Table 4.

Association between body condition and general management of the 285 evaluated dogs.

Characteristic	Underweight (BCS 1–3)		Ideal BCS 4–5)		Overweight (BCS 6–7)		Obese (BCS 8–9)		All dogs		P-valuea
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Type of diet
Homemade	1	8.3	7	58.3	2	16.7	2	16.7	12	100.0	0.864
Commercial	17	8.4	104	51.5	54	26.7	27	13.4	202	100.0
Commercial, homemade, scraps	5	7.2	38	55.1	18	26.1	8	11.6	69	100.0
No information	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	1	50.0	2	100.0
Meal frequency
Once a day	0	0.0	10	58.8	6	35.3	1	5.9	17	100.0	0.033
Twice a day	3	2.6	62	53.9	34	29.6	16	13.9	115	100.0
≥ three times a day	5	10.2	31	63.3	9	18.4	4	8.2	49	100.0
Ad libitum	15	14.7	46	45.1	25	24.5	16	15.7	102	100.0
No information	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	1	50.0	2	100.0
Method of quantification of daily food intake
Not weighted	23	9.7	121	51.1	64	32.6	31	12.7	239	100.0	0.195
Weighed	0	0.0	28	60.9	11	23.9	7	15.2	46	100.0
Criteria to determine daily food intake
Dog breeder or shop worker	0	0.0	1	50.0	1	50.0	0	0.0	2	100.0	0.503
Label	0	0.0	17	73.9	3	13.0	3	13.0	23	100.0
Veterinarian	0	0.0	22	55.3	11	28.9	6	15.8	39	100.0
Owner choice	23	13.7	109	65.5	60	35.7	29	17.3	221	100.0
No information	9	11.8	38	50.0	21	27.7	8	10.5	76	100.0
Snacks
Yes	10	5.1	102	52.0	52	26.5	32	16.3	196	100.0	0.011
No	13	14.6	47	52.8	23	25.8	6	6.7	89	100.0
Type of snack
Human	3	3.9	38	50.0	17	22.4	18	23.7	76	100.0	0.271
Canine	1	2.6	22	57.9	9	23.7	6	15.8	38	100.0
Human and canine	6	7.3	42	51.2	26	31.7	8	9.7	82	100.0
Apartment	4	5.2	42	55.2	18	23.7	12	15.8	76	100.0

BCS body condition score.

^aP-value obtained by the chi-square test.