Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of cat and fetching demographics (N = 1154 cats).

Cat sex and neuter status	Cat status	Training status	Breed
Female spayed 501 (43.4%)	Previous cat 301 (26.1%)	Untrained 1089 (94.4%)	Mixed 994 (86.1%)
Female intact 36 (3.1%)	Current cat 853 (73.9%)	Trained 65 (5.6%)	Purebred 160 (13.9%)
Male neutered 601 (52.1%)
Male intact 15 (1.3%)
Male unknown 1 (0.1%)

Cat age in months at time fetching first noticed (SD)	Life stage at time fetching first noticed	Duration of time in months the cat had fetched for (SD)
15.90 (23.53) 0–204	Kitten (< 1 year) 701 (60.7%)	51.53 (48.72) 0–244
	Young adult (< 7 years) 415 (36%)
	Mature adult (< 10 years) 22 (1.9%)
	Senior (≥ 10 years) 16 (1.4%)

Count of who initiated the fetching sessions on average		Count of who ended the fetching sessions on average
Cat	553 (47.9%)	Cat	675 (58.5%)
Owner	249 (21.6%)	Owner	248 (21.5%)
About equal	352 (30.5%)	About equal	231 (20%)

Frequencies and percentages are presented along with the mean, SD (in brackets) and ranges of age and duration.