본 연구는 세계적으로 점점 애완 식품 시장이 발달하고 있음에 따라 천연물을 소재로 하여 치석, 치태를 감소시킬 수 있는 기능성 수제 간식을 개발하고 그것을 통하여 구강의 건강을 개선하고자 진행하였다. 연구에 사용된 개들은 주변 학우들에게 연구에 대하여 설명을 해주고 동의한 학우들의 개들에 통하여 진행하였다. 간식 급여 기간은 2016년 5월 11일 ~ 25일까지 2주간 급여를 진행하였고, 체중을 기준으로 급여하였다. 지표를 이용하여 치석, 치태의 축적도를 관능검사로 평가하였다. 상이한 대상을 통한 연구로 인하여 정확하지 못한 실험 결과를 초래 하였다. 이를 확인하기 위한 적절한 동물들의 사용과 재료에 대한 연구와 실험방법, 실험기간을 제대로 확립한다면 치석, 치태 감소에 좋은 새로운 소재라 생각한다.

Animal Assisted Education (AAE) is goal-directed interventions designed to promote improvement in cognitive functioning of the person(s) involved and in which a specially trained dog-handler team is an integral part of the educational process. AAE is directed and/or delivered by an educational professional with education, licensure, and specialized expertise and within the scope of education. AAE may be provided in a variety of settings, may be group or individual in nature and may be implemented for persons of any age. There are specific educational goals for each individual involved and the process is documented and evaluated. The purpose of this manuscript is to report a pilot study of animal assisted education in Seongdang Elementary School in Iksan City, Jeollabuk-do. We conducted the study of animal assisted education program with 16 elementary school students in Seongdang Elementary School in Iksan City, Jeonbuk. This program had a total of 12 sessions as one secession per a week for a period of 12 weeks, which took around two hours for a session. As the results, we found he positive improvement effects of anxiety, depression, ADHD and, conduct disorder by animal assisted education program. Also, animal assisted education program had a positive impact on the elevation of attention potency, activity and positivity of the subject students. In conclusion, animal assisted education program could be used effectively for the improvement of education efficiency and problem solving for the young students.