Posted on behalf of Dr. Chris Zink PhD, DVM, DACVSMR

"I have designed an anonymous survey to help people learn more about the needs of canine athletes. It seems hard to believe to those of us who are passionate about canine sports, but there is hardly ANY research being done on injuries and conditions specifically affecting canine athletes. One of the big reasons is that the demographics of canine athletes and their people are not well known. This survey will start to change that.

So please go to the following URL and fill out the survey. It should take less than 10 minutes of your time - time well spent!"

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Canin...teDemographics

Thanks for participating in advance - any information we can start to gather in regards to the athletic health of our retrievers is important.

Sue Puff

Thanks, Sue Puff, for posting this. The full URL didn't come though the forum, so I have posted it in the website link below and here:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CanineAthleteDemographics

Cross post to your conformation, agility, obedience, hunting, field trialing, dock diving, etc. friends! Yes, conformation competition is covered in the survey.