Assistance dogs - Part 2: Dog lifetime welfare

The purpose of this document is to protect the welfare of assistance dogs. For this, it sets out requirements based on the Five Domains Paradigm to ensure the dog’s welfare.
The requirements apply:
- throughout the whole life of the dog;
- for all types of assistance dogs;
- for all people/caregivers/handlers who are entrusted with a dog at any point during its lifetime.

Assistenzhunde - Lebenslanges Wohlergehen von Hunden

Chiens d’assistance - Partie 2 : Bien-être des chiens tout au long de leur vie

Le présent document a pour objet de protéger le bien-être des chiens d’assistance. Pour cela, il définit des exigences basées sur le Paradigme des cinq domaines afin de garantir le bien-être du chien.
Les exigences s’appliquent :
-   tout au long de la vie du chien ;
-   à tous les types de chiens d’assistance ;
-   à l’ensemble des personnes/soignants/maîtres à qui un chien est confié à n’importe quel moment au cours de sa vie.

Psi pomočniki - 2. del: Doživljenska dobrobit psa

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Publication Date
02-Jul-2025
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Start Date
18-Apr-2024
Due Date
15-Feb-2024
Completion Date
18-Apr-2024

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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN 17984-2:2024
01-april-2024
Psi pomočniki - 2. del: Doživljenska dobrobit psa
Assistance Dogs — Part 2: Dog Lifetime Welfare
Assistenzhunde - Lebenslanges Wohlergehen von Hunden
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 17984-2
ICS:
11.180.99 Drugi standardi v zvezi s Other standards related to
pripomočki za invalide aids for disabled and
handicapped people
65.020.30 Živinoreja Animal husbandry and
breeding
oSIST prEN 17984-2:2024 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 17984-2
NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM

April 2024
ICS 65.020.30; 11.180.99
English Version

Assistance dogs - Part 2: Dog lifetime welfare
 Assistenzhunde - Lebenslanges Wohlergehen von
Hunden
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 452.

If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

This draft European Standard was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
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United Kingdom.

Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are
aware and to provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without
notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.


EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
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CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2024 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. prEN 17984-2:2024 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 4
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms and definitions . 7
4 Use of the Five Domains Model to support lifetime welfare . 7
4.1 General . 7
4.2 Good nutrition (Minimize thirst and hunger and enable eating to be a pleasurable experience) . 7
4.3 Good environment (Minimize discomfort and exposure and promote thermal, physical, and other comforts) . 8
4.4 Behavioural interactions (Minimize threats and unpleasant restriction on all kinds of behavioural interactions
and promote engagement in rewarding activities) . 10
4.5 Positive mental experiences (Promote various forms of comfort, pleasure, interest, confidence, and a sense of
control) 10
4.6 Mitigation for specific welfare risks for different types of assistance dogs . 11
5 Breeding .
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