Table 2. Extent to which respondents believed each listed feature influenced sensitivity to pain in dogs.
Results are shown for the general public and veterinary respondents. Results are the number of respondents in each category or response, and the percentage of those who rated that factor in parentheses. The highest response percentage for each factor is shown in bold.
| General Public | Veterinarians | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Not at all | A little | Moderate amount | Great deal | N | Not at all | A little | Moderate amount | Great deal | ||
| Sensitivity to pain | Genetics | 987 | 13 (1.3) | 156 (15.8) | 433 (43.9) | 385 (39.0) | 1053 | 14 (1.3) | 196 (18.6) | 492 (46.7) | 351 (33.3) |
| Environment they are raised in | 989 | 46 (4.7) | 207 (20.1) | 339 (34.3) | 397 (40.1) | 1052 | 43 (29.5) | 286 (27.2) | 413 (39.2) | 310 (29.5) | |
| Skin thickness | 987 | 20 (2.0) | 166 (16.8) | 396 (40.1) | 405 (41.0) | 1046 | 162 (15.5) | 441 (42.1) | 346 (33.1) | 97 (9.3) | |
| Temperament | 981 | 24 (2.4) | 185 (18.8) | 423 (43.1) | 349 (35.6) | 1054 | 7 (0.7) | 18 (1.7) | 176 (16.7) | 853 (80.9) | |
| Other | 321 | 156 (48.6) | 35 (10.9) | 73 (22.7) | 57 (17.8) | 696 | 308 (44.2) | 199 (28.6) | 150 (21.6) | 39 (5.6) | |