# Rowena Packer

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Gina Bryson and Drs O'Neill and Packer: The Doodle Dilemma

Today I'm talking with the researchers who recently published a paper that's been getting a lot of social media buzz. The paper's title is "The doodle dilemma: How the physical health of ‘Designer-crossbreed’ Cockapoo, Labradoodle and Cavapoo dogs’ compares to their purebred progenitor breeds." Thi…

Rowena Packer, PhD: How people think about brachycephalic dogs

Dr. Rowena Packer is a Senior Lecturer in Companion Animal Behaviour and Welfare Science at the Royal Veterinary College in London, where she studies dog breeding with an eye to maximizing physical and emotional health of dogs. She also studies how health affects canine behavior and welfare, and - …

The Favorite Child - February 24, 2025

The show opens with associate professor Alex Jensen on who a parent's favorite child is. Then, it's Sex, Et Cetera with Samantha Bitty. Samantha and David discuss how to be friends with your partner's friends. After that, Dr. Rowena Packer explains what happened to all those puppies that were adopt…

The shocking reality of the illegal puppy trade

“The available estimates indicate that Europe’s pet trade (cats, dogs, exotic) is the third most profitable illegal trade in the EU, after narcotics and weapons,” Tune in to hear Robyn Lowe in conversation with Rowena Packer and Zoe Belshaw to discuss their research findings into the shocking reali…

Episode 43 - Conformation and Innate Health - Rowene Packer

In this CAM Live episode, Dr. Rowena Packer joins Hannah Capon to discuss her 2012 research on how dog owners often perceive breed-related health issues as “normal.” This perception can delay diagnosis and treatment and contribute to the continued breeding of dogs with extreme physical traits. The …

The Impact of Human Bias on Animal Welfare

Welcome to the next episode of The Animal Welfare Conversation.  This week we meet Dr Rowena Packer, of the RVC. Rowena is the Senior Lecturer in Companion Animal Behaviour and Welfare Science at the Royal Veterinary College, London, where she leads a research group exploring diverse topics in th…

Episode 14 - Breaking Down Barriers to Dog Welfare - Dr Rowena Packer

Guest Bio Rowena is the Senior Lecturer in Companion Animal Behaviour and Welfare Science (2020-Present) at the Royal Veterinary College, London. Rowena leads a research group exploring diverse topics in this area, including the impact of chronic and inherited disorders on dog behaviour and welfar…

CCDR PRESENTATION DR ROWENA PACKER - CCDR ANIMAL WELFARE CONF REFORM

Send us Fan Mail Dr Rowena Packer presented her findings on breeding in Northern Ireland during and following the opening up of pandemic restrictions. Rowena has published over 100 papers and aims to source information which will support evidence based decision making to improve animal welfare in t…

How Puppy Purchasing Shapes Lifelong Health -- with Rowena Packer, PhD

In this episode, interim host Jess Sedivy Gunderson welcomes back Dr. Rowena Packer to discuss new research examining how puppies' earliest experiences—including age at sale, seeing the mother, and sourcing decisions—can impact health outcomes later in life. Together, they explore what the findings…

56 Animal Welfare Science and Ethics with Dr Rowena Packer

For Episode 56 we talk to Dr Rowena Packer who is a BBSRC Research Fellow here at the RVC. We discuss what led her interest in perusing animal welfare science, and how she came to do her PhD at the RVC and what this has led to along the way. Her research into breed confirmation and why people might…