Wie gelangen Hundebesitzer*innen zu ihrer Impfentscheidung?

Eine am Fachbereich Tiermedizin der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen entwickelte Umfrage soll in Erfahrung bringen, wie Hundebesitzer*innen zu ihrer Entscheidung gelangen ihre Hunde impfen zu lassen oder nicht. Hierfür wird um die Beantwortung eines online Fragebogens für die jeweiligen Zielgruppen gebeten. Unterschieden werden folgende Varianten des Fragebogens:

Herr Benedikt Hielscher ist Promotionsstudent an der Deutschen Sporthochschule Köln und beschäftigt sich im Rahmen seiner Doktorarbeit mit dem Bewegungsverhalten von Hundehaltern. Deshalb führt er eine Beobachtungsstudie an Hundehaltern durch, die sich im Verlauf des kommenden Jahres einen neuen Hund anschaffen.

"APERSPECTIV FROM THE DISTANCE"

BY J. KOEFOED (RYNBERG ROTTWEILERS)

I have been fortunate for so many reasons to have been born in a small yet vast distant country, but this distance although giving one a great overview of what the rest of the world is doing has its drawbacks when trying to access and breed quality Rottweilers. This distance has probably made Australian breeders think longer and harder about their choices before they import semen or dogs because of the inflated costs and quarantine issues involved. But the advantages are that we have this great overview of our breed like standing on a mountain and looking down at the view.

by Prof. Dr. Peter Friedrich
President of the Verband für das Deutsche Hundewesen (VDH, German Kennel Club)
Member of the Standards Commission of the Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI)

Controversy has broken out among Rottweiler fans. Differences of opinion between breeders across the world are becoming increasingly evident. Preferences are drifting apart when it comes to selecting stud dogs and bitches to breed from and judging dogs at shows, and it seems that two camps have emerged. A second type of Rottweiler has appeared alongside the type reflecting the traditional breed standard which has existed for decades. While the new type is prized by quite a few people, it must nevertheless, on closer inspection, be deemed problematic. The new Rottweilers have striking features – especially in the head area, but also in relation to their physique more generally – which have developed due to exaggerated interpretations of the breed standard.

Duisburg - Excitedly Anton, Amigo, Artur and Antonia run around the yard of the police station in Duisburg-Neudorf. The four Rottweiler puppies are fighting over each other.

_{Photo: Marc Vollmannshauser}