Dogs Trust is celebrating welcoming the 5,000th puppy on to its landmark ‘Generation Pup’ study.
Taking the accolade is 14-week-old male crossbreed Jack, whose owner, Ruth Lewis, found out about the study when she enrolled on puppy training classes with Dogs Trust Dog School Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
The Generation Pup study, launched in 2016, tracks puppies through to adulthood to learn how their early experiences, environment, diet and exercise affects their health and behaviour later in life.
It is the first study of its kind, enabling researchers to gain ground-breaking new insights about our canine companions to improve dog welfare for future generations.
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The charity is hoping to recruit 10,000 puppies on to the study so is calling on owners to sign up at www.generationpup.ac.uk
Dr Jane Murray, research manager for generation Pup, at Dogs Trust, said: “It is wonderful that we’ve recruited 5,000 dogs and we’re so grateful to all the owners who give up their time to help with the study.
“We would love to reach 10,000 doggy recruits so, if you have a puppy, please sign up online. The more puppies we have signed up to the study, the greater potential we have to understand more about our dogs and how to help them in the future.”
Generation Pup is open to all breeds and crossbreeds of puppies from anywhere in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Puppies need to be registered on to the project before they are 16 weeks old. Puppies that have gone through quarantine can be registered up to 21 weeks of age.
