More people in the U.S. own a pet such as a cat or dog than in any other country in the world. Americans are crazy about their pets. More people own pets than handguns and that is a lot of pets. According to the 2011/2012 national pet owners survey conducted by the American Pet Products Association, there are approximately 78.2 million "owned" dogs in the United States and 86.4 million "owned" cats. Twenty eight percent of dog owners have two dogs and fifty two percent of cat