Survey on the dog culture in the USA and the UK

michaela

Hello everyone!
My name is Michaela, I'm from Germany and I'm studying English. At the moment I'm writing my diploma thesis about translation problems of dog websites and the general relationship between a dog and its owner in Germany, the USA and the UK in comparison.
My question is, whether it would be possible for you to complete a questionnaire of eight questions for me here in this forum or to e-mail it back to me to michaela_hensel@freenet.de?
I know, it's a weird request, but where else shall I ask than in a dog forum?
Thank you very much for having read this and your help!

(Please fill in whether you live in the USA or UK)

Michaela

Here the questions:

Questionnaire on the dog culture in the USA / UK

Your age:
Your place of residence:
Age of the dog(s):
Number of your dogs:

1. What dog breed is your dog/ are your dogs?

2. How much money do you spend, on average, for your dog(s) per month?

3. Which items, beside the standard equipment (lead, collar, animal feed, dog carrier), have you already bought for your dog?

4. Do you regard your dog as a member of your family?

5. On average, how much time per day do you spend intensively with your dog? (walk, activity, etc.)

6. How do you occupy your dog? (hunting, trialing, dog sports, simply as a family dog)

7. a) Do you take any further interest in “dog-oriented” subjects? (literature, dog forums, etc.)

7. b) If so, how many hours per week?

8. Which luxury articles do you buy for your dog? (clothes, accessories, etc.)

littlelab

Your age: 36
Your place of residence: Essex, UK
Age of the dog(s): 5 and 5
Number of your dogs: 2

1. What dog breed is your dog/ are your dogs?
Labrador and Utonagan

2. How much money do you spend, on average, for your dog(s) per month? Too much.. approx £40 a month

3. Which items, beside the standard equipment (lead, collar, animal feed, dog carrier), have you already bought for your dog? Nothing

4. Do you regard your dog as a member of your family? Yes

5. On average, how much time per day do you spend intensively with your dog? (walk, activity, etc.) 2 hours walking, but most of the day is spent with my dogs as I work from home

6. How do you occupy your dog? (hunting, trialing, dog sports, simply as a family dog) Ongoing training

7. a) Do you take any further interest in “dog-oriented” subjects? (literature, dog forums, etc.) Yes

7. b) If so, how many hours per week? too many

8. Which luxury articles do you buy for your dog? (clothes, accessories, etc.) Confused

None
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Natalie and Co xxx

Hcollie85

your age: 21
your place of residance: Isle of Mull, west coast scotland
Age of the dog(s): 2 and 9/10

1: What dog breed is your dog/ are your dogs?: Jack Russell, english springer spaniels

2: How much money do you spend, on average for your dog(s) er month?: im not sure £20-£40 or more

3: Which items beside the standard equipment ( lead, collar, animal feed, dog carrier) have you allready bought for your dog? None

4: Do ou regard your dog as a member of your family? Yes

5: On average, how much time per day do you spend intensively with your dog (walk activity ect): a couple of hours

6: How do you occupy your dog? ( hunting, trialing, dog sports, simply as a family dog: playing games, a bit of training

7 (a): Do you take any further interest in ''dog oriented'' subjects? (literature, dog forums, etc) Yes

(b) If so how many hours per week? Over 10 hours

8: Which luxury articles do you buy for your dog? ( clothes accessories, ect) None
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sambo

Your age: 32
Your place of residence: UK
Age of the dog(s): 4
Number of your dogs: 1

1. What dog breed is your dog/ are your dogs? Rottweiler

2. How much money do you spend, on average, for your dog(s) per month? £25-£30

3. Which items, beside the standard equipment (lead, collar, animal feed, dog carrier), have you already bought for your dog? Stair gate if that counts.

4. Do you regard your dog as a member of your family? Most definitely yes

5. On average, how much time per day do you spend intensively with your dog? (walk, activity, etc.) About 2 hours

6. How do you occupy your dog? (hunting, trialing, dog sports, simply as a family dog) Walking, fetch the ball some training.

7. a) Do you take any further interest in “dog-oriented” subjects? (literature, dog forums, etc.) yes forums

7. b) If so, how many hours per week? about 2 hours a day

8. Which luxury articles do you buy for your dog? (clothes, accessories, etc.) collars.
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shadylady

your age: 20
place of residence: uk
dogs age: 10
number of dogs 1

1. what dog breed is your dog? she is a crossbred labrador.

2. how much money do you spend, on average for your dog each month. about £35

3. Which items, beside the standard equipment (lead, Collar, animal feed, dog carrier), have you already bought for your dog? a harness, a big bed lol and lots of toys...

4. Do you regard your dog as a member of the family? i dont regard her as a member of my family she is family lol

5. on average,How much time per day do you spend intensively with your dog? (walk, activity, etc) walk wise she has an hour, two half an hour walks, and im with her 10 hours per day and if im not there someone else is there with her.

6.How do you occupy your dog? (hunting, trialing, dog sports, simply as a family dog) she is simply a family dog, and i do, do some training with her to keep her mind active, i also play fetch and tug of war lol

7.a) Do you take any further interest in “dog-oriented” subjects? (literature, dog forums, etc.) yes forums, and books also websites lol

7.b) If so, how many hours per week? about 4 hours.

8.Which luxury articles do you buy for your dog? (clothes, accessories, etc.) I have bought her a coat to keep her warm in winter months as she has arthritus..
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VickienBubs

Your age: 23
Your place of residence: essex, uk
Age of the dog(s): 5mths
Number of your dogs: 1

1. What dog breed is your dog/ are your dogs? chinese crested powderpuff

2. How much money do you spend, on average, for your dog(s) per month? £40.00

3. Which items, beside the standard equipment (lead, collar, animal feed, dog carrier), have you already bought for your dog? towels, grooming equipment, clothing, many toys, beds

4. Do you regard your dog as a member of your family? yes

5. On average, how much time per day do you spend intensively with your dog? (walk, activity, etc.) about an hour walk (breed do not need a lot of walking) learning toys, bubbles is with me all day at work running around the workshop and around others

6. How do you occupy your dog? (hunting, trialing, dog sports, simply as a family dog) KC good citizen course training

7. a) Do you take any further interest in “dog-oriented” subjects? (literature, dog forums, etc.) lots of forums and internet shopping for bubbles

7. b) If so, how many hours per week? around 10hrs

8. Which luxury articles do you buy for your dog? (clothes, accessories, etc.) clothing (jackets, t-shirts, sweaters), a new bed every now and then, new collar and lead every couple of months, treats, toys and more toys!
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Where would I be without my Bubbles....? My little boy makes me so proud!

pollaton

oh i emailed mine over to you. am i supposed to put it on here too?
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