Globally dogs and people searching for dog info are no where near as important as in America.

France's爐op dog related search is a very humane 慸og pound' (18,100). The second term is for 慸og de bordeaux' (or the燜rench Mastiff燽reed) with 2,900 searches and 慸og sitting' (1,600).營taly爋nly has 100 search terms but has the caring number one term of 慸og sitter' (2,400). Number three term 慴ull dog' (1,300) shows that this breed is popular in Italy.

Ireland爓hile having a low population rates only second to the UK in dog search popularity on a 憄er capita' basis (see graph below). Ireland like UK also shows a very humane dog search trend with Ireland's second, fourth and fifth terms being dogs trust (6,600); 慸ogs in distress' (4,400) and 慸ogs trust Ireland' (3,600).

Dog countries that don't search

Russia?142 M popn) has only 39 search terms. Its main term is 慴ernese mountain dogs' (1,600) which even outranks 慸ogs' (1,300). Like Brazil and Germany people in Russia also search for 慶ats and dogs' together (720). The next two terms are 慸og pound' (390) then a brand of dog food at 320 searches.

Israel?38 terms) has 慸ogs' as its main search (1,900) however except for the popularity of Cesar's 慸og whisperer' (480) three of the top five terms are dog disease related - 慒rontline plus for dogs' (1,300); 憀yme disease in dogs' (720) and 憈icks on dogs' (480).

Japan?127 M popn) have a very low 27,000 adjusted dog searches across 35 terms! Japan mostly searches for 慸og' (2,400), ?hound dog' (1,600); 憈he dog' (720), 'dog food' (590).

Global Dog e-matrix comparison

The previous information gives an indication of a trend in dog search values, but it is not until a plot of adjusted dog searches per population is made against the 憌ealth per capita' for each country that a definite trend is seen.

It makes sense that more wealthy countries (who have some level of middle class) are able to more afford keeping dogs. However a plot of Google dog associated searches versus wealth shows that the relationship is nearly logarithmic, with a 憈ipping point' where a certain level of income per person is required before a countries searches (and therefore strong interest in dogs) is able to really take off.

In the process of making such a graph and making a theory from it, all raw search values for coun tries are 憂ormalized' so that a fair comparison can be made. That is Google search volumes are adjusted relative to internet usage in each country and Google market share. This means that all values can be assessed independent of the search engine used, and the data is genuinely comparable.

Using this data, the UK and Ireland are seen globally 燼s the two most dog interested countries, per capita. With many breeds coming from this part of Europe and the continuing strong use of work dogs on farms and in society, these values are not surprising.

The next level of global dog interest are seen from America, Australia and Canada. These countries are all highly developed, English speaking and culturally connected (based on UK / English settlements).

The difference between the leading dog search countries and the European countries is that they do not speak English as a first language, and size wise the city high development may not allow much room to keep dogs.

CONCLUSIONS

Interest and love of dogs is foremost a cultural issue. Regardless of the wealth and development of a country, a countries people must love and respect dogs to have them as pets. India, China and Brazil, regardless of culture do not have sufficient wealth for wide spread responsible dog ownership (quality food and vet bills) which means that they may feed strays but dogs are not often directly owned or registered with Governments as pets.

The燯K and Ireland燼re by far the two leading countries for online search information on dogs per capita. This is possibly due to their very long history of reliance on dogs for protection and company. The other European countries typically have a very low search interest in dogs, even though their dog ownership is relatively high. High density living and local government restrictions (noise laws etc) are likely to be the cause. Analysis of the top 50 terms searched in a country often gives a clue to the cultural interest in dogs. In the UK and Ireland they also have mainly a humane connection with dogs ?for example, dog welfare homes having very high search levels.

The two most populous countries, China and India have very low search interest on information on dogs (even after being adjusted for internet usage and Google share). While this is predicted by their low 憌ealth per capita' value, the search terms also show that they don't search for humane terms or how to train dogs etc, but rather a more image related view eg China has a top five term related to 慸og clothes' and India's two top 5 terms are related to 憄ictures of dogs'.