Table 6: Correlation of All Conflict Topics 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1. Exercise 1 2. Pet Waste .31 1 Feeding .32 .33 1 Needs Obedience .18 .18 .26 1 Discipline .19 .21 .31 .62 1 Rules .14 .17 .29 .36 .51 1 Destroys .08 .20 .17 .39 .43 .40 1 Daycare .22 .13 .22 .16 .12 .12 .24 1 Diet .21 .17 .30 .12 .18 .30 .03 .07 1 Up Early .08 .16 .18 .17 .16 .14 .15 .19 .14 1 Active at Night .10 .19 .12 .25 .21 .23 .31 .16 .09 .52 1 Not Housebroken .06 .31 .19 .34 .32 .21 .37 .19 -.01 .16 .28 1 Table Scraps .19 .14 .29 .20 .25 .30 .15 .10 .47 .07 .13 .07 1 Repairs .09 .26 .18 .35 .36 .35 .71 .30 .08 .12 .27 .32 .25 1 Injuries .01 .12 .10 .21 .19 .11 .15 -.03 .00 .03 .12 .19 .04 .15 1 Get Rid .04 .13 .12 .18 .22 .22 .24 .09 .09 .19 .22 .23 .06 .28 .18 1 Sick To Vet .27 .23 .26 .16 .19 .20 .18 .18 .28 .15 .20 .14 .29 .28 .12 .26 1 Financial .13 .24 .22 .27 .31 .28 .25 .09 .23 .23 .17 .17 .25 .28 .13 .24 .55 1 Aggressive .03 .23 .12 .21 .19 .09 .11 -.03 .05 .13 .26 .27 .06 .13 .38 .16 .21 .19 1 Children .12 .09 .06 .10 .09 .08 -.02 .02 .12 .11 .13 .05 .12 .03 .32 .21 .13 .05 .17 1 Hyper .18 .13 .12 .29 .29 .28 .35 .13 .09 .33 .40 .15 .18 .27 .07 .20 .11 .13 .05 .02 1 Jumps .15 .11 .16 .30 .33 .32 .32 .10 .07 .15 .23 .07 .20 .28 .06 .12 .06 .14 .03 .06 .54 1 Noise .12 .13 .19 .36 .38 .33 .34 .17 .09 .24 .39 .26 .25 .37 .17 .24 .20 .17 .25 .21 .45 .36 1 Afraid of People .04 .10 .15 .22 .18 .05 .10 -.05 .12 .16 .09 .02 .11 .08 .07 .10 .13 .07 .15 .19 .10 .10 .22 1 Afraid of Noise .07 .24 .18 .21 .19 .20 .26 .21 .21 .23 .23 .18 .22 .24 .03 .19 .19 .18 .28 .14 .23 .19 .33 .20 1 Escapes .06 .18 .23 .27 .27 .24 .33 .21 .12 .13 .19 .32 .23 .33 .21 .20 .19 .17 .18 .05 .13 .19 .30 .04 .20 1 Not Friendly .05 .13 .17 .21 .19 .03 .02 -.04 .12 .14 .02 .09 .10 .07 .21 .08 .08 -.01 .20 .31 .06 .08 .14 .61 .12 .06 1 Timid Fearful .06 .07 .17 .22 .26 .10 .12 -.01 .12 .12 0 .06 .09 .06 .10 .16 .09 .09 .15 .08 .09 .13 .17 .62 .28 .14 .49 1 Annual Shots .11 .09 .19 .15 .07 .12 .13 .20 .22 .28 .19 .13 .10 .18 .02 .22 .30 .36 .09 .09 .13 .09 .12 .02 .25 .30 -.03 .06
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