研究人员邀请45名西方狗行为专家前往印度，观察约6000万只自由生活的街道狗，以探索这些无主流浪狗的生存方式能否为宠物饲养提供启示1。实地考察发现，印度街道狗表现出高度的社交能力、身体强健且适应力强，能够独立应对复杂的城市环境1。
这项由Wellcome Trust人文与社会科学合作奖资助的研究挑战了传统观点1。参与者的认知发生了重要转变，从最初的"流浪狗如何在没有保护下生存"转变为"宠物狗如何应对我们的饲养方式"1。研究表明，限制性饲养条件可能导致宠物狗出现焦虑和行为问题1。相比之下，美国狗行为问题的诊断率在2010年至2020年间增长了10倍1，这一数据对比凸显了饲养环境的影响。专家提出了深层反思："当我们告诉狗只能跟随我们时，我们是否在让它们因为我们限制了它们的行为多样性而感到压力？"1
Researchers invited 45 Western dog behavior experts to India to observe approximately 60 million free-living street dogs, uncovering insights that challenge conventional pet care practices.1 The study, funded by the Wellcome Trust Humanities and Social Sciences Collaborative Award, found that stray dogs demonstrate high levels of social competence, physical robustness, and adaptive capacity to navigate urban environments independently.1 These findings prompted a significant reframing of how experts think about canine welfare: rather than asking "how do street dogs survive without human protection," researchers began questioning "how do pet dogs cope with the way we keep them."1
The research suggests that restrictive pet-keeping conditions may be contributing to behavioral and anxiety problems in domestic dogs.1 One participant noted a fundamental shift in perspective: "When we tell dogs they can only follow us, are we creating stress because we have limited their behavioral diversity?"1 This concern gains weight against the backdrop of rising behavioral issues among American dogs, with diagnoses of dog behavior problems increasing tenfold between 2010 and 2020.1 The study challenges the assumption that safe and proper dog care necessarily depends on human control, proposing instead that greater behavioral freedom and social opportunity may be essential to canine wellbeing.1
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