Vol. 12, Issue 2 (2023)

Author(s):
Cherryl DM, Kanchana K, Arunkumar, Sandyarani B and Vijaylaxmi IM

Abstract:
A study was carried out to explore the socio-economic status of dog owners in Tirupati City of Andhra Pradesh. The study design involved the systemic personal interview of randomly selected 180 dog owners using a structured interview schedule. Hence the respondents were surveyed by multistage random sampling procedure. The result revealed that 47.22 per cent of young people were interested in pet dog rearing. About 52.77 percent respondents living in apartments owned pet dogs while 47.22 per cent were living in individual houses. Majority of the pet dog owners were students (42.77%) and businessmen (27.77 %). It was understood that majority of the nuclear (66.67 %) small families (size < 5) reared pet dogs as companion animals.