Agalu samangopangitsa ana ang'onoang'ono kukhala osangalala, komanso athanzi. Izi ndi zomwe gulu lina la kafukufuku wapadziko lonse lapeza pambuyo pa kafukufuku wambiri ku Finland. Asayansiwa adachita kafukufuku ndi makolo pafupifupi 400 omwe anali ndi mwana pakati pa 2002 ndi 2005. Cholinga chake chinali chofuna kudziwa ngati pali kugwirizana pakati pa matenda a kupuma kwa makanda ndi kukhala ndi galu m'nyumba.
Makolo achichepere adasunga diary kwa chaka chomwe adalemba momwe thanzi la ana awo likukhalira. Cholinga chachikulu chinali pa matenda opuma monga chimfine kapena kutupa kwa mmero kapena makutu. Eni ake a agalu pakati pawo anafotokozanso ngati mwana wawo wakumana ndi nyamayo komanso kuchuluka kwake. Pambuyo pa chaka chimodzi, onse omwe adatenga nawo mbali adamaliza mafunso achidule.
Zotsatira za kafukufukuyu zinasonyeza kuti ana omwe ankakhala ndi galu m'nyumba m'chaka chawo choyamba amadwala matenda opuma kupuma kusiyana ndi ana osakhudzana ndi zinyama. Komanso sankadwala matenda a m’makutu ndipo ankapatsidwa mankhwala ochepa kuti awathandize. "Zotsatira zathu zimasonyeza kuti kukhudzana ndi agalu kumakhala ndi zotsatira zabwino pa matenda opuma," ochita kafukufuku amamaliza mwachidule cha kafukufuku wawo. "Izi zimagwirizana ndi chiphunzitso chakuti kukhudzana ndi zinyama n'kofunika kwa ana ndipo kumapangitsa kuti asayambe kudwala matenda opuma."
Agalu amene amakhala kunja kwa maola angapo mwachiwonekere anali ndi chiyambukiro chabwino koposa pa thanzi la anawo. Ofufuzawo akuwona izi ngati chisonyezero chakuti chitetezo cha mthupi cha mwanayo chinali chovuta kwambiri ndipo motero chinasinthidwa mwamsanga.