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TAKE THE "AMERICAN ANIMAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION" PET OWNER'S SURVEY
Answer the questions below and then scroll down to see what percentage of 1200 American and Canadian pet owners do as you do.

  1. Do you celebrate your pet's birthday?

  2. Do you ever display photos of your pet in your
    a) wallet
    b) at work
    c) in a a special album
    d) at home
    e) as a screen saver
    f) never

  3. Do you turn on music for your pet?

  4. Have you ever danced or sung with your pet?

  5. What will be the most popular pet in the new millennium?
    a) dog
    b) cat
    c) fish
    d) bird
    e) reptile
    f) pocket pet (gerbil, hamster, etc)

  6. Where does your pet sleep?
    a) your bed
    b) a pet bed
    c) pet's own bedroom
    d) on household furniture (couch, chair, pillow)
    e) another family member's bed
    f) on the floor
    g) their own cage/kennel/dog house.

  7. Have you ever taken your pet to work?

  8. Does your pet have it's own website?

  9. Have you ever taken time off work to tend a sick pet?

  10. Do you refer to yourself as your pet's "Mom" or "Dad"?

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Answers:

  1. 63% do celebrate their pet's birthdays. Chamonix would like you to know her's is on May 30th and Jaspaar's is on June 1!

  2. a) 31% display their pet's photo in a wallet
    b) 43% display a photo at work
    c) 49% have a special album for their pet's pictures
    d) 79% display pictures of their pets at home
    e) 9% use their pet's picture for a screen saver
    f) 6% never display their pet's picture

  3. 53% turn on music for their pets.

  4. 65% dance or sing with their pets.

  5. a) 67% think dogs will be the most popular
    b) 26% for cats
    c) 1% for fish
    d) 1% for birds
    e) 2% for reptiles
    f) 3% for pocket pets

  6. a) 46% sleep in our bed
    b) 17% sleep in a pet bed
    c) 2% have their own bedroom
    d) 11% sleep on household furniture
    e) 3% sleep on another family member's bed
    f) 15% sleep on the floor
    g) 9% sleep in a cage/kennel dog house

  7. 44% have taken their pets to work

  8. Only 1% report that their pets have their own website

  9. 53% have taken time off work to tend to a sick pet

  10. 84% of us do refer to ourselves as our pet's "Mom" and "Dad"
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