Police K9's have a much different life than
the average household dog.
Not exact matches
This measure of the benefits of
dog ownership equals $ 250 per year of savings, on
average, for all of the 43 million - plus
households that own
dogs in the U.S.. However, this estimate is quite conservative, as it can not account for the benefits of
dog ownership that are specific to each
household that owns a
dog.
These methods are highly disciplined and effective; however, it has taken years and hundreds of
dogs to perfect the techniques used so they are successful on the
average household pet that is neither as strong willed nor as driven as the
dogs chosen for police and military work.
Frankly, with all of his special needs, the Greater Swiss is «too much
dog» for the
average household.
Dog - owning
households have 1.6
dogs on
average, while
households with cats have 2.1 on
average.
Due to the
average level of shedding this is not a
dog that should be considered by anyone with allergies in their
household.
According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, about 32 percent of American
households own an
average of 1.7
dogs.
Twenty nine percent of responding county
households reported that they owned
dogs (unchanged from 1993); the
average household owned 1.9
dogs, representing an increase from 1.3
dogs in 1993.
Twenty one
households (2 %) in the survey acknowledged feeding
dogs they did not own, with an
average of 2.3
dogs per feeding
household.
US Census data was used to determine the number of county
households, which was used with survey - derived estimates of the
average number of
dogs and cats per
household and proportion of
households that owned
dogs and cats to estimate the number of owned
dogs and cats in the county, and with survey - derived estimates of the percentage of
households feeding stray
dogs and the
average number of unowned but fed
dogs and cats per
household to estimate the number of stray
dogs and cats in the county.
Cat - owning
households had an
average number of 2.2 cats in 2006, compared to 1.7
dogs per
dog - owning
households.
Frankly, most Komondors are «too much
dog» for the
average household.
Crossbreeding tends to produce a middle - of - the - road temperament that often fits better into the
average household than the more «extreme» temperaments of many purebred
dogs.
Frankly, most Doberman Pinschers are «too much
dog» for the
average household.
The
average veterinary expenditure per
household in 2007 was $ 356 for
dogs and $ 190 for cats.
Not for the inexperienced owner, they are in truth too much
dog for the
average household.