Kentucky City Named the 5th Most Pet-Friendly Place in America

Kentucky City Named the 5th Most Pet-Friendly Place in America

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What makes one city more pet-friendly than another? That may not be a question you ever asked, but for some people, that can be a very important factor when deciding where to live. It is such an important question that the folks at WalletHub just published a study ranking the most pet-friendly cities in America - and one city from the Bluegrass State cracked the top five.

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Before I share some of the results, let's first take a look at how the rankings were determined. The study gathered and compared data from the 100 biggest U.S. cities, looking at metrics in the following categories:

  • Pet Budget: including veterinary care costs, minimum pet-care provider rate per visit, and dog insurance premium.
  • Pet Health & Wellness: includes the number of veterinarians, pet caretakers, animal trainers, and pet businesses per capita.
  • Outdoor Pet-Friendliness: includes the weather and the number of dog parks and dog-friendly trails per capita.

This Kentucky City Welcomes Your Pet

According to this report, LEXINGTON, KY is the 5th most pet-friendly city in America. Lexington scored really well in two of the three categories - 2nd in Pet Budget and 6th in Pet Health & Wellness. When it came to Outdoor Pet Friendliness, the city fell all the fell down to 84th.

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Check out the FULL REPORT to take a deep dive into the rest of the 100 most pet-friendly cities in America. You can also scroll over the map below to see those results.

Source: WalletHub

25 Unusual Things Owners Say They're Pets Have Eaten

Having a pet, especially a dog, is like having a toddler all the time. If you don't see or hear them for a while, it usually means they're getting into something they're not supposed to be getting into. After my dog had to have surgery to remove a lump of carpet she had eaten, I wanted to know if there were any other strange or unusual things other people's pets have digested. How some of these animals still have working digestive systems is nothing short of a medical miracle. It's a good thing they're cute.

Gallery Credit: Ryan O'Bryan

LOOK: Here are the pets banned in each state

Because the regulation of exotic animals is left to states, some organizations, including The Humane Society of the United States, advocate for federal, standardized legislation that would ban owning large cats, bears, primates, and large poisonous snakes as pets.

Read on to see which pets are banned in your home state, as well as across the nation.

Gallery Credit: Elena Kadvany

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