Expensive love of animals: What Germans spend on their four-legged friends – economy

In the corona crisis, more and more people are choosing a pet. The tough bidding battle for Zooplus also shows how fast the market is growing. But not only sellers of pet supplies have long benefited from the boom.

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Elisa von Grafenstein

Arno Krischer knows almost every one of his customers by name – and he knows exactly what they want. For example, there is Basset Luigi: short legs, long floppy ears, sleepy look, six months old. When he and his mistress enter the small dog boutique “Hundskerle”, there is first of all a big hello (“Oh, how cute!”) And then the favorite treat. In this case a piece of beef lung.

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