Dog owner awareness on dog obesity
2004
Ohishi, T. (Kinki Univ., Higashiosaka, Osaka (Japan). Faculty of Agriculture) | Morinaka, S. | Nakano, K.
Synopsis Recently, obesity in pet dogs is increasing The owner is considered mostly responsible for the pet dog's obesity. However, there is little information available about owner awareness of their pet dog's obesity. Then, the owners of 426 dogs in Osaka, Hyogo and Nara were surveyed to verify their awareness of pet dog's obesity. Nearly 70% of pet dog owners answered that the number of obese dogs has been increasing because they saw obese dogs more often than before. But only about 33% of the owners regarded their pet dogs as obese. Although the main methods to control obesity in the obesity group and non-obesity group were regulation of foods and increasing stroll, owners who aggressively tried to control obesity in the "obesity group" was only about 10%. However, the actual conditions of implementation of obesity control methods were the same for both "obesity group" and "non-obesity group."
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