Table 1.

The demographic characteristics of the dogs whose owners filled out the questionnaire.

Characteristics	Groups	Participants number (out of 1,693)	Percentage (%)
Dog’s sex	Male	861	51.1
	Female	824	48.9
	Missing	8	–
Dog’s neutered status	Yes	1,335	79.1
	No	352	20.9
	Missing	6	–
Dog’s size	Toy	54	3.2
	Small	474	28.1
	Medium	712	42.2
	Large	420	24.9
	Giant	28	1.7
	Missing	5	–
Dog’s age (in years)	<1	59	3.5
	1–4	661	39.3
	5–8	493	29.3
	9–12	334	19.8
	>12	107	6.4
	Unknown	29	1.7
	Missing	10	–
Dog’s weight status	Overweight	119	7.2
	Not overweight	1,533	92.8
	Missing	41	–
Dog’s location	Yard or garden	31	1.8
	Somewhere else	86	5.1
	Some rooms in the house	685	40.5
	All rooms in the house	889	52.6
	Missing	2	–
Dog’s primary caretaker	Participant	1,551	91.7
	Someone else	141	8.3
	Missing	1	–