Table 8.
Frequency with which dogs were given a toy to play with, played games with or participated in training with the owner.
| Variable | Before Lockdown (Early/Mid-February 2020) |
During Lockdown (The Last 7 Days) |
Relative Increase |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
| In a week, how often have you, or someone else in your household, played games with or done some training with (your dog)? (n = 4101 Stuart–Maxwell χ2 = 414.76, df = 7, p-value < 0.001) | |||||
| Less than once a week | 118 | 2.9 | 110 | 2.7 | 0.9 |
| Once or twice | 437 | 10.7 | 323 | 7.9 | 0.7 |
| 3–4 times | 690 | 16.8 | 500 | 12.2 | 0.7 |
| 5–6 times | 334 | 8.1 | 375 | 9.1 | 1.1 |
| Once a day | 778 | 19.0 | 627 | 15.3 | 0.8 |
| More than once a day | 1570 | 38.3 | 1989 | 48.5 | 1.3 |
| N/A—(my dog) did not take part in any games or training | 146 | 3.6 | 161 | 3.9 | 1.1 |
| Don’t know/can’t remember | 28 | 0.7 | 16 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| In a week, how often was (your dog) given a toy to play with? (n = 4109, Stuart–Maxwell χ2 = 56.042, df = 7, p-Value = <0.001) | |||||
| Less than once a week | 138 | 3.4 | 130 | 3.2 | 0.9 |
| Once or twice | 322 | 7.8 | 278 | 6.8 | 0.9 |
| 3–4 times | 357 | 8.7 | 328 | 8.0 | 0.9 |
| 5–6 times | 270 | 6.6 | 292 | 7.1 | 1.1 |
| Once a day | 480 | 11.7 | 458 | 11.1 | 1 |
| More than once a day | 2251 | 54.8 | 2331 | 56.7 | 1 |
| N/A—(my dog) was not given a toy | 242 | 5.9 | 257 | 6.3 | 1.1 |
| Do not know/cannot remember | 49 | 1.2 | 35 | 0.9 | 0.8 |