Table 2.

The percentage of time during the beginning of May to end of August in 2012 that was spent in the yard instead of the house by dogs sampled around Calgary (Alberta) parks, and the percentage of time these dogs were walked in other locations, as reported by Smith et al.²⁶.

Park areas	Time spent in yard (%)			Park	Area most often frequented outside the yard (%)
	Never or rarely	Moderately	Often		Sidewalks/streets	School/sport fields	Mountains	None	Acreage
WSH	11.5	74.3	14.2	55.8	37.4	0.0	0.0	6.1	0.7
SL	2.8	83.3	13.9	47.1	38.2	2.9	0.0	10.3	1.5
RP	12.3	78.9	8.8	56.1	34.6	0.9	2.8	5.6	0.0
NHP	9.6	73.6	16.8	49.2	37.7	1.6	3.3	6.6	1.6
FCPP	11.6	73.3	15.1	39.0	40.2	3.7	3.7	12.2	1.2
BM	15.0	72.8	12.2	53.6	37.9	2.1	1.4	4.3	0.7
All	11.1	75.4	13.4	51.2	37.5	1.7	1.8	6.9	0.9

WSH Weaselhead Park, SL Southland Lowlands, RP River Park, NHP Nosehill Park, FCPP Fish Creek Provincial Park, BM Bowmont Park.