Dog sports: the impact on dog-owner relationship, physical
activity, and quality of life in women

k 2025

Dog sports: the impact on dog-owner relationship, physical activity, and quality of life in women

GIMUNOVÁ, Marta a Gabriela KUKLOVÁ

Základní údaje

Originální název

Dog sports: the impact on dog-owner relationship, physical activity, and quality of life in women

Název anglicky

Dog sports: the impact on dog-owner relationship, physical activity, and quality of life in women

Autoři

GIMUNOVÁ, Marta a Gabriela KUKLOVÁ

Vydání

14th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON KINANTHROPOLOGY Sport and Quality of Life, 3rd–5th December 2025 Brno, Czech republic, 2025

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Prezentace na konferencích

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Změněno: 5. 12. 2025 20:19, doc. Mgr. Marta Gimunová, Ph.D.

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V originále

Dog ownership can contribute to higher levels of physical activity. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of dog sports participation on dog-owner relationship, physical activity, and quality of life in female dog owners. An online survey via Google forms for female dog owners was performer from August to December 2024. A total of 138 women participated in the study. From these, 66 women had regular trainings and competitions in dog sports (Dog sports group), 72 women reported no trainings or competitions with their dog (Dog pet group). Inclusion criteria consisted of the age 18 years or over, female gender, owning a dog, and ability to complete the entire survey. Additionally, for the dog sports group the inclusion criteria consisted of regular trainings ≥ 60 minutes per week. Following sections were included in the survey: demographics, Monash Dog Owner Relationship Scale (MDORS), The World Health Organization Quality of Life – Bref (WHOQOL-BREF) and International Physical Activity Questionnaire – Short Form (IPAQ-SF). Differences in demographical data, owner-dog relationship, physical activity, and quality of life between dog sports and dog pet groups were analysed using Mann-Whitney U test. The level of significance was set at p < 0.05. The statistical analysis was performer using using JASP (version 0.19.3). Most of the participants from the dog sports group reported training in agility (n=49; 74.24%), obedience (n=45; 68.18%), canicross (n=40; 60.61%), and heelwork to music/dancing with dog (n=12; 18.18%). In our dog sport sample, 45.45% of participants (n=30) reported trainings in one dog sport discipline, 54.55% of participants (n=36) combine two to five disciplines. The mean time spend dog training in dog sport group ranged between 60 to 360 minutes per week (140.00 ± 71.23). The results show that dog sport group performed significantly higher amount of moderate physical activity (p=0.008). The participation in dog sports affect the amount of moderate physical activity, however; dog sport participation was not observed to affect the perceived dog-owner relationship or quality of life in women. The results of this study highlight the potential of dog sports to increase the moderate activity levels in female dog owners. The main limitation of this study was using a survey data. Direct monitoring of physical activity would provide a more detailed insight into the activity levels in dog owners when training or competing in dog sports.

Citovat

GIMUNOVÁ, Marta a Gabriela KUKLOVÁ. Dog sports: the impact on dog-owner relationship, physical activity, and quality of life in women. In 14th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON KINANTHROPOLOGY Sport and Quality of Life, 3rd–5th December 2025 Brno, Czech republic. 2025.

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GIMUNOVÁ, Marta a Gabriela KUKLOVÁ. Dog sports: the impact on dog-owner relationship, physical activity, and quality of life in women. In \textit{14th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON KINANTHROPOLOGY Sport and Quality of Life, 3rd–5th December 2025 Brno, Czech republic}. 2025.

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