US Pet Owner Survey

Hi everyone,
I am a student at the University of Pennsylvania working on a survey of
US pet owners. The aim of this survey is to research the relationship
between pet owners and their pets and in particular their attitudes
towards their pet's health. Three years ago a similar survey was
conducted and administered by posting the link on pet friendly groups
such as this. That survey ultimately resulted in over 3,000 responses
and motivated the students who created it to develop a new pet health
insurance venture that has partnered with Petplan, which is the
world's oldest and largest pet health insurance provider. I am now an
intern working with Petplan this summer to administer this year's
survey which aims to identify and track changes in pet owners'
attitudes over the past three years.

I am writing to request your participation in this survey. If you have
any questions please do not hesitate to contact me at
.

Finally should you require verification of my position as a summer
associate at Petplan please e-mail or call
1-866-GOPETPLAN.

To take the survey please just click on the following link:
http://www.surveyconsole.com/console...rvey?id=103606

Kind regards,

Sarah Friedman

One bright night in the middle of the day on 6 Jul 2005 08:37:30
-0700, in rec.pets.dogs.breeds "
wrote:


To take the survey please just click on the following link:
http://www.surveyconsole.com/console...rvey?id=103606

Please explain what you mean by the following terminology located
under the question "Where did you obtain your pet?":

Show breeder
Pedigree breeder


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Karen C.
Spammers be damned! I can't be emailed from this account! So there...

"You have no power here!
...Be gone! Before somebody drops a house on you too!"

Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to your in inquiry. For the
purposes of this survey "Show breeder" means a breeder who shows dogs
and breeds dogs for the explicit purpose of the dogs being shown. A
"Pedigree breeder" simply breeds pure breed dogs or cats. Thanks you
for your concern and interest in the survey. I hope this helps.

~Sarah Friedman

Thank you again so much for your comments. Those are the official
meanings of the terms as far as I am aware, but I will look into it and
keep this issue in mind for the clarification of future surveys. Thanks
again, comments and questions are always appreciated.