![Dog ownership is seeing shifts, with multiple potential causes merging together to highlight senior pups.](https://img.petfoodindustry.com/files/base/wattglobalmedia/all/image/2023/07/dog_interacting_with_owner.64aed19d63206.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
Dog ownership is seeing shifts, with multiple potential causes merging together to highlight senior pups.
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As argued in Packaged Facts’ “Pet Population and Ownership Trends in the U.S.” (September 2022), a single-minded focus on pet population growth, or even more narrowly on new pet parents, can mean looking at pet market opportunities from the wrong end of the telescope.