Canicross pilot programme: basic considerations for its implementation as an extracurricular sports activity

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dc.contributor.authorGonzález Santamaría, Xabier
dc.contributor.authorBorrajo, Erika
dc.contributor.authorSánchez Mencia, Eneko
dc.contributor.authorAurrekoetxea Casaus, Maite
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-25T14:02:36Z
dc.date.available2025-03-25T14:02:36Z
dc.date.issued2024-05
dc.date.updated2025-03-25T14:02:36Z
dc.description.abstractCanicross is a sport that consists of running while being pulled by a dog in a natural environment. Due to the benefits to health and well-being that it brings to the people and dogs that practise it, this sport could be implemented as an animal-assisted intervention (AAI) in the educational field. Against this background, the present work describes a pilot experience carried out in an educational centre in the Basque Country for the implementation of canicross as an extracurricular sports activity. The main objective is to describe the educational potential of canicross as an extracurricular activity that fosters students’ values of respect for animals and physical activity (PA) in natural environments. The results of this innovative experience provide the first evidence of the valuable role of animal activities in this educational context, where current academic research is practically non-existent. In conclusion, we highlight the novelty of the proposal and the motivating effect that the dogs in this case had among the students in encouraging them to practise PA and adhere to values of respect and animal welfare.en
dc.identifier.citationGonzalez-Santamaria, X., Borrajo, E., Sanchez-Mencia, E., & Aurrekoetxea-Casaus, M. (2024). Canicross Pilot Programme: Basic Considerations for Its Implementation as an Extracurricular Sports Activity. Education Sciences, 14(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/EDUCSCI14050442
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/EDUCSCI14050442
dc.identifier.eissn2227-7102
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/2567
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
dc.rights© 2024 by the authors
dc.subject.otherAnimal-assisted education
dc.subject.otherAnimal-assisted interventions
dc.subject.otherCanicross
dc.subject.otherEducational innovation
dc.subject.otherExtracurricular sports activities
dc.subject.otherHealth
dc.subject.otherPhysical activity
dc.titleCanicross pilot programme: basic considerations for its implementation as an extracurricular sports activityen
dc.typejournal article
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
oaire.citation.issue5
oaire.citation.titleEducation Sciences
oaire.citation.volume14
oaire.licenseConditionhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
oaire.versionVoR
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