Table 3. Reasons for Missing Classes.

Reasons1	Times reported	Percentage
Person living with dementia’s health	53	50%
Carer’s health	17	16%
Person living with dementia’s Serious Adverse Event	10	9%
Holiday	9	8%
Carer’s Serious Adverse Event	6	6%
Person living with dementia’s doctor appointment	6	6%
Carer’s doctor appointment	2	2%
Dogs unwell	1	1%
Job interview	1	1%
Visitors	1	1%

¹Occasionally, however, classes were also cancelled and postponed due to the instructor being ill (n = 4), having other commitments (n = 1), or being stuck in traffic (n = 1).