Dog science
Outside of training dogs with Epic Tails Canine Adventures, Catherine has half a foot in the world of academia and dog science! Below is a list of her publications and a selection of media coverage. If you would like to get in touch regarding dog science or for media inquires, please contact catherine@epic-tails.ca.
A copy of Catherine's academic curriculum vitae can be found below:
Publications
Wilson, S., Milne, O., Jacques, S. & Reeve, C. (in preparation). Dog owners’ perceptions of their dogs’ behaviour during owners’ pregnancy.
Welsh, C.A., Graham-Wisener, L., Reeve, C., Berry, E. Experiences of living with a companion cat: A qualitative exploration during a global pandemic. Submitted to PLoS One.
Carroll, G.A., Reeve, C., & Torjussen, A., (2024). Companion animal adoption and relinquishment during the COVID-19 pandemic: the experiences of animal rescue staff and volunteers. Animal Welfare, 33, 11, p. e12.
Reeve, C., & Wilson, C. (2023). Detecting physiological changes in humans: Medical Alert and Assistance Dogs. In L. Lazarowski (Ed.). Dog Olfaction. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature.
Wilson, C., Campbell, K., Aviles-Rosa, E.O., Hall, N., & Reeve. C. (2023). The effect of repeated testing on judgement bias in domestic dogs (Canis Familiaris). Animal Cognition, 1-13.
Carroll, G., Torjussen, A., & Reeve, C (2023). Companion animal adoption and relinquishment during the COVID-19 pandemic: Households with children at greatest risk of relinquishing a cat or dog. Animal Welfare, 32, e56, 1-10.
Carroll, G., Torjussen, A., & Reeve, C. (2022). Companion animal adoption and relinquishment during the COVID-19 pandemic (CAARP): Peri-pandemic pets at greatest risk of relinquishment. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 1496.
Reeve, C., & Jacques, S. (2022). Responses to Spoken Words by Domestic Dogs:, A New Instrument for Use with Dog Owners. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 105513.
Reeve, C., Wilson, C., Hanna, D., & Gadbois, S. (2021). Dog Owners’ Survey reveals Medical Alert Dogs can alert to multiple conditions and multiple people. PloS one, 16(4), e0249191.
Reeve, C. (2021). Review 2:" Scent dog identification of SARS-CoV-2 infections, similar across different body fluids". Rapid Reviews COVID-19. (review)
Shoesmith, E., Shahab, L., Kale, D., Mills, D. S., Reeve, C., Toner, P., ... & Ratschen, E. (2021). The Influence of Human–Animal Interactions on Mental and Physical Health during the First COVID-19 Lockdown Phase in the UK: A Qualitative Exploration. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(3), 976.
Shoesmith, E., Santos de Assis, L., Shahab, L., Ratschen, E., Toner, P., Kale, D., Reeve, C. & Mills, D. S. (2021). The Perceived Impact of The First UK COVID-19 Lockdown on Companion Animal Welfare and Behaviour: A Mixed-Method Study of Associations with Owner Mental Health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(11), 6171.
Reeve, C., Cummings, E., McLaughlin, E., Smith, S., & Gadbois, S. (2020). An idiographic investigation of diabetic alert dogs' ability to learn from a small sample of breath samples from people with Type 1 diabetes. Canadian journal of diabetes, 44(1), 37-43.
Ratschen, E., Shoesmith, E., Shahab, L., Silva, K., Kale, D., Toner, P., Reeve, C. & Mills, D. S. (2020). Human-animal relationships and interactions during the Covid-19 lockdown phase in the UK: Investigating links with mental health and loneliness. PloS one, 15(9), e0239397.
Reeve, C., Wentzell, P., Wielens, B., Jones, C., Stehouwer, K., & Gadbois, S. (2018). Assessing individual performance and maintaining breath sample integrity in biomedical detection dogs. Behavioural processes, 155, 8-18.
Koivusalo, M. & Reeve, C. (2018). Biomedical scent detection dogs: would they pass as a health technology?. Pet behaviour science, (6), 1-7.
Koivusalo, M., Vermeiren, C., Yuen, J., Reeve, C., Gadbois, S., & Katz, K. (2017). Canine scent detection as a tool to distinguish meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Hospital Infection, 96(1), 93-95.
Gadbois, S., & Reeve, C. (2016). The semiotic canine: scent processing dogs as research assistants in biomedical and environmental research. Dog behavior, 2(3), 26-32.
Gadbois, S., Sievert, O., Reeve, C., Harrington, F. H., & Fentress, J. C. (2015). Revisiting the concept of behavior patterns in animal behavior with an example from food-caching sequences in Wolves (Canis lupus), Coyotes (Canis latrans), and Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes). Behavioural processes, 110, 3-14.
Gadbois, S., & Reeve, C. (2014). Canine olfaction: scent, sign, and situation. In Domestic dog cognition and behavior (pp. 3-29). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
media
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/59580613
https://app.meltwater.com/newsfeeds/view/55ba2659aeb3902886be7305/KNzpIk5InFwV9G_XZYrelu3iwwc
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dogs-can-understand-more-than-200-words-and-phrases-w36fqpgvl
https://www.zmescience.com/science/the-average-dog-knows-89-words-and-phrases/
https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/bizarre/average-dog-understands-89-words-1327037.html
