Table 3.

Frequencies and rates of defaecate, pick up, urinate, roll, eat, sniffing ground and interact with a person or dog in study one, n = 286.

Event/state	Frequency per observation			Rate (number/min)
	Range	Mean	Median	Range	Mean	Median
Interactions with dogs	0–18	0.7	0.0	0–3.9	0.2	0.0
Off leash	0–17	0.6	0.0	0–3.9	0.2	0.0
On leash	0–11	0.1	0.0	0–3.1	0.1	0.0
Number of dogs interact with	0–8	0.4	0.0	0–1.4	0.1	0.0
Off leash	0–6	0.3	0.0	0–1.9	0.1	0.0
On leash	0–3	0.1	0.0	0–1.8	0.1	0.0
Interactions with people	0–16	0.3	0.0	0–3.1	0.1	0.0
Off leash	0–16	0.2	0.0	0–3.1	0.1	0.0
On leash	0–6	0.02	0.0	0–0.8	0.01	0.0
Number of people interact with	0–3	0.1	0.0	0–1.4	0.04	0.0
Off leash	0–3	0.1	0.0	0–1.4	0.04	0.0
On leash	0–2	0.01	0.0	0–0.3	0.003	0.0
Sniffing ground	0–46	6.5	5.0	0–12.1	2.5	2.0
Off leash	0–30	5.2	4.0	0–12.1	2.5	2.0
On leash	0–46	1.3	0.0	0–12.0	2.3	1.3
Defaecate	0–3	0.1	0.0	0–1.2	0.04	0.0
Off leash	0–3	0.1	0.0	0–1.2	0.05	0.0
On leash	0–1	0.01	0.0	0–0.3	0.01	0.0
Faeces picked up	0–1	0.1	0.0	0–0.5	0.02	0.0
Off leash	0–1	0.1	0.0	0–0.5	0.02	0.0
On leash	0–1	0.01	0.0	0–0.3	0.01	0.0
Urinate	0–7	0.5	0.0	0–2.5	0.2	0.0
Off leash	0–7	0.5	0.0	0–2.5	0.3	0.0
On leash	0–4	0.05	0.0	0–1.3	0.1	0.0