{"id":6606,"date":"2019-11-08T10:37:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T18:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/todaysveterinarybusiness.com\/?p=6606"},"modified":"2022-06-15T17:45:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T17:45:03","slug":"americans-show-a-growing-affection-for-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navc.sitepreview.app\/todaysveterinarybusiness.com\/americans-show-a-growing-affection-for-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans show a growing affection for dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. dog population grew by 14% from 2008 to 2018 while the number of cats fell by nearly 5%, according to a new report from Packaged Facts.<\/p>\n

The market research firm found that 54% of U.S. households, or 67 million, own a pet of some kind, either a dog, cat, fish, bird or other animal. The number of pet-owning households grew by 2.6% from 2013 to 2018.<\/p>\n

Some of the popularity of dogs can be traced to the increasingly diverse U.S. population. Packaged Facts reported that Latino pet owners jumped from 15 million in 2008 to 22 million in 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cBetween 2008 and 2018, the increase in the number of Hispanic, African-American, Asian and other multicultural pet owners was five times higher than the increase in the number of non-Hispanic white pet owners,\u201d research director David Sprinkle said.<\/p>\n

Among other findings in the report \u201cPet Population and Ownership Trends\u201d:<\/p>\n