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. 2022 Nov 1;9:976000. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.976000

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 (%).