The nonprofit Pet Friendly will hold Pet Friendly Restaurant Week from Aug. 19 to 27. About 30 restaurants with Pet Friendly certification will be marking the occasion with offers, events and gifts for dogs visiting their establishments.
What is Pet Friendly?
The nonprofit is the first movement in Puerto Rico and the United States with the goal of identifying and promoting businesses with a pet-friendly policy. The idea is to gather in one place all the restaurant and venue options where you can spend time with your dog without any trouble.
They also offer workshops to businesses on the guidelines to follow and the responsibility that comes with joining the Pet Friendly community.
Participating restaurants: You can find the list of participating restaurants here.
Tito's will donate $5 to the foundation for each drink ordered containing its vodka. All businesses will have Milkbone cookies to give away to every canine visitor. In addition, Downtown Cupey, La Marqueta and Flor de Maga Gastrobar will hold their own Dog Days over the coming weekends.
Pets in Puerto Rico
The number of people with pets has been growing in recent years on the Island. Forty-eight percent of Puerto Rican households have a pet, representing 643,000 households. Eighty-five percent of those pets are dogs.
In Puerto Rico, pet owners spend an average of $92 a month on food and accessories for their four-legged family members. According to federal Department of Labor data, the cost of keeping pets rose 13%. It is expected to rise much further, becoming a half-trillion-dollar-a-year industry for the United States and Puerto Rico. In 2022, $136.8 billion was spent on pets in the U.S.
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