# Event Details - **Event Name**: Cockapoo Crisis! Social tensions in multispecies wellbeing - **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 02 Feb, 2026 at 03:15 pm – Mon, 02 Feb, 2026 at 05:00 pm - **Event Description**: Egenis seminar (hybrid) with Dr Eva Giraud (University of Sheffield)About this EventIn recent years there has been a dramatic surge in claims that particular human-animal relationships offer win-win wellbeing benefits, which strengthen the physical and mental health of not only humans but the other species within these relations. This paper draws upon the case study of hypoallergenic dogs based on preliminary work for a five-year project, ‘Multispecies Mutualisms’, that interrogates both the potentials and the risks of multispecies relationships that are popularly presented as mutually beneficial. Drawing on ethnographic observation of nature reserves and documentary analysis of materials from pet-focused NGOs, the paper focuses on two interrelated social challenges that complicate wellbeing narratives about human-dog relations by bringing their broader sociological contexts into relief. Firstly, it focuses on an emerging set of tensions surrounding labour practices associated with the contemporary pet industry, pertaining to dog-walking gig-work and the growth of informal markets to supply popular breeds. Secondly, the paper reflects on how competing understandings of wellbeing (between different groups of people, dogs, and other species) generate social tensions about access to green space. By centring these tensions, and elucidating how competing understandings of wellbeing become (un)resolved in practice, the paper also offers a wider intervention into approaches to conceiving of human-dog bonds that have gathered force in social theory. In particular, the paper illustrates the need to rethink prominent ways of conceptualising human-dog entanglements, which are grounded in posthumanism and new materialism, by interrogating the socio-economic forces that are implicated in these relations.Venue: Byrne House, University of Exeter (spaces limited)Virtual: via ZoomData Protection and PrivacyTo aid organisation of this event, attendee information may be shared with relevant staff in the University e.g. a list of attendees could be provided to the University host, guest speaker.We will store your information securely, so that we can communicate to you about the event (e.g. cancellation of event, changes to the itinerary, a satisfaction survey).We delete our access to personal information on Eventbrite after 6 months.More information on the University’s privacy policies can be found here.For more information on Eventbrite’s own privacy policy, please visit this page. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/exeter/cockapoo-crisis-social-tensions-in-multispecies-wellbeing/100001977267909544 - **Event Categories**: dog, art, workshops, health-wellness, fine-arts, nonprofit, performances, theatre, entertainment, mental-health - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fcockapoo-crisis-social-tensions-in-multispecies-wellbeing-tickets-1977267909544 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Exeter - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: University of Exeter Byrne House - **lat**: 50.7344521 - **long**: -3.525418 - **full address**: University of Exeter Byrne House, Saint German's Road, Exeter, United Kingdom ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Egenis (https://allevents.in/org/egenis/22835183) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/cefee3c49160b381e262ff68d4e8bc2d37fd313c0e8f289525691e3d04a3cb77-rimg-w1200-h554-dc000000-gmir.png?v=1767124272 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/83e0a911a3ddfdc6c8c5e310ec61dfa89bd7e4f5b45a7adaa5625db92a0a9f91-rimg-w400-h400-dc000000-gmir.png?v=1767124272 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Mon, 02 Feb, 2026 at 03:15 pm - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** University of Exeter Byrne House, Saint German's Road, Exeter, United Kingdom - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 0 up to 0 USD - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** Egenis - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** dog, art, workshops, health-wellness, fine-arts, nonprofit, performances, theatre, entertainment, mental-health - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Cockapoo Crisis! 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