Secondary ResearchSecondary research is also known as ‘desk research’ as it consists of looking online, whereas primary research is going out yourself and getting your own statistics from people.

When you type dogs into Google this comes up with the following websites.

The top search is “Dogs Trust” which is a charity for dogs and rehousing them. They would be perfect to contact as they’d have lot’s of information and my website could basically sponsor them. However, contacting them and organising an interview or anything would be difficult as they aren’t local and they’re a big company so they won’t be possible but a good idea if it was.

I need a more local source of information so I’ve searched for vets in Leyland I’ve found “Vets4Pets” so this could be a possibility but if not I will surely just go to people I know who have/had dogs.

It is important to know the population of dogs in the UK so I know how popular they are so no matter what I will find someone to

interview about the responsibility of dogs from when they’re young, when they’re in their prime and when they’re on their last legs.

I used the RSPCA website https://media.rspca.org.uk/media/factsThis is a reliable source as they are an official company and are well known. So now I know how many dogs are in the UK I can assure myself I’ll have to find someone.

This research is useful to me as I can see the most popular websites that are associated with dogs so I can know what dog lovers are into and I can use that in my website. Dogs trust are a big cooperation for dogs and rehouses them so I can see the extent and the care people put into looking after dogs. Vet4pets is more of a local source and could be a possible contact, they’re just a standard vet. There was nothing I discarded within research these were the first websites I used.