No / In her recent publication, Haraway (Haraway, D., (2003). The companion species manifesto: dogs, people, and significant otherness. Chicago, Prickly Paradigm Press.) extends her concept of the cyborg to explore how the figure of ¿companion species¿ can rethink the models of reality that traditionally underpin cultural research. This paper investigates the kind of consumption worlds and consumption relations the ontology of companion species suggests and what it offers in terms of understanding consumption in a post-human (and post-canine) consumer-behavior landscape. Following this, it proposes the concept of ¿companion-species consumption¿ (CSC) as a new ontology to extend interpretive research on consumers and their pets (Hirschman, E. C., (1994). Consumers and their animal companions. J Consum Res, 20 (3), 616¿632.; Holbrook, M.B., Stephens, D.L., Day, E., Holbrook, S.M. and Strazar, G., (2001). A collective stereographic photo essay on key aspects of animal companionship: the truth about dogs and cats. Academy of Marketing Science Review 1; AMS.; Belk, Russell W., (1996). Metaphoric relationships with pets Society & Animals: Social Scientific Studies of the Human Experience of Other Animals, vol. 4 (2), 121¿145.) and to reflect current theory of the consumer¿object relation. This research explores the potential of CSC through multi-site ethnography (Marcus, George E., (1995). Ethnography in/of the world system: the emergence of multi-sited ethnography, Annu Rev Anthropol 95¿117.) of a trans-national, highly-networked community of Afghan hounds and their exhibitors. The paper examines how companion species emerge across a range of cultural sites and documents the consumption practices stemming from the dichotomies between them. The conclusions inform dog-related marketing activity, advance consumer-research insights into the practices of dog-related avocational consumer groups, and extend existing theory of the consumer¿object relation.

Master of Regional and Community Planning / Department of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning / Richard L. Hoag / Abstract On October 6, 2006 President Bush signed the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act (PETS Act, Pub. Law No. 109-308). The Act ensures that state and local emergency preparedness operational plans address the needs of individuals with household pets and service animals following a major disaster or emergency (The Library of Congress, 109:H.R. 3858, 2006). This thesis identifies nineteen indicators to be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the PETS program in the areas of economics and public health. This report gives specific examples of how each indicator can be used to measure, assess, guide, and monitor the outcomes of evacuating pets in state or local emergency preparedness operational plans.

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by Cheung Suet-Yin Anita, Lo Chui-Yuk Michelle. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 59). / Questionnaire in Chinese. / ABSTRACT --- p.i / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / LIST OF TABLES --- p.v / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.vi / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter II. --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.4 / Product Life Cycle --- p.4 / Motivation --- p.6 / Level of Involvement --- p.8 / Chapter III. --- METHODOLOGY --- p.10 / Management Objectives --- p.10 / Research Objectives --- p.10 / Research Design --- p.11 / Hypothesis Testing --- p.16 / Motivation --- p.16 / Level of Involvement --- p.17 / Miscellaneous --- p.17 / Data Collection Method --- p.19 / Sampling --- p.20 / Chapter IV. --- RESULTS --- p.22 / Findings of Focus Groups --- p.22 / Survey Sample --- p.25 / Motivation --- p.26 / Level of Involvement --- p.30 / Other Findings --- p.33 / Concept of Electronic Pets --- p.33 / The Liking for Keeping Pets --- p.33 / Duration of Nurturing a Tamagotchi --- p.34 / Habit of Buying Cartoon Character Merchandise --- p.35 / Chapter V. --- LIMITATIONS --- p.37 / Sampling Bias --- p.37 / Reliability --- p.37 / Validity --- p.39 / Chapter VI. --- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS --- p.40 / APPENDICES --- p.46 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.59

El equipo de trabajo está formado por mujeres que tienen pasión por los animales y que la vamos a proyectar incursionando en el ámbito empresarial del sector servicios con la marca “Guau Guau Party Planner". Para el proyecto de negocio ha sido necesario un análisis considerando el entorno externo e interno, los cuales han sido indispensables para establecer adecuadamente las estrategias que nos ayudarán lograr nuestros objetivos propuestos. El diseño de plan de marketing es un factor importante, así como el diseño de los procesos de operación, el diseño económico-financiero y el diseño de la gestión de recurso humano, procesos que han ayudado a que el proyecto pueda ser viable. El modelo de negocio de “Guau Guau Party Planner", consiste en ofrecer servicios de fiestas personalizadas para mascotas en especial de perros, ofreciendo servicios distintivos de catering saludable para mascotas, fiesta temática personalizada, donde el cliente escogerá los detalles de la fiesta, atuendo de fiestas para mascotas ajustado a la temática. Nuestros servicios ofrecerán productos de alta calidad y con certificaciones de salud, así como el alto detalle en la diseño y decoración de las fiestas, buscamos atender a clientes que no cuenten con el tiempo necesario para organizar la fiesta a su engreído y que buscan servicios exigentes en cada detalle de la celebración. / Our work team is composed of women who have passion for the animals and we are going to project our passion, developing a business in the service industry with the brand “Guau Guau Party Planner”. For the business Project, an analysis has been necessary, considering the external and internal environment, all these aspects have been important to establish appropriately the strategies that will help us to reach our objectives proposed. The Marketing Plan design is an important part, as well as, the Operating Processes, Financial and Human Resources design, which will help us, that the project can be viable. The business proposal for “Guau Guau Party Planner” consists in offer services about personalized parties for pets in special dogs, such as healthy catering, personalized thematic party, where the customer will choose the details of party and clothing for pets according to the thematic. Our services will offer products of high quality, with health certifications, as well as, high details in the design and decoration of the parties. We search to serve customers who don’t have enough time to organize party for their spoiled pet and customers who search demanding services in every detail of the celebration. / Trabajo de investigación

This was a descriptive study that examined the relation between domestic violence and pct abuse. Participants were questioned about their styles of conflict resolution with partners and how pets were treated in the home. Information was gathered using the Conflict Tactics Scale, and three surveys were developed for this study: the Battered Partner Shelter Survey, Families and Pets Survey, and the Child 's Observations and Experience with Pets. Four groups were recruited: (a) women in crisis shelters who chose to include one of their children in the study (.n = 39), (b) women in crisis shelters who did not include one of their children in the study (n = 62), (c) women who had not been subjected to domestic violence and chose to share information about one of their children (.n = 30), and (d) women who had not been subjected to domestic violence and did not provide information about one of their children (.n = 30). Mothers who chose to include one of their children in the study completed a Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) for that child. Five shelters in the state of Utah--Logan, Brigham City, Ogden, Salt Lake City, and Provo--were included. Data collection in the shelters occurred over 17 months. Participants in the comparison group were recruited via newspaper advertisements in the Herald Journal in Logan. Analyses of the data confirmed the coexistence of domestic violence and pet abuse . The results revealed that the severity of threats and abuse toward pets, and the severity of violent means of interpartner conflict resolution escalate in a parallel manner . However , many of the male partners who become violent toward women have a history of pet abuse that precedes their relationship with the woman. This study increased awareness of the coexistence of these two types of violence both as it was run and as a source for future professional presentations. The importance of this study and implications for future research are discussed.

Many individuals develop strong bonds with their pets, viewing them as close “furry” friends or family. When these beloved companions die, both their relational and physical absences are deeply felt. Lacking socially recognized rituals to mourn and memorialize their pets, owners turn to and adapt traditional “human practices,” primarily that of keeping meaningful or significant items of the deceased. Using both personal experiences and perspectives from multiple fields, this thesis discusses the life-cycle of the human-animal bond, examines the types of items owners keep or create, and how these are used to facilitate both mourning (the outward expression of grief) and memorialization (the practice of remembering). I argue that because they allow owners to both literally and symbolically recreate the sensory experiences of pet ownership, material items such as hair, impressions, collars, cremains, and models are ideal ways to remember deceased pets. As a result, this study adds to and deepens the understandings of the complexities surrounding the human-animal bond, in addition to how owners use and extend folkloric behaviors and principles, such as tradition and the material culture genre to include experiences and relationships with pets.

According to Onkvisit and Shaw (1987), many products and possessions can be perceived as extensions of consumers' self-identity.  Some consumers might even try to enhance their image through conspicuous or status consumption. According to Mosteller (2008), possessing a pet is closely related to the theory of the extended self. Among other types of conspicuously consumed goods, rare or unusual animals may be purchased to satisfy the consumer's need for status (Hirschman, 1994). In 2011, more than 70 million households in Europe kept a pet. The direct and indirect industry of pet breeders, veterinarians etc. creates more than half a million jobs throughout Europe. Although in recent years many studies have been conducted from psychological or medical point of view of companion animals' and their owners' interactions, the academic knowledge from consumer behaviour perspective is still scarce. Authors of this thesis employed attitudes, various self and conspicious consumption theories in order to dig deeper into the topic of pets as status symbols, in particular rare and pure-bred cats and dogs. With the help of convenience sampling technique, internet survey was distributed. Authors questioned 165 students in Jönköping International Business School and created a data sample which was later used in statistical analysis. By combining descriptive statistics, Principal component analysis and Cluster analysis, a research design for the topic at hand was developed, which allowed to squeeze out every bit of valuable information. According to the statistical analysis, four most important factors influencing pet-related conspicuous consumption are (in order of importance): Ostentation, Social Recognition, Conformity and Materialistic Indulgence. With regards to these factors, all participants were grouped in four clusters: Blue Blooded People, Indifferent Boasters, Status Candidates and Approval Seekers. This research design resulted in vast array of managerial implications and creation of academic knowledge in respective consumer behaviour field.