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FACEBOOK<\/a> | TWITTER<\/a> | INSTAGRAM<\/a><\/p>\n A recent study has revealed that 44% of UK dog owners would wear matching outfits with their dogs. <\/p>\n Puppy Love: 44% Of UK Dog Owners Would Wear Matching Outfits With Their Dogs The new data also revealed that 32% will be dressing their pups up for Christmas www.savilerowco.com\/blog\/news\/win-a-made-to-measure-shirt-for-your-dog\/ FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM A recent study has revealed that 44% of UK dog owners would wear matching outfits with their dogs. There are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":538821,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-538817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clubs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538817"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":538826,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538817\/revisions\/538826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThere are approximately 12m dog owners in the UK, meaning 4.85m Brits would wear matching outfits with their dogs.
\nThe data from Savile Row Company, a London-based suits and shirts tailor, has highlighted the depth of love UK dog owners have for their pets.
\nSo, why would dog owners go as far as matching their beloved pets?
\nAlison Davies, owner of Bun the Sausage Dog, a doggy Instagram influencer with over 21K followers, said: \u201cWe share our homes, food, love and (in our case) bed with the dog. Dogs are our best friends and who doesn\u2019t want to match with their bestie\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Bun6.jpg\")
\n\u201cWe have probably spent about \u00a3100-120 ourselves and we have been lucky enough to be gifted about \u00a3200-250 worth of coats and clothes for Bun.\u201d
\nIn fact, 65% of respondents class their dogs as a \u2018member of the family\u2019 and 15% go as far as to describe their dogs as \u2018like a child\u2019 to them.
\nDogs being seen as an extension of the family explains why owners like to dress them up, 75% of owners admit purchasing an outfit for their dog at some point.
\nAlmost a quarter (24%) stating that they regularly dress up their dogs and over a third (34%) saying they dress their fur babies, but only for special occasions, such as Christmas.
\nOf this same group, 40% admitted to spending more on their dogs than a member of immediate family over Christmas, and 25% of these dog owners have spent more on their dogs than a partner.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Bun2.jpg\")
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