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Dog owners might struggle to recognize subtle signs of pain in their pets, with barely half of owners identifying symptoms such as nighttime restlessness and clinginess as likely indicating pain, in survey study

04.01.26 | PLOS

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Dog owners might struggle to recognize subtle signs of pain in their pets, with barely half of owners identifying symptoms such as nighttime restlessness and clinginess as likely indicating pain, in survey study

Article URL : https://plos.io/4t1pGx8

Article title: The abilities in dog pain sign recognition as assessed by presenting seventeen listed dog behavioural signs and three case descriptions to dog owners and non-dog owners

Author countries: The Netherlands

Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.

PLOS One

10.1371/journal.pone.0344512

The abilities in dog pain sign recognition as assessed by presenting seventeen listed dog behavioural signs and three case descriptions to dog owners and non-dog owners

1-Apr-2026

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
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PLOS. (2026, April 1). Dog owners might struggle to recognize subtle signs of pain in their pets, with barely half of owners identifying symptoms such as nighttime restlessness and clinginess as likely indicating pain, in survey study. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/86ZNVDM8/dog-owners-might-struggle-to-recognize-subtle-signs-of-pain-in-their-pets-with-barely-half-of-owners-identifying-symptoms-such-as-nighttime-restlessness-and-clinginess-as-likely-indicating-pain-in-sur.html
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"Dog owners might struggle to recognize subtle signs of pain in their pets, with barely half of owners identifying symptoms such as nighttime restlessness and clinginess as likely indicating pain, in survey study." Brightsurf News, Apr. 1 2026, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/86ZNVDM8/dog-owners-might-struggle-to-recognize-subtle-signs-of-pain-in-their-pets-with-barely-half-of-owners-identifying-symptoms-such-as-nighttime-restlessness-and-clinginess-as-likely-indicating-pain-in-sur.html.