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Ana Catarina Vieira de Castro has a BSc degree in Applied Biology and a PhD in Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, both obtained at the University of Minho. Her research interests encompass animal behavior, welfare and ethics, with a special emphasis on dogs and dog-human relationships. Recently, she has focused her work in dog behavior, training and welfare. Ana Catarina Vieira de Castro has published 11 articles and 2 registered research protocols in scientific journals, and 2 book chapters. She has over 30 presentations at national and international congresses. She is also deeply involved in the mentoring of students, having supervised 7 MSc dissertations, 7 BSc research projects (plus 2 ongoing) and 3 research assistants. She is Review Editor in Animal Behavior and Welfare for Frontiers in Veterinary Science and reviewer for several journals including PLoS ONE, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, and Animal Cognition. Her PhD thesis was distinguished with national and international awards, and her current line of research on dog training has been having a high impact on the scientific community and also an outstanding coverage on the media worldwide.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Catarina Gonçalves Vieira de Castro

Citation names

  • Vieira de Castro, Ana Catarina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
AD18-2D71-87F3
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3357-7282

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Behavioural Sciences Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
  • Social Sciences - Psychology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Beginner (A1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2013
Concluded
 Doutoramento em Psicologia Experimental e Ciências Cognitivas (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"Experiments on temporal learning: from intra and interdimensional gradients to a generalization-based account of complex behavior" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved
2006
Concluded
 Licenciatura em Biologia Aplicada (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
"Early rearing conditions and song learning in zebra finches (research stage)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/01/01 - 2024/12/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2016/02/01 - 2018/12/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
2015/09/01 - 2015/12/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
2013/09/01 - 2015/08/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
2010/10/11 - 2012/04/27 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
2006/03/06 - 2006/07/31 Research Trainee (Research) Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2007/09/17 - 2013/07/26 PhD student Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
(...)
2006/12/15 - 2007/04/30 Secretariat Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/08/01 - 2023/12/31 A prison-based dog training program to promote successful adoption of shelter dogs in Portugal: focus on dog behavior and welfare
EUGLOHRIA Seeding Grant
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
 EUGLOH - European University Alliance for Global Health
Concluded
2017 - 2019 The effects of dog training methods on pet dog welfare and dog-owner bond
UFAW Grant Application 14-16/17
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare
2016/02 - 2018/12 The effects of dog training methods on pet dog welfare and dog-owner bond
SFRH/BPD/111509/2015
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2013/07 - 2015/08 Animal research ethics: an increasingly human affair
Provided by PTCRIS: 131999
131999
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2008/10/01 - 2012 TEMPO RETROSPECTIVO E PROSPECTIVO EM POMBOS (COLUMBA LIVIA)
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/SFRH/SFRH2%FBD2%F433982%F2008/PT
Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Psicologia, Portugal

Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2016/07/01 - Current Perinatal mortality in laboratory rodent
PTDC/CVT-WEL/1202/2014
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007 - 2008 Animal Cognition: Time and Number
PTDC/PSI/65678/2006
Other
Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Psicologia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Vieira de Castro, A.C.; Rocklinsberg, H.; Gjerris, M.; Olsson, I.A.S.. "The 3Rs and Good Scientific Practice". In Animal Ethics in Animal Research, 41-67. Cambridge University Press, 2017.
    10.1017/9781108354882.004
  2. Vieira De Castro, A.C.; Olsson, I.A.S.. "Does the Goal Justify the Methods? Harm and Benefit in Neuroscience Research Using Animals". In Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences, 47-78. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014.
    10.1007/7854_2014_319
Conference paper
  1. Jill Bradshaw; Buckley, Louise Anne; Olsson, I A S; Vieira de Castro, Ana Catarina. "What Do They Know? Mapping the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Dog Owners Regarding Dog Training". Paper presented in 2024 Veterinary Behavior Symposium, 2024.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Vieira de Castro, A. C. (AD18-2D71-87F3); Lencastre, M.; Guedes, M.; Pereira, A. M.; Guardão, L.; Mira da Fonseca, A.; Olsson, I.A.S.; Cabrita, A.R.J.. "Do nosework activities improve laboratory dog welfare?". Paper presented in XVI Congress of the Portuguese Society for Ethology (SPE), 2019.
  2. Vieira de Castro, A.C. (AD18-2D71-87F3); Vasconcelos, M.; Machado, A.. "Generalization gradients following interdimensional training: on the acquisition of temporal control". Paper presented in Annual Convention of the Society for the Quantitative Analysis of behavior (SQAB), 2014.
  3. Vieira de Castro, A.C. (AD18-2D71-87F3); Benvenuti, M.; Velasco, S.. "The illusion of control in a group context: individual and coordinated choices". Paper presented in 1st Joint Meeting of the Belgian Association of Psychological Sciences (BASP) and the Spanish Society for Experimental Psychology (SEPEX), 2012.
  4. Vieira de Castro, A.C. (AD18-2D71-87F3); Machado, A.. "Predicting the context effect in temporal discrimination tasks from the interaction of stimulus generalization gradients". Paper presented in 41st Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Psychology (SBP), 2011.
  5. Vieria de Castro, A.C. (AD18-2D71-87F3); Machado, A.. "Temporal generalization and peak-shift in pigeons". Paper presented in 5th National Meeting of the Portuguese Association for Experimental Psychology (APPE), 2010.
  6. Vieira de Castro, A.C. (AD18-2D71-87F3); Machado, A.. "Prospective timing in pigeons". Paper presented in 4th National Meeting of the Portuguese Association for Experimental Psychology (APPE), 2009.
  7. Vieira de Castro, A.C. (AD18-2D71-87F3); Machado, A.. "Prospective timing in pigeons". Paper presented in Annual Convention of the Society for the Quantitative Analysis of Behavior (SQAB), 2009.
  8. Bentes, J.; Costa, A.; Vieira de Castro, A.C. (AD18-2D71-87F3). "Learning in touchscreens: tests of an experimental environment". Paper presented in 8th National Congress of Ethology, 2008.
  9. Bentes, J.; Vieira de Castro, A.C. (AD18-2D71-87F3); Costa, A.. "Stimulus spatial generalization: bidimensional gradients in touchscreens". Paper presented in 3rd National Meeting of the Portuguese Association for Experimental Psychology (APPE), 2008.
Journal article
  1. Vieira de Castro, Ana Catarina; Baria-Unwalla, Parizad; Ana Rita Cabrita; I. Anna S. Olsson. Corresponding author: Vieira de Castro, Ana Catarina. "Successive Negative Contrast: An Appropriate Approach to Measure Affective State in Dogs?". Animal Welfare (2025):
    Accepted
  2. Vieira de Castro, Ana Catarina; Malone, Mariah; Casaca, Miriam ; Blenkus, Ursa; Gomes, Lurdes; Baria-Unwalla, Parizad; Olsson, I A S. "Investigating the ability of standard tests to detect improvements in behavior after a 9-week training program in shelter dogs - A pilot study". Journal of Veterinary Behavior (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jveb.2024.11.002.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jveb.2024.11.002
  3. Baria-Unwalla, Parizad; Gabriela Munhoz Morello; Maria Queiroz; I. Anna S. Olsson; Vieira de Castro, Ana Catarina. Corresponding author: Baria-Unwalla, Parizad. "What's in it for the dogs? Assessing the outcomes of a prison-based dog training program from an animal behaviour and welfare perspective". Animal Behavior and Cognition (2023): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CP4wce3foNuNEFI3o7dAsA57LGu0SmY_/view.
    Open access • Published
  4. Miriam Casaca; Gabriela M. Morello; Tatiana Magalhães; I. Anna S. Olsson; Ana Catarina Vieira de Castro. "Is there hope beyond fear? Effects of social rehabilitation on unsocialised stray dogs". Applied Animal Behaviour Science 253 (2022): 105671-105671. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2022.105671.
    Published • 10.1016/j.applanim.2022.105671
  5. Ana Catarina Vieira de Castro; Ângelo Araújo; André Fonseca; I. Anna S. Olsson. "Improving dog training methods: Efficacy and efficiency of reward and mixed training methods". PLOS ONE (2021): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247321.
    Open access • Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0247321
  6. Ana Catarina Vieira de Castro; Danielle Fuchs; Gabriela Munhoz Morello; Stefania Pastur; Liliana de Sousa; I. Anna S. Olsson. "Does training method matter? Evidence for the negative impact of aversive-based methods on companion dog welfare". PLOS ONE (2020): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225023.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0225023
  7. Vieira de Castro, A.C.; Barrett, J.; de Sousa, L.; Olsson, I.A.S.. "Carrots versus sticks: The relationship between training methods and dog-owner attachment". Applied Animal Behaviour Science (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2019.104831.
    Published • 10.1016/j.applanim.2019.104831
  8. Guilherme Fernandes, J.; Olsson, I.A.S.; Vieira de Castro, A.C.. "Do aversive-based training methods actually compromise dog welfare?: A literature review". Applied Animal Behaviour Science 196 (2017): 1-12. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85026437966&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.applanim.2017.07.001
  9. Vieira de Castro, A.C.; Vasconcelos, M.; Machado, A.. "Temporal generalization gradients following an interdimensional discrimination protocol". Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 69 9 (2016): 1701-1718. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84947940957&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1080/17470218.2015.1091851
  10. Vieira de Castro, A.C.; Machado, A.; Tomanari, G.Y.. "The context effect as interaction of temporal generalization gradients: Testing the fundamental assumptions of the Learning-to-Time model". Behavioural Processes 95 (2013): 18-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2013.01.007.
    Published • 10.1016/j.beproc.2013.01.007
  11. Vieira de Castro, Ana Catarina; Carvalho M. P; Kroger-Costa, A.; Machado, A.. "A percepção do tempo: contributos do procedimento de bissecção". Temas em Psicologia (2013): 49-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.9788/tp2013.1-04.
    Published • 10.9788/tp2013.1-04
  12. Vieira De Castro, A.C.; Machado, A.. "The interaction of temporal generalization gradients predicts the context effect". Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 97 3 (2012): 263-279. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84864498350&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1901/jeab.2012.97-263
  13. Vieira de Castro, A.C.; Machado, A.. "Prospective timing in pigeons: Isolating temporal perception in the time-left procedure". Behavioural Processes 84 1 (2010): 490-499. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77951974357&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.beproc.2010.02.011
  14. Holveck, M.-J.; Vieira De Castro, A.C.; Lachlan, R.F.; Ten Cate, C.; Riebel, K.. "Accuracy of song syntax learning and singing consistency signal early condition in zebra finches". Behavioral Ecology 19 6 (2008): 1267-1281. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-56449111895&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1093/beheco/arn078
Preprint
  1. Baria-Unwalla, Parizad; Munhoz Morello, Gabriela; Queiroz, Maria; Olsson, I. Anna S.; Vieira de Castro, Ana Catarina. "What’s in it for the dogs? Assessing the outcomes of a prison-based dog training program from an animal behavior and welfare perspective". 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.15.618160.
    10.1101/2024.10.15.618160
  2. Vieira de Castro, Ana Catarina; Fuchs, Danielle; Pastur, Stefania; de Sousa, Liliana; Olsson, I Anna S. "Does training method matter?: Evidence for the negative impact of aversive-based methods on companion dog welfare". 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/823427.
    10.1101/823427
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Castro, Ana. "Experiments on temporal learning: from intra and interdimensional gradients to a generalization-based account of complex behavior". PhD, Universidade do Minho, 2013. http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/25759.
  2. Castro, Ana. "EARLY DEVELOPMENTAL CONDITION AND SONG LEARNING IN ZEBRA FINCHES". Degree, Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, 2006.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/04/02 Stress and welfare in working dogs Workshop "How stress can affect the success of the police dog"
Policia de Segurança Pública (Lisbon, Portugal)
2024/11 Treino de cães em contexto prisional: uma perspectiva de comportamento e bem-estar animal 4th Congress of APETcão - Portuguese Association for Dog Trainers and Educators
2024/07 Successive Negative Contrast: An Appropriate Approach to Measure Affective State in Dogs? ISAE (International Society for Applied Ethology) South West Europe Regional Meeting 2024
2024/07 What’s in it for the dogs? Assessing the outcomes of a prison-based dog training program from an animal behaviour and welfare perspective Universities Federation for Animal Welfare Congress (UFAW) International Symposium
2024/06 What Do They Know? Mapping the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Dog Owners Regarding Dog Training Veterinary Behavior Symposium 204
American College of Veterinary Behaviorists
2023/11 Treino de cães: Uma perspectiva de comportamento e bem-estar animal Semana Científico-Pedagógica da Escola de Psicologia da Universidade do Minho
Escola de Psicologia da Universidade do Minho
2023/08 Successive Negative Contrast: An Appropriate Approach to Measure Affective State in Dogs? 56th Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE)
2023/08 Investigating Inter-Observer Agreement and the Effectiveness of the Temperament Test Using a Dog Socialization and Training Program 56th Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE)
2022/11/05 Dog training methods: Efficacy, welfare and dog-owner bond 2nd Congress of APETcão - Portuguese Association for Dog Trainers and Educators
APETcão - Portuguese Association for Dog Trainers and Educators (Condeixa, Portugal)
2022/07 Methods for Assessing Welfare in Kenneled Dogs: A Critical Evaluation 2022 1st Joint Meeting of the Red CIBA - ISAE South West Europe Region
Red CIBA - ISAE (Barcelona, Spain)
2022/04 Animal Welfare X Jornadas Biologia
NuBISA (Núcleo de Biologia do Instituto Superior de Agronomia) (Portugal)
2021 The controversy over reward- vs aversive-based training methods: How strong is the scientific evidence? International Society for Anthrozoology (ISAZ) Virtual Conference
International Society for Anthrozoology (ISAZ)
2021 Is there hope beyond fear? Effects of social rehabilitation on unsocialized stray dogs 54th Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE)
International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE)
2020/12/07 Webinar "Métodos de entrenamiento de perros: bienestar y calidad de vuestra relación" Edogtorial Webinars
Edogtorial - Libros y Formación de Calidad
2019 The effects of dog training methods on companion dog welfare and dog-owner bond Universities Federation for Animal Welfare Congress (UFAW) International Symposium
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare Congress (UFAW) (Brugges, Belgium)
2019 The effects of dog training methods on companion dog welfare and dog-owner bond XVI Congress of the Portuguese Society for Ethology (SPE)
Portuguese Society for Ethology (SPE) (Matosinhos, Portugal)
2019 Effects of a rehabilitation protocol in feral dogs' sociability with humans XVI Congress of the Portuguese Society for Ethology (SPE)
Portuguese Society for Ethology (SPE) (Matosinhos, Portugal)
2018 The effects of dog training methods on companion dog welfare 6th Canine Science Forum (CSF)
(Budapeste, Hungary)
2018 The effects of aversive and reward-based training methods on companion dog welfare 2018 Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE)
International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE) (Charlottetown, Canada)
2016 Avaliação de benefício: Expandindo a conceptualização ética da experimentação animal 2nd Portuguese Congress of Philosophy
(Porto, Portugal)
2016 The effects of aversive- and reward-based training methods on companion dog welfare 2018 Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE)
International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE) (Charlottetown, Canada)
2016 Do aversive-based training techniques actually compromise pet dog welfare? – A literature review European Congress of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine (ECAWBM)
(Cascais, Portugal)
2016 The interaction of temporal generalization gradients predicts the context effect 11th National Meeting of the Portuguese Association for Experimental Psychology (APPE)
Portuguese Association for Experimental Psychology (APPE) (Lisboa, Portugal)
2015 Harm-benefit analysis of animal experimentation European Congress of Alternatives to Animal Experimentation (EUSAAT)
(Linz, Austria)
2014 Harm-benefit analysis of animal experimentation: lack of conceptual clarity and underlying moral disagreement 9th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences
(Praga, Czech Republic)
2014 Experiments on temporal learning: from intra and interdimensional gradients to a generalization- based account of complex behavior American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention
American Psychological Association (APA) (Washington DC, United States)
2013 Temporal generalization gradients following interdimensional training 8th National Meeting of the Portuguese Association for Experimental Psychology (APPE)
Portuguese Association for Experimental Psychology (APPE) (Aveiro, Portugal)
2013 Intradimensional and interdimensional temporal control 25th International Meeting of the Spanish Society for Comparative Psychology (SEPC)
Spanish Society for Comparative Psychology (SEPC) (Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain)
2012 The context effect in a temporal discrimination task with an extended test range. 2nd Joint Meeting of the Spanish Society for Comparative Psychology (SEPC) and the International Society for Comparative Psychology (ISCP)
(Jaén, Spain)
2011 Discrimination and generalization of temporal stimuli 10th Journey of Behavioral Analysis of the Federal University of São Carlos
(São Carlos, Brazil)
2010 The context effect and peak-shift in double bisection tasks 22nd Meeting of the Spanish Society for Comparative Psychology (SEPC)
Spanish Society for Comparative Psychology (SEPC) (Almeria, Spain)
2010 The context effect and peak-shift in temporal discriminations 10th Meeting of Behavioral Psychology of the Center-West Region
(Brasilia, Brazil)
2009 Prospective timing in pigeons 21st Meeting of the Spanish Society for Comparative Psychology (SEPC)
Spanish Society for Comparative Psychology (SEPC) (Salamanca, Spain)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/09 - Current Fear and anxiety in dogs: Can a shrimp hydrolysate-supplemented diet help?
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Biologia (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2024/09 - Current Assessing the effect of a shrimp hydrolysate-supplemented diet on dog fear and anxiety behavior
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Biologia (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/12 Dog training in a prison context: Effects on dog welfare and behavior
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Biodiversidade, Ecologia e Alterações Globais (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023/03 - 2023/09 Fear Not! Exploring Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Canine Sound Sensitivity and Anxiety Management
Supervisor
 MSc in Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare (Master)
The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2021/09 - 2023/02 What do they know? Mapping the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Dog Owners Regarding Dog Training in the United States
Supervisor
 MSc Clinical Animal Behaviour (Master)
The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2021/09 - 2022/07 Validação de testes de temperamento e comportamento canino em ambiente de canil
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Biologia (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/03 - 2022/05 Temperament and Behaviour Tests for Domestic Dogs (Canis familiaris) in the Shelter Context
Supervisor
 MSc in Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare (Master)
The University of Edinburgh Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies, United Kingdom
2019/06 - 2021/02 Is there hope beyond fear? Effects of social rehabilitation on unsocialized stray dogs
Co-supervisor of Miriam Casaca
Linköpings universitet, Sweden
2019/09 - 2020/09 O efeito do sexo do dono no stress canino em contexto de treino
Supervisor of Ana Inês Azevedo
 Biologia (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/09 - 2020/07 Efeitos de um protocolo de reabilitação na sociabilidade de cães ferais com seres humanos
Supervisor
 Biologia (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Efeito dos passeios com trela no bem-estar de cães de laboratório alojados em canis
Supervisor of Diogo Jesus
 Biologia (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/03 - 2018/09 The effects of dog training methods on the dog-owner bond
Supervisor of Jennifer Barrett
 MSc in Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare (Master)
The University of Edinburgh Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies, United Kingdom
2018/03 - 2018/09 The effects of dog training methods on companion dog welfare
Supervisor
 MSc in Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare, University of Edinburgh (Master)
The University of Edinburgh Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies, United Kingdom
2017 - 2018 A relação entre os diferentes métodos de treino e o bem estar de cães de companhia
Supervisor of Margarida Lencastre
 Biologia (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017 - 2018 A relação entre os diferentes métodos de treino e o bem-estar de cães de companhia
Supervisor
 Biologia (Other)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017 - 2018 A relação entre os diferentes métodos de treino canino e o efeito de base-segura no Teste da Situação Estranha de Ainsworth
Supervisor of Marisa Saraiva
 Biologia (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016 - 2017 The effects of dog training methods on companion dog welfare
Supervisor of Stefania Pastur
Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2014/07 - Current (Annual) Summer school for high school students on the topic of animal behaviour and welfare (2018/07)
Other (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal
2020/11 - 2020/11 Quiosque do conhecimento: "Cães e humanos, uma história com ciência!" (European Researchers' Night) (2020/11 - 2020/11)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Ciência Viva, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2022/11/06 - 2022/11/06 Round table on "The impact of reward-based training on the dog trainer/educator"
Round table
 2nd Congress of APETcão - Portuguese Association for Dog Trainers and Educators

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2014 SCHEDULE INDUCED POLYDIPSIA IN AN ANIMAL MODEL OF ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVE DISORDER
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Javier Ibias Martin (PhD)
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/01 - 2023/01 Expert advice to the Cabinet of the Ministry for the Environment and Climate Action on the General Regime for the Welfare of Companion Animals
2022 - 2022 Workshop intitulado "Treino de obediência com clicker" ministrado no Curso de Instrutores Caninos do Exército Português. RPara - Regimento de Paraquedistas do Exército Português, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021/10/19 - Current Seminar "Dog training methods and dog welfare" taught as part of the course "Comportamento e Bem-estar Animal e Etologia Clínica de Animais de Companhia" Mestrado Integrado em Medicina Veterinária (Mestrado integrado) Escola Universitária Vasco da Gama, Portugal
2025/03/28 - 2025/03/28 Class on "Welfare of Working Animals" taught as part of the course "Bem-Estar Animal" Medicina Veterinária Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário CRL, Portugal
2022/06/06 - 2022/06/06 Seminar "Dog training methods: The relationship with dog welfare and the dog-owner bond" taught as part of the course "Etologia" Licenciatura em Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2019/12 Entrevista na sequência do pre-print publicado no bioRxive "Does training method matter?: Evidence for the negative impact of aversive-based methods on companion dog welfare" P3/Público

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2021/09/12 - 2021/09/12 PODCAST FAMILY PUPZ: Episode #19: 'Do Training Methods Matter?' w/Catarina Vieira de Castro Dog behaviour and welfare
2021/09/08 - 2021/09/08 PODCAST 45 GRAUS: Episódio #106 Catarina Vieira de Castro - Lobos, cães, métodos de treino e experiências com bebés Dog domestication, behavior, cognition and welfare
2019/11 - 2019/11 Entrevista na sequência do pre-print publicado no bioRxive "Does training method matter?: Evidence for the negative impact of aversive-based methods on companion dog welfare"

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021 - Current International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (reviewer)
2021 - Current Frontiers in Veterinary Science (Review Editor in Animal Behavior and Welfare)
2020 - Current Animals (reviewer)
2020 - Current Animal Cognition (reviewer)
2020 - Current Frontiers in Veterinary Science (reviewer)
2016 - Current PloS One (reviewer)
Distinctions

Award

2024 Best Welfare Project
One Health Pet Awards Portugal , Portugal
2015 Prémio APPE 2015
2014 Division 25 SEAB (Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior) Dissertation Award in the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
American Psychological Association, United States

Other distinction

2009 SEPC Grant
2006 Erasmus Program Exchange Scholarship