Life – a user's manual Part II - Boksidan

Table 1d. Total feed costs apart from any dog treats and such.
Average food Comments
life
length
(years)
(SEK/life)
Dog 12 18 944 If the dog lives for 12 years and always eat
Doggy original in the amount recommended
by the manufacturer for a 10 kilogram dog.
Cat 12-18 10 693 If the cat lives for 15 years and then only eat
ICA's own feed according to package
recommendations.
Ten people were interviewed about their experiences of pets. The majority (7 out of 10, table 2) have or have
had cats and five have or have had a dog. Overall, there were participants with the experience of all the listed
types of pets, except snakes. Their responses about the pros and cons of the species they had (table 3), can be
roughly summarized by saying that dogs and cats seem to have more/heavier advantages over the other.
Although the participants listed about the same benefits for cats as dogs and even though dogs needs to be
walked (which in my eyes are insanely boring walks because dogs constantly stop and smell on lampposts
and the like), many people choose to get a dog instead of a cat. It could be due either to the cat's
disadvantages are greater or because the dog's benefits are heavier.
Table 2. The participants' pets.
Have you or your family
had any of the following
pets and if so, how many
Yes
Totalt
number
Big dog 4 12
Cat 7 39
Guinea pigs 3 4
Budgerigar 3 4
Snake 0 0
Rabbit 4 7
Rat 2 2
Hamster 2 4
Small dog 4 8
Aquarium 3 26
1.
Seven men and three women, on average, they were 46 years old (median: 46 years, min - max: 39-56 years). All
had had at least two types of animals in at least one of the family groups they lived in.
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