{"id":125,"date":"2019-09-01T13:51:25","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T12:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blogskel.web3.clickingmad.com\/news\/?p=125"},"modified":"2026-03-13T15:04:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:04:02","slug":"how-many-people-in-the-uk-have-a-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/how-many-people-in-the-uk-have-a-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"How many people in the UK have a dog?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-146 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/how-many-people-in-uk-have-dog-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"Dog and owner hugging - lady in orange\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/how-many-people-in-uk-have-dog-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/how-many-people-in-uk-have-dog.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>As we\u2019ve been posting a lot about cats, we started to feel sorry for our canine counterparts! So, this one\u2019s for raising awareness for all the woofs out there; for the droolers, the bed hogs and the 5am barkers!<\/p>\n<p>There are 8.9 million pet dogs in the UK with 24% of the UK\u2019s adult population owning one &#8211; almost a quarter! The UK ranks as the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> highest dog nation in Europe and is notoriously one of the world\u2019s most dog-loving nations.<\/p>\n<p>With this prestigious, but unofficial, title; it\u2019s up to us to make sure that we keep our dogs in the best health. From six-month check-ups and annual vaccinations to regular nail trims, our dogs rely on us to keep them safe and well.<\/p>\n<p>To book an appointment to get your dog checked, <a href=\"\/about-us\">contact us<\/a> today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we\u2019ve been posting a lot about cats, we started to feel sorry for our canine counterparts! So, this one\u2019s&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/how-many-people-in-the-uk-have-a-dog\/\" class=\"cta\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":528,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dog-focus"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1435,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions\/1435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}