Ana Goncalves Costa

Ana came back to university because she had too many questions on animal behaviour, and not enough answers. She is particularly passionate about helping dogs and humans live together successfully, through education, understanding, and researching the human/canine experience.

In 2019 Ana published her honours research on sales of dogs on gumtree and in 2024 received her PhD for her thesis “An exploration of puppy development research and the puppy raising experience” at the University of Adelaide. Her research centers on understanding puppy owners and their experiences, as well as researching the recently discovered effect of the “puppy blues”.

Ana has a particular interest in puppies, the human-animal bond, and animals who suffer from anxiety disorders. She is the Clinic Manager at Pawly Understood (a behaviour clinic) in South Australia as well as a trainer and assessor at the Delta Institute.

For all of Ana's publications see: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1459-456X