The extent to which welfare needs of breeding dogs are met in commercial dog-breeding kennels is a potential point of controversy. This analysis sought to understand US residents’ perceptions and priorities related to dog welfare : by investigating (a) perceptions of breeding-dog welfare needs and (b) perceptions of various nonhuman animal welfare information sources. Using best/worst-choice experiments conducted in an online survey, respondents’ choices for most and least important breeding-dog welfare needs (n = 508) and most/least trusted canine welfare information sources (n = 508) were analyzed. The survey sample was targeted to be representative of the US population in terms of gender, age, region of residence, income, and education. The largest preference shares (relatively most important) for breeding-dog welfare needs were for “availability of food and water” (39.2%) and health/veterinary care (18.1%). The largest preference shares (relatively most trusted sources) for welfare information were American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, a veterinarian, and American Veterinary Medical Association, with 25.1%, 16.4%, and 14.1% shares, respectively.

在商业犬种犬舍中满足种犬福利需求的程度是一个潜在的争议点。该分析试图了解美国居民对狗福利的看法和优先考虑事项：通过调查（a）对繁殖狗福利需求的看法和（b）对各种非人类动物福利信息源的看法。使用在线调查中进行的最佳/最差选择实验，受访者针对最重要和最不重要的种犬福利需求（n  = 508）和最受信任的犬类福利信息源（n = 508）进行了分析。调查样本的目标是在性别，年龄，居住地区，收入和教育方面代表美国人口。满足繁殖犬福利需求的最大偏好份额（相对最重要）是“食物和水的可用性”（39.2％）和卫生/兽医服务（18.1％）。福利信息的最大偏爱份额（相对最受信任的来源）是兽医和动物兽医协会，以及美国兽医协会，分别拥有25.1％，16.4％和14.1％的份额。