Human-Dog Bond with Sports and Exercise Lab at Auburn University

Human-Dog Bond with Sports and Exercise Lab at Auburn University We study the relationship between dogs and their owners – specifically those pairs that participate in canine sports.

The lab explores the value of canine sports in improving canine and human health.

The Human-Dog Bond with Sports and Exercise Lab is going to the Middle Georgia Kennel Club show at the Georgia National ...
09/01/2026

The Human-Dog Bond with Sports and Exercise Lab is going to the Middle Georgia Kennel Club show at the Georgia National Fairgrounds this Labor Day weekend to collect data on the biomechanics of Canine Weight Pull!

Here is a little blurb about our lab. Rocky did not want to be a prop! Human-Dog Bond with Sports and Exercise Lab:
08/31/2026

Here is a little blurb about our lab. Rocky did not want to be a prop! Human-Dog Bond with Sports and Exercise Lab:

Heidi Kluess, associate professor of Kinesiology and Director of th...

Hey Local friends! Would you like to see how focused and smart your dog is?? We need some folks willing to bring in thei...
06/01/2026

Hey Local friends! Would you like to see how focused and smart your dog is?? We need some folks willing to bring in their pet dogs for a 1 hour test where we will do some cognitve tests and ask the humans some questions about themselves and their dogs. You can contact me at [email protected] or message me.

Here is a video about our latest research on the sport of weight pull
05/14/2026

Here is a video about our latest research on the sport of weight pull

This is a video about some of our current research on weight pull biomechanics

Update on the weight pull injury study! we currently have 83 people and 141 dogs that at least started the survey. Below...
04/03/2026

Update on the weight pull injury study! we currently have 83 people and 141 dogs that at least started the survey. Below is a graph of the locations that our survey reached. To date we have about 4 toe injuries, nothing else to report. I'm really impressed by this community's committment to safety! I would love more involvement, but I'm starting to get a lot of scammers. If you have a weight pull group that would like to participate, just message me and I’ll send the link.

Congrats to AJ Neff for winning the College poster presentation award!! Cool video about AJ’s research to come
04/01/2026

Congrats to AJ Neff for winning the College poster presentation award!! Cool video about AJ’s research to come

Madison Uhlhorn, undergrad in my lab, gave a talk about Nose work training at the Auburn University Research Symposium o...
03/27/2026

Madison Uhlhorn, undergrad in my lab, gave a talk about Nose work training at the Auburn University Research Symposium on Fri. Really proud of our lab!

If you are a weight pull competitor, please help us out!We are doing a survey about injuries in the sport or training fo...
03/27/2026

If you are a weight pull competitor, please help us out!

We are doing a survey about injuries in the sport or training for weight pull in dogs. If you have a dog that does weight pull, please help us out and share! Your responses are anonymous. This study is approved by Auburn University's Institutional Review Board. https://auburn.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_06Cw9QVIQEed8gu

We are doing a survey about injuries in the sport or training for weight pull in dogs. If you have a dog that does weigh...
03/24/2026

We are doing a survey about injuries in the sport or training for weight pull in dogs. If you have a dog that does weight pull, please help us out and share! Your responses are anonymous. This study is approved by Auburn University's Institutional Review Board. https://auburn.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_06Cw9QVIQEed8gu

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