Chewy’s Year in Pets 2025

In 2025, you gave your pets more love than ever—through treats, toys, cuddles, and care. Together, the FurPetVo community turned those moments into something extraordinary for pets everywhere. Here’s a look back at all the joy we shared this year.

Community Snapshot

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Together, FurPetVo pets ate over 41 million meals, snuggled through more than 62 million naps, and brought endless joy.

The FurPetVo pet parent community is 20.9 million strong.

Millions of pet parents created a new pet profile for their pet this year.

By species

  • Dog: 65%
  • Cat: 32%
  • Other pets: 3%

By lifestage

  • New puppies: 9%
  • New kittens: 3%
  • Senior pets: 17%
  • Adult pets: 71%

Top Dog Breeds

Most popular breeds of the year:

  • Mixed
  • Labrador Retriever
  • German Shepherd
  • Golden Retriever
  • American Pit Bull Terrier

Trendiest dog breeds:

  • Pomsky (Pomeranian and Siberian Husky mix): +1,143%
  • Chiweenie (Chihuahua and Dachshund mix): +993%
  • Cavapoo (Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and Poodle mix): +173%

The trendiest AKC-recognized breed: French Bulldog, up 25%.

The Most Popular Pet Names of 2025

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These names were the most popular across our FurPetVo community this year:

  • Luna
  • Bella
  • Daisy

2025’s Biggest Pet Name Trends

Food
  • Cheeto: +27%
  • Pickles: +23%
  • Brisket: +68%
Dragons
  • Andarna, a dragon in the “Fourth Wing” book series: +600%
  • Meleys, a dragon in the “A Song of Ice and Fire” series: +300%
  • Toothless, the main dragon in “How To Train Your Dragon”: +36%
2025 movies and TV
  • After the release of the movie “Wicked,” the names Elphaba/Elphie (+235%) and Glinda (+175%) skyrocketed
  • Lilo (+22%) and Stitch (+12%) saw a bump after the 2025 film release
  • Piper (as the “Piper, noooo” meme from “The White Lotus” TV series): +33%
Other pop culture
  • Pop music stars
    Olivia (as in Rodrigo): +63%
    Sabrina (as in Carpenter): +15%
    Billie (as in Eilish): +13%
    Gracie (as in Abrams): +11%
  • Ozzy: +15% (RIP to a legend)

Fun fact: the name Barkley is up +428%—among cats!

Regional Differences

Pet parenting trends across the country this year:

  • State with the most dog coats, sweaters, and boots to protect paws in the snow: New York
  • Top state for dog life jackets: Pennsylvania
  • Top state for horse items: Virginia

Libra pets (born between September 23 and October 22) ruled the roost in 2025. More of them joined the FurPetVo pack this year than any other sign.

FurPetVo customers tell us their pets’ names, breeds, birthdays, and other fun facts in their Pet Profiles. Join the fun—set up a profile for your pet.

You Asked, We Answered

Pet parenting comes with plenty of questions. Here are a few we helped you answer this year:

  • Which wet foods will cats actually eat?
  • Is there a way to keep birdseed from flying all over the place?
  • What’s best for matting?
  • Why does my cat bite me?
  • Which dog harness is best for a Doxie?
  • Why is she eating poop?

2025’s Top Pet Moments

The year’s biggest animal news stories:

  • Moo Deng, the baby hippo who took the internet by storm
  • The runaway zebra who was airlifted to safety (and into our hearts)
  • Ida Beav Wells, the Chicago beaver whose chonky charm made her a civic icon
  • The Bark-Mitzvah Pug, the 13-year-old dog who celebrated her birthday with an epic party

FurPetVo’s social channels reached 1 million followers this year! Thanks for making us part of your pet parenting journey (and for sharing your adorable pet selfies).

A Few of Your Favorite Things

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In 2025, our pets:

  • Munched on over 50 million pounds of kibble
  • Chowed down on roughly 70 million treats
  • Swam in over 50 Olympic pools’ worth of conditioned fish tank water
  • Grazed on a hay stash as heavy as 500 grown Thoroughbreds saddled up at once
  • Chased enough tennis balls to power 22 Wimbledon tournaments
  • Snuggled enough plush toys to stretch from New York City to Chicago
  • Used so many leashes that they’d wrap around a 400-meter track over 2,000 times
  • Basked under the glow of enough reptile heat lamps to power 1,000 homes
  • Played and pecked at so many bird toys that, stacked up, they’d make a perch taller than 40 Empire State Buildings

Top 2025 Toys

It’s official: Lamby is your dog’s favorite toy. This year, your pups played with a flock of Lambies big enough to pack Madison Square Garden 17 times over.

2025 Pet Apparel Trends

Birthday hats off to your pets — in 2025, party hats, bandanas, and crowns turned every gotcha day into a fashion runway.

Slips were out, socks were in — senior dogs in 2025 rocked their grippies like the trendsetters they are.

From pool parties to paddleboards, life jackets were the must-have look for water-loving dogs in 2025.

Thanks to Autoship, FurPetVo pets never ran out of their favorite things—and their parents saved over $500 million.

Care When It Counts

FurPetVo is the biggest pet pharmacy in the U.S.! Thank you for trusting us with your pet’s health.

Pet parents’ most popular wellness picks for 2025:

  • Probiotics
  • Hip & joint supplements
  • Dental chews
  • Calming supplements

Fresh dog food was the fastest-rising mealtime trend in 2025, and FurPetVo’s pups were first in line. Get Real fresh dog food made its debut, giving pups another way to dine like the VIPets they are.