世論 What Japan Thinks

Or your Japanese boyfriend for that matter, the subject of a recent goo Ranking survey into the moments when people realise as they have a dog they don’t need a partner.

Demographics

Between the 18th and 21st of December 2009 1,077 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 51.0% of the sample were female, 8.7% in their teens, 15.3% in their twenties, 27.0% in their thirties, 27.8% in their forties, 11.9% in their fifties, and 9.3% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

Not being a dog person, I cannot relate to the question, although I can relate to answers number… heck, just about all of them. However, number 18 is a little bit…

Ranking result

Q: At what moments do you realise as you have a dog you don’t need a partner? (Sample size=1,077)

Rank		Score
1	When they’re so pleased to see me when I return home	100
2	When they snuggle up close just at the right times	71.1
3	When they know who’s boss	66.9
4	When they only relax when they are by my side	63.3
5	When they are ready and waiting behind the door when I return home	60.8
6	When they get so excited even just for walkies	49.4
7	However often I call them they always come running	47.6
8	Regardless of how foul a mood I am in they don’t get angry	45.8
9	Their sad cries whenever I am going to go out	45.2
10	When they are bored and drop their chins to the floor and look up at me	42.8
11	Even though I give them the same food every day they eat it with gusto	36.1
12	When they look up at me when out for walkies	29.5
13	They always look as if they are smiling	29.5
14	Even right after waking they are all ready to play	24.7
15	When they don’t get moody	22.3
16	When they never get bored retrieving the same toy	19.3
17	When they get so exited when they are going to be left home alone	16.3
18	When they wake me with a smiling face and a passionate kiss	13.3
19	When they eat scraps off the floor	9.6
20	When they get all groggy and car sick	3.6