PERCEPÇÃO DOS TUTORES SOBRE PRODUTOS COMERCIAIS E MANEJO ALIMENTAR ADOTADO PARA CÃES

Abstract

The growing increase in the emotional bond between guardians and their dogs has favored the expansion of several segments of the pet market. In this scenario, there are several food products have come up with different prices and functions which can generate confusion to the consumer. With this, the objective was to verify the perception of dog guardians in relation to the pet food market, assess your knowledge of the products available for dogs, their behavior in relation to the type of food to be be provided to your animals and what food management is adopted by these guardians. For evaluation of these variables, a questionnaire was elaborated on Google Forms, which was disseminated via social networks, in order to obtain responses from different states Brazilians. 285 respondents from 20 states participated in the survey and the results obtained were recorded in an Excel spreadsheet for the calculation of absolute frequencies and relative values ​​of each variable associated with the descriptive study. Although it has been verified that most tutors (71.1%) use commercial food for their dogs, many have doubts or are even unaware of some of the foods available in the Marketplace. There was also a great search for information on the management of feeding dogs with untrained professionals, which generates a large percentage of misinformation on the part of tutors when it comes to food handling and products available food. It is up to the zootechnicians to take the knowledge, solve doubts and disseminate information correctly, as well as present the existence of products that can facilitate the life of the guardian, improve the health of the pet and consequently boost the growth of the pet food market.