Table 8.
Main surfaces used for physical activity and sport-specific training in competition dogs (n = 1582).
|
Physical activity N (%) |
Sport-specific training N (%) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Natural grass | 1434 (90.4) | 1578 (99.5) |
| Forest | 1481 (93.4) | 1218 (76.8) |
| Gravel | 1209 (76.2) | 1141 (71.9) |
| Snow | 1147 (72.3) | 1126 (71.0) |
| Artificial turf | 4 (0.3) | 897 (56.6) |
| Asphalt | 808 (50.9) | 638 (40.2) |
| Indoor venue | 3 (0.2) | 581 (36.6) |
| Home flooring | 0 | 51 (3.2) |
| Other water | 41 (2.6) | 12 (0.8) |
| Other soft | 2 (0.1) | 33 (2.1) |
| Sand | 25 (1.6) | 10 (0.6) |
| Other mobile | 16 (1.0) | 0 |
| Field | 13 (0.8) | 8 (0.5) |
| Concrete | 0 | 7 (0.4) |
| Stone | 4 (0.3) | 5 (0.3) |
| Ice | 3 (0.2) | 1 (0.1) |
Data are presented in frequencies and proportions (%).