherd are increasingly important. Dogs used as helpers or
therapy dogs are specially raised and trained dogs that go to the user after a long period of
socialisation and training and help them in their daily activities. Users of therapy dogs are most
often blind people (guide dogs), children with developmental disabilities (therapy dogs) or
immobile people (rehabilitation dogs). The security that a service dog or therapy dog can provide
to a person is a significant factor in the user's daily life.
The thesis aimed to describe the origin and historical development of dogs briefly, the
systematisation and division of dogs according to the method of breeding and purpose, and then
to explain the breeding training and socialisation of assistance dogs and dogs used for therapeutic
purposes. The importance of the work of specific associations in the Republic of Croatia that deal
with the education and training of assistance dogs is presented. It also described the positive
interactions of assistance dogs and therapy dogs in social activities and participation in improving
all functional and psychological outcomes of therapy and assistance for people with difficulties in
motor movements or balance, health problems such as diabetes, epileptic seizures or other nonphysiological disorders and reactions, especially as support for people with psychiatric disorders
and autism.
From the presented thesis, we could conclude that assistance and therapy dogs are
increasingly crucial in including numerous forms of the therapeutic and rehabilitative roles of new
and existing users in their daily activities, raising the people's and their neighbours' quality of life.

• Keywords: pas pomagač; terapijski pas; socijalizacija; školovanje
• Keywords (english): assistance dog; therapy dog; socialization; training
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:178:159269
• Study programme: Title: Veterinary Medicine; Study programme type: university; Study level: integrated undergraduate and graduate; Academic / professional title: doktor/doktorica veterinarske medicine (doktor/doktorica veterinarske medicine)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2024-07-16 07:59:15