# Survey of dog owners

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-of-dog-owners/832831>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 20, 2019, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-of-dog-owners/832831 "2019-04-20T23:27:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-of-dog-owners/832831/21 "2019-04-23T13:31:25Z")

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> [@JcWoman](#):
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> There is an “other” blank on that question. Someone else pointed out that I missed the largest breed category (retrievers!). A lot of people have been typing in their specific breeds into other, which is perfectly fine.

I used the other box at the time. Retreivers and other bird dogs would have worked for my lab.  
I echo the N/A box on many of the questions. The only time my dog is leashed is to go to the vet. He has a large country spread to run, which he did as a pup. Now it’s “I did my doody so I ain’t leaving this porch” _squirrel_ an old age thing.

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**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-of-dog-owners/832831/22 "2019-04-23T14:38:33Z")

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I had to think about the training questions since there wasn’t a box for: She’s an old mellow lady, there’s really not much training to do.

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-of-dog-owners/832831/23 "2019-04-23T15:31:03Z")

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**JcWoman** : I’m guessing you aren’t selling many (if any) edible items in your product line. However, it might be more useful to replace the question about “how much do you spend annually on dog food?” (the answer to which I could only guess) with something like:

Which of these do you regularly feed your dog? (check all that apply):

1. Food you prepare from scratch specifically for the animal
2. Table scraps
3. Commercial mass-market dog food (Purina, Pedigree, etc.)
4. Commercial higher-end dog food (Blue Buffalo, Orijen, etc.)
5. Brushing chews, other healthy treats
6. Reward treats (for doing tricks, staying quiet, etc.)
7. Indulgent “just because” treats (doggy cookies, doggy doughnuts, etc.)

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