英国狗主人购买前信息和咨询:一项混合方法研究
Rebecca Mead1, Katrina E Holland1, Rachel A Casey1
1Dogs Trust, 17 Wakley Street, London EC1V 7RQ, UK.
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
|April 13, 2024
概括
在英国,潜在的狗主人主要使用网站和个人网络进行研究. 虽然大多数人都能找到信息,但在网上相互矛盾的建议对新的狗主人来说是一个挑战.
科学领域:
- 兽医医学 兽医医学 兽医医学
- 动物行为 动物行为
- 人与动物的互动
背景情况:
- 狗是英国最常见的物种.
- 对于狗收购的信息搜索行为和收购前研究的了解有限.
研究的目的:
- 调查英国潜在狗主人进行的准备性研究.
- 在狗收购过程中识别共同的信息来源和感兴趣的主题.
主要方法:
- 2019年的一项在线调查收集了当前 (n=4381) 和潜在 (n=2350) 已经研究或计划研究狗收购的狗主人的定量和定性数据.
- 与当前 (n=24) 和潜在 (n=8) 狗主人进行了半结构化访谈.
主要成果:
- 网站 (76%) 是当前所有者最常见的信息来源,其次是家庭/朋友 (70%) 和在线论坛 (51%).
- 潜在的主人寻求关于一般狗的护理,品种的特点,主人-狗的适合性,以及寻找狗的信息.
- 大多数人找到了所需的信息,但有些人遇到了相互矛盾的建议,导致对可靠来源的不确定性.
结论:
- 购买前的研究对潜在的狗主人来说至关重要,强调需要可靠和公正的信息,特别是在线信息.
- 了解所有者研究模式可以为动物福利组织和兽医专业人员提供信息,以更好地支持潜在的狗主人.
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