{"id":64,"date":"2019-09-02T11:08:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T10:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lida-vets.co.uk\/news\/?p=64"},"modified":"2020-11-18T15:35:55","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T15:35:55","slug":"how-many-people-in-the-uk-have-a-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lida-vets.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>We are 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 \u2013 almost a quarter! The UK ranks as the 2nd highest dog nation in Europe and is notoriously one of the world\u2019s most dog-loving nations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-65 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lida-vets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/lida-vets-dog-owners.png\" alt=\"lida-vets-dog-owners\" width=\"750\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lida-vets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/lida-vets-dog-owners.png 750w, https:\/\/www.lida-vets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/lida-vets-dog-owners-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With this prestigious, but unofficial, title, its 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are raising awareness for all the woofs out there; for the droolers, the bed hogs and the 5am barkers!&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lida-vets.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":404,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-64","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dog-news","tag-emergency-vets-in-suffolk"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lida-vets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lida-vets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lida-vets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lida-vets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lida-vets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lida-vets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lida-vets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lida-vets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lida-vets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lida-vets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}