The folks at Hartz and Harris Interactive have done a cute survey of pet owners, asking them questions like:
"Do you talk about your pet with your friends and family as if he/she is a member of the family" (56 percent of women and 41 percent of men said yes) and
"Would you dump your girlfriend/boyfriend if your pet didn't like her/him?" (14 percent of dog owners and 11 percent of cat owners said yes).
I'm sure the results of this survey will pop up all over the news as you can see it has some pretty good sound bites for the media. Here's a small section of the results. You can check out the rest here:
Human-like habits of pets
Whether getting under the covers or the dining room table, our pets are becoming more like us or maybe we becoming more like our pets? Among those who own dogs and/or cats:
- About one in three (32 percent) say their pet watches TV; dog/cat owners in the Northeast are more likely to say their pet watches the tube (41 percent) than those in the West (30 percent), south (29 percent) and Midwest (29 percent)
- Nearly a half (48 percent) say that their pet sleeps on the bed and hogs the covers and the pillow
- 51 percent of dog owners and 40 percent of cat owners say their pet sits by the dinner table and begs for human food
Do you see yourself here at all?
