Are you a dog mom (or dad)?
You might be a dog mom if…
- you talk about dogs daily …
- you share photos of dogs on your phone…
- you post on social media about dogs…
- you stay home to care for a sick dog…
- you take your dog on errands…
- you celebrate you dog’s birthday or gotcha day…
If you said yes to any of these, you might be a dog mom. If you selected all, you are definitely a dog mom, and guess what? There’s a day for you …
National Dog Mom Day is the second Saturday of May … or the Saturday before regular Mother’s Day. A dating app – yes, dating app – focused on matching pet lovers with other pet lovers is credited with establishing Dog Mom Day, after initiating a petition through change.org. (Yes, some good results from this process).
Since then, Rover.com surveyed 1000 female dog owners and apparently concluded 75% (3 out of 4) surveyed called themselves a ‘Dog Mom,’ identifying pets as family. Interestingly, Boomers were more likely to call their dogs ‘best friends’ than younger generations who preferred ‘fur baby’ or ‘fur kid.’
Also, the Rover.com research indicated about 40% of those surveyed bought clothing proudly displaying the moniker ‘DOG MOM.’ No surprise, search the internet for ‘dog mom day’ and you get reams of gift suggestions for the pooching-loving princess in your life – or yourself, we’re not judging.
Why should dogtrotting.net be any different?
Recently, we’ve added a dogtrotting store to the site in an effort to spread the dog love, and specifically travel-with-your-dog-love, as far as we can. (Also, we need to filter in some revenue without having to resort to online casino ‘guest posts’).
Are you a DOG MOM fur real? If so, buy a t-shirt and announce it to the world this summer when we finally jump in the car again and road trip with the pup:
