Table 3.
Physical activity including physical conditioning exercise reported in the full cohort of competition dogs (n = 1582) and stratified by participation in various disciplines.
| Full cohort | Agility | Obedience |
Rally obedience |
Working* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N dogs | 1582 | 430 | 790 | 596 | 847 |
| Daily physical activity (e.g., walks) | |||||
| <15 min | 12 (0.8) | 2 (0.5) | 4 (0.5) | 2 (0.3) | 9 (1.1) |
| 15–30 min | 82 (5.2) | 19 (4.4) | 41 (5.2) | 25 (4.2) | 48 (5.7) |
| 30–60 min | 359 (22.7) | 98 (22.8) | 182 (23.0) | 138 (23.2) | 201 (23.7) |
| 1–2 h | 724 (45.8) | 203 (47.2) | 357 (45.2) | 272 (45.6) | 386 (45.6) |
| 2–3 h | 321 (20.3) | 86 (20.0) | 158 (20.0) | 129 (21.6) | 158 (18.7) |
| 3–4 h | 64 (4.0) | 16 (3.7) | 40 (5.1) | 23 (3.9) | 35 (4.1) |
| >5 h | 20 (1.3) | 6 (1.4) | 8 (1.0) | 7 (1.2) | 10 (1.2) |
| Duration (time) of vigorous physical conditioning exercise (e.g., off-leash, running, swimming) per week | |||||
| 0 min | 8 (0.5) | 3 (0.7) | 5 (0.6) | 3 (0.5) | 4 (0.5) |
| <30 min | 76 (4.8) | 23 (5.3) | 41 (5.2) | 49 (8.2) | 28 (3.3) |
| 30–60 min | 170 (10.7) | 43 (10.0) | 92 (11.6) | 79 (13.3) | 93 (11.0) |
| 1–1.5 h | 240 (15.2) | 78 (18.1) | 114 (14.4) | 99 (16.6) | 121 (14.3) |
| 1.5–2 h | 244 (15.4) | 68 (15.8) | 120 (15.2) | 81 (13.6) | 126 (14.9) |
| 2–3 h | 292 (18.5) | 79 (18.4) | 146 (18.5) | 105 (17.6) | 158 (18.7) |
| >3 h | 552 (34.9) | 136 (31.6) | 272 (34.4) | 180 (30.2) | 317 (37.4) |
| Percentage of physical activity spent off leash | |||||
| Never | 51 (3.2) | 18 (4.2) | 22 (2.8) | 28 (4.7) | 21 (2.5) |
| <25% | 257 (16.2) | 86 (20.0) | 126 (15.9) | 116 (19.5) | 111 (13.1) |
| 25–50% | 265 (16.8) | 82 (19.1) | 131 (16.6) | 119 (20.0) | 133 (15.7) |
| 50–75% | 369 (23.3) | 100 (23.3) | 203 (25.7) | 128 (21.5) | 199 (23.5) |
| 75–100% | 640 (40.5) | 144 (33.5) | 308 (39.0) | 205 (34.4) | 383 (45.2) |
| Frequency of play sessions with other dogs | |||||
| Never | 319 (20.2) | 56 (13.0) | 159 (20.1) | 85 (14.3) | 225 (26.6) |
| Monthly | 191 (12.1) | 43 (10.0) | 110 (13.9) | 73 (12.2) | 105 (12.4) |
| Every other week | 97 (6.1) | 28 (6.5) | 51 (6.5) | 40 (6.7) | 50 (5.9) |
| Weekly | 131 (8.3) | 39 (9.1) | 74 (9.4) | 60 (10.1) | 67 (7.9) |
| Several times per week | 200 (12.6) | 58 (13.5) | 98 (12.4) | 91 (15.3) | 96 (11.3) |
| Daily | 392 (24.8) | 129 (30.0) | 197 (24.9) | 153 (25.7) | 188 (22.2) |
| Several times per day | 252 (15.9) | 77 (17.9) | 101 (12.8) | 94 (15.8) | 116 (13.7) |
| Preferred self-selected gait | |||||
| Unwilling to move | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) |
| Walk | 41 (2.6) | 14 (3.3) | 20 (2.5) | 23 (3.9) | 17 (2.0) |
| Pace | 120 (7.6) | 38 (8.8) | 74 (9.4) | 50 (8.4) | 73 (8.6) |
| Trot | 907 (57.3) | 249 (57.9) | 443 (56.1) | 359 (60.2) | 478 (56.4) |
| Gallop | 499 (31.5) | 121 (28.1) | 248 (31.4) | 158 (26.5) | 274 (32.3) |
| I don't know | 14 (0.9) | 8 (1.9) | 5 (0.6) | 5 (0.8) | 5 (0.6) |
Data are presented in frequencies and proportions (%).
*
Working disciplines were defined as Swedish Schutzhund, tracking (SWDA), search (SWDA), messenger (SWDA), patrol (SWDA), International Utility Dog trials (tracking, obedience, protection, search and rescue), International Nordic Style, BH/VT, and mondioring. SWDA, Swedish Working Dog Association.